Practical legal writing on 498A, matrimonial disputes, criminal allegations, maintenance, custody and Indian court procedure.
Why did a Delhi court discharge a husband’s elder brother from a sexual harassment-related charge made by his sister-in-law? The court examined the four-year delay, earlier litigation, her previous statements and the accused’s official railway duty record before finding that the material did not raise grave suspicion against him.
A husband died by suicide after his wife left the matrimonial home, filed an FIR and initiated maintenance proceedings, while his suicide note blamed her family. But can even an allegedly false matrimonial FIR make the wife’s family guilty of abetment when there was no instigation or intentional aid?
Her own dying declaration did not blame her husband, and no complaint was made while she remained alive for five days. So how did he still spend 22 years fighting a dowry-death conviction before the Punjab & Haryana High Court found reasonable doubt?
Can an unemployed husband claim maintenance from his wife under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act is gender-neutral? The Karnataka High Court answered this while rejecting a husband’s ₹2 lakh monthly maintenance claim and directing him to pay maintenance to his wife instead.
A husband suffered burns while trying to save his wife, yet was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. What did the Allahabad High Court find in the dying declaration and defence evidence that finally led to his honourable acquittal?
Mother accused father of forcibly taking their children—but what happened when the High Court found she had already agreed to give him custody? The AP High Court imposed ₹50,000 costs after discovering a crucial settlement she had not disclosed.
Mother earned ₹1.5 lakh a month, yet the Supreme Court restored the father’s ₹60,000 monthly liability for two daughters. Why did the Court reject the High Court’s 50% reduction despite both parents being financially independent?
Can a highly educated or working person still be treated as a homemaker for compensation? The Karnataka High Court says yes. The Court also made an important clarification often missed in such discussions: “homemaker” is gender-neutral and can include a man, breadwinner or wage earner.
Can matrimonial relatives be forced to face a DV case when they never lived with the complainant? Delhi Court explains the crucial legal requirement while deleting a sister-in-law and brother-in-law from the proceedings.
If the investigation was already complete and the chargesheet had been filed without arrest, was custodial arrest still necessary? The Supreme Court has stepped in and protected the petitioner from arrest while examining his challenge to the Delhi High Court order refusing anticipatory bail.
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