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In 2017, Dalvi was appointed as a member of a panel constituted by the
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In 2006, Dalvi along with judge F. I. Rebello held that a law framed by the
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In 2013, Dalvi held that both parents had an equal claim to guardianship of a child in the case of divorce, and that the default guardian was not necessarily the father. Also in the same year, Dalvi held in a significant ruling that complaints filed under the
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Dalvi has also adjudicated in a number of significant cases involving public figures, including the dispute between politician Uddhav
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In 2010, Dalvi held that parties could not appoint representatives to conduct their cases in Family Courts in Mumbai, holding that in the absence of qualifications or guidelines about such representatives, the courts would be "overrun by any number of unqualified, unenrolled persons".
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involved in the profession, but apart from that, held that the government could not justify the prohibition on grounds of morality. Their ruling was upheld by the Indian
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