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Allahabad High Court Prevents Misuse of Rape Laws – Modifies Summoning Order to Stop False Allegations
Judgement Analysis Mar 20, 2025 0

Allahabad High Court Prevents Misuse of Rape Laws – Modifies Summoning Order to Stop False Allegations

Summary: In a crucial victory against false rape cases, the Allahabad High Court modified the summoning order, ruling that the allegations did not justify an attempted rape charge. The court recognized the misuse of stringent rape laws and downgraded the charges, preventing innocent men from being trapped in fabricated cases. This judgment highlights the growing […]

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Delhi High Court Denies Maintenance to Educated Wife Who Refused to Work
Judgement Analysis Mar 20, 2025 0

Delhi High Court Denies Maintenance to Educated Wife Who Refused to Work

Summary: The Delhi High Court denied interim maintenance to a well-educated wife who deliberately remained unemployed to extract money from her husband. The court exposed the wife’s WhatsApp chats, where she plotted to stay jobless to secure alimony, proving her bad intent. Despite having a Master’s degree from Australia, prior work experience at KPMG Dubai, […]

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Wife’s visits husband’s office and abusing him amounts to cruelty: Chhattisgarh High Court
Judgement Analysis Mar 20, 2025 0

Wife’s visits husband’s office and abusing him amounts to cruelty: Chhattisgarh High Court

Introduction Cruelty is a ground of divorce and a matrimonial relief under Hindu Laws. A wife or even a husband is entitled to present a petition for divorce before the Court in case of cruelty. According to the provisions of Sec. 13(1)(iA) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, any marriage solemnized whether before or after the commencement […]

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Judgment Analysis – Delhi High Court Decries Misuse of Law; Impose Cost
Judgement Analysis Mar 20, 2025 0

Judgment Analysis – Delhi High Court Decries Misuse of Law; Impose Cost

Dispute over parking, allegations of sexual assault. The court penalised the petitioners for misusing the law Laishram Premila Devi & Ors Vs The State & Ors Year: 2021 Court: Delhi High Court Coram: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD   INTRODUCTION: It is remarkable, righteous, refreshing rejuvenating to learn that while ruling explicitly and effectively that […]

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Case Analysis – Deepti Kapur Vs Kunal Julka – Illegally Obtained Evidence Admissible
Uncategorized Mar 20, 2025 0

Case Analysis – Deepti Kapur Vs Kunal Julka – Illegally Obtained Evidence Admissible

CASE ANALYSIS DEEPTI KAPUR vs KUNAL JULKA CM(M) 40/2019 Delhi High Court decided on 30.06.2020 MOOT POINTS: EVIDENCE HOW OBTAINED IS IMMATERIAL AS FAR AS ADMISSIBILITY OF THE EVIDENCE IS CONCERNED. EVIDENCE OBTAINED ILLEGALLY IS ALSO ADMISSIBLE. ANY ILLEGAL ACT MAY BE PUNISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW. ANY EVIDENCE COLLECTED BY BREACH OF SOMEONE’S PRIVACY […]

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Gauhati High Court Crushes Another False 498A Case – A Big Win for Innocent Men
Judgement Analysis Mar 20, 2025 0

Gauhati High Court Crushes Another False 498A Case – A Big Win for Innocent Men

Summary In yet another landmark decision against legal terrorism, the Gauhati High Court quashed a blatantly false 498A case filed by a vindictive wife. The court saw through her fabricated accusations, ruled that mere suspicion is not evidence, and rescued the husband and his family from years of legal harassment. This judgment exposes the rampant […]

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Judgment Biased Against Husband: Madras High Court Denies Divorce Despite Clear Grounds of Cruelty
Judgement Analysis Mar 20, 2025 0

Judgment Biased Against Husband: Madras High Court Denies Divorce Despite Clear Grounds of Cruelty

Summary: In yet another shocking setback for men seeking justice in marriage, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court refused to grant a husband divorce, despite his serious and well-founded allegations of cruelty and illness. The court set an unreasonably high burden of proof on the husband while accepting the wife’s denials without requiring […]

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Judgment Analysis – Danial Latifi Vs Union Of India
Judgement Analysis Mar 20, 2025 0

Judgment Analysis – Danial Latifi Vs Union Of India

Danial Latifi Vs Union Of India Judgement Analysis FACTS The case follows its pursuit from the famous case of Mohd. Ahmed Khan vs Shah Bano Begum, commonly referred as the Shah Bano case. Shah Bano, a 62-year-old Muslim mother of five from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, was divorced by her husband in 1978. She filed a criminal suit under Section […]

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Advisory: Timelines And Monitoring Mechansim For Maint Allce Cases
Articles Mar 19, 2025 0

Advisory: Timelines And Monitoring Mechansim For Maint Allce Cases

1. Background. There are presently approx 400 ongoing cases in Western Cond for grant of maint alice. The No of cases is two to three times higher than the No of cases handled in any other comd at present. A number of maint alice cases are delayed in various stages of processing. Details of present […]

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