Can a husband’s high income alone justify higher interim maintenance when he is supporting both children and the wife has qualifications, property benefits and her own income? The Delhi High Court has reduced maintenance from Rs 30,000 to Rs 25,000 per month after examining what the Family Court failed to properly weigh. NEW DELHI: The…
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 money a father invested for his daughter be adjusted against the maintenance he was ordered to pay her and his estranged wife? The Delhi High Court has drawn a clear line between a child’s investment and a parent’s maintenance obligation. NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has held that a father cannot use money…
Can allegations that a mother-in-law denied nutritious food, made Ragi balls only for her son and supervised household work amount to criminal cruelty? The Karnataka High Court has drawn a clear line between matrimonial grievances and allegations serious enough to prosecute an entire family. BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a…
Can a husband be convicted for abetting his wife’s suicide when there was no contact or communication between them for more than five months before her death? The Allahabad High Court has answered this while acquitting a husband of all charges. UTTAR PRADESH: The Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, has acquitted Ankur Tandon of all…
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