Family law - divorce - petition for dissolution of a marriage solemnized under the Marriage Act - allegation of adulterer - duty of petitioner to prove adultery to the requisite standard of proof - duty to name or identify the alleged co-respondent - respondent alleging desertion by the petitioner - ingredients necessary to establish desertion: the de facto separation of spouse,the animus deserendi,the absence of consent on the part of the deserted spouse and the absence of any reasonable cause for withdrawing from cohabitation on the part of the deserting spouse

Family - adoption of infants/children/minors - application to adopt an abandoned child - evaluation of the applicant to establish her capacity to adopt the child - whether court should dispense with the production of the consent of the biological parent/s to the adoption

Family law - divorce - petition for nullification of marriage on the ground of non-consummation of marriage - marriage under Sikh Customary Law as provided by Hindu Marriage and Divorce Act - Consummation of marriage is an essential fundamental in the entire foundation structure of any matrimonial union. Thus failure of consummation of marriage is one of the principal grounds for nullification of a marriage as provided under section 11 of the Hindu Marriage and Divorce Act (Cap 157) and section 14 of the applied Matrimonial Causes Act (Cap 152). A marriage is said to be consummated as soon as the parties have sexual intercourse after solemnization - whether the marriage should be nullified for non-consummation.

Children's Law - adoption - dispensing with necessary consent section 159 (1) (a) of the said Act as child was abandoned

Children’s Law - adoption - international adoption - whether necessary provisions had been complied with - section 162 of the Children Act - Adopted Children Register

Family law - divorce - petition for dissolution of marriage - statutory marriage under the Marriage Act - allegations of cruelty and desertion against the respondent - meaning of cruelty - respondent not entering appearance or filing an answer within the prescribed time - whether persistent neglect,excessive drinking,denial of conjugal rights,denial of emotional,psychological and moral support amounted to cruelty - whether conduct cannot amount to cruelty in law unless it has the effect of producing actual or apprehended injury to the complainant’s physical or mental health - whether petitioner had proved her case beyond reasonable doubt.

Family law - divorce - petition for nullification of marriage - marriage celebrated under Hindu Customary Law under Hindu Marriage and Divorce Act - petitioner basing her petition on the ground of non-consummation of the marriage by the respondent - allegation that respondent refused and ignored intimate sexual advances by the petitioner - wilful refusal to consummate marriage renders marriage voidable and may at any time be annulled by the court upon application by the aggrieved party

Family law - adoption of children - infant having been born out of a prohibited relationship within the Luhya community - biological mother offering the infant for adoption - assessement of the suitability of the applicants to adopt the infant.

Family law - adoption of infants - application for the adoption of a child - evaluation of the suitability of the applicants to adopt the child.

Family law - divorce - petition for dissolution of marriage on grounds of desertion.