Law relating to validity of foreign divorce decrees, child-custody orders and principles relating to grant of anti-suit injunctions.  

The best resource so far that i can get my hands onto. A must read for couple in distress.

The Blog of Bharat Chugh

Introduction

“H (an NRI) is divorced in Texas, and to marry – he is free; 

No, he has a wife in India, Indian Law says, doesn’t he ?,

H is, therefore married and not so, all at the same time; 

perfectly legal at one place; in the second, his act – a crime.”  

This limerick reflects a classic case of conflict of laws. Picture this : H is an NRI & W an Indian woman who get married in Delhi. Soon thereafter, they move to Texas in the United States, where the husband resides and works. They live in Texas for about three years. Unfortunately, relations between the spouses turn sour, constraining H to file a divorce case in Texas Court seeking dissolution of marriage on the grounds of cruelty and irretrievable breakdown of the relationship. W receives the summons from the court, however, instead of participating in the…

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