Divorce

According to data from the Global Index, which analyses worldwide statistics, India has recorded an impressively low divorce rate of just 1 percent. Following closely behind India, Vietnam claims the second-lowest divorce rate at 7 percent.  The world’s highest divorce rate i.e., 94 percent is observed in Portugal In terms of continents, Europe registers the highest divorce rates. After Portugal, Spain reports a divorce rate of 85 percent.… read-more

Taking to Instagram, Tollywood actress Niharika wrote, “Chaitanya and I have decided to mutually part ways and ask for kindness and sensitivity as we move on." On July 5, she shared the post and said, “Thank you to my family and friends who have been pillars of support." Calling her life post-divorce ‘new normal,’ Niharika said, “I request some privacy for us to navigate this new normal in private."

Nawazuddin Siddiqui's wife, film producer Aaliya Siddiqui, aka Zainab aka Anjana Kishor Pandey said she is likely to file a divorce amid disputes with her husband. Siddiqui and his wife got issues amid a property dispute and had a  rough time. In an interview, Aaliya said she might head for divorce, especially when her husband disowned, their second child amid differences. She shared a heated argument video online.

MacKenzie, the former wife of Amazon owner Jeff Bezos', has filed for divorce from her second husband, Dan Jewett. The divorce came two years after MacKenzie and Jewett, who is a science teacher got married, in 2021. Scott, a billionaire philanthropist, filed for divorce in Washington State's King County Superior Court, reported "The New York Times". The news about their marital problems came out in pubic recently.

A family court in Pune ordered a 78-year-old woman to pay alimony of Rs 25,000 every month to her 83-year-old ex-husband. Reportedly, after 55 years of marriage, the couple filed for divorce in 2019. According to Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, the husband, having no income, can also claim for alimony. Upon pronouncing the order, Tye court stated that the law "shouldn't be gender specific".