Precisely. Joint accounts are the standard under English law. Basically, the law tries to establish objective sign posts to enable people to understand when they're stepping out of the relatively non-commital nature of a relationship that can be ended at nil financial cost, and those that tread on rights akin to marriage.
Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -----Original Message----- From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <sur...@hserus.net> Sender: "silklist" <silklist-bounces+nikhil.mehra773=gmail....@lists.hserus.net>Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:15:55 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net<silklist@lists.hserus.net> Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] cohabitation rights in india There are other signs of a longer term relationship. Co-signing on bank accounts, house paperwork .. with alimony the other factor beyond just child support. --srs (iPad) On 18-Jun-2013, at 19:05, "Nikhil Mehra" <nikhil.mehra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Don't like the sexual gratification language. That reasoning is a blow to > sexual autonomy. But, yes, this judgment is in furtherance of 2 judgments of > the SC in 2005 which accepted the fact that line-in relationships give rise > to rights akin to marriage in terms of prevention of domestic violence and > maintenance upon separation. > > The reasoning in this judgment (I haven't read it yet, relying on news > reports) tends to conflate a relationship outside of marriage that leads to > children and a sustaines sexual relationship where the parties have no > intention to be bound to each other. Reasoning is worrisome but result is > laudable. > >
