Category-wise legal articles and resources.
Can a wife’s family claim to have given dowry while only the husband is prosecuted for taking it? The Allahabad High Court has highlighted that giving dowry is also an offence while acquitting the husband after the allegations against him could not be proved. ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad High Court has acquitted a husband convicted under…
Can a husband and his family be convicted under Section 498A IPC without consistent evidence proving dowry demand, cruelty and criminal intimidation? The Bhopal Sessions Court answered while dismissing the wife’s appeal. BHOPAL: The Bhopal Sessions Court has dismissed a wife’s criminal appeal and upheld the acquittal of her husband and mother-in-law in a dowry…
Can an alleged second wife be prosecuted as the husband’s “relative” under Section 498A IPC? ? The Andhra Pradesh High Court answered this crucial question while quashing a criminal case based on vague allegations. ANDHRA PRADESH:The Andhra Pradesh High Court has quashed a cruelty and dowry case against a woman accused of being the second…
Can a Husband Be Prosecuted for Dowry Death Despite a Love Marriage? The Karnataka High Court has made an observation while granting bail to a husband accused in his wife’s dowry death case BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court has granted bail to a software professional accused in a dowry death and cruelty case following his…
Can a wife file a cruelty complaint from her parental home even when the matrimonial home is in another district? The Calcutta High Court held that the parental-home court may have jurisdiction where the alleged mental cruelty. KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court, through Justice Uday Kumar, refused to quash criminal proceedings against a husband and…
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