Restitution of Conjugal Rights under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act is one of the most misunderstood remedies in Indian matrimonial litigation. NEW DELHI: A wife leaves the matrimonial home, and the first advice many husbands receive is: “File RCR. It will show the court that you want her back.” Then come the supposed […]
So what is Bail? The word Bail is not defined in CrPC but it has to be understood as a concept. Bail means release of a person from custody of police and his delivery to the sureties who undertake to produce him in court upon appointed day. The jurisprudence of bail deals with the procedural […]
We all know that one of the cardinal principles of the criminal justice system is that an accused is presumed to be innocent unless proven otherwise. In the Indian justice system, it is aid if two views are possible, one pointing towards the guilt of the accused and the other towards his innocence, that favourable […]
Approved by Indian Parliament in year 1983, Indian Penal Code 498a (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty: Section 85 & 86 of The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023) is a criminal law (not a civil law) which is explained as follows, “Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the […]
Section 498A (85 and 86 of The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023) of the Indian Penal Code was introduced in 1983 to protect married women from cruelty or harassment by their husbands or in-laws, especially in cases related to dowry demands. This law allows a woman to file a complaint if she faces physical violence, mental […]
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