Palimony

A senior government lawyer on Friday created a flutter in the Supreme Court by strongly objecting to the use of the word "keep" in a judgement on the right of maintenance of women in live-in relationships.An angry Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising told a bench of Justices Markandey Katju and T S Thakur that the word used in the judgement ...

The Supreme Court today ruled that if a man has a live-in relationship with a woman only for sexual reasons, it cannot amount to a relationship that entitles either partner to the benefits of marriage.The court said, "If a man has a keep whom he maintains financially, and uses mainly for sexual purpose and as a servant, it would not be a relationsh...

A senior government lawyer on Friday created a flutter in the Supreme Court by strongly objecting to the use of the word "keep" in a judgement on the right of maintenance of women in live-in relationships.An angry Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising told a bench of Justices Markandey Katju and T S Thakur that the word used in the judgement ...

The Supreme Court today ruled that if a man has a live-in relationship with a woman only for sexual reasons, it cannot amount to a relationship that entitles either partner to the benefits of marriage.The court said, "If a man has a keep whom he maintains financially, and uses mainly for sexual purpose and as a servant, it would not be a relationsh...