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Married Man’s Live-In Relationship Not a Crime. Law Guides Court’s Action Not Morality: Allahabad High Court Grants Protection To The Couple
High Court Mar 27, 2026 0

Married Man’s Live-In Relationship Not a Crime. Law Guides Court’s Action Not Morality: Allahabad High Court Grants Protection To The Couple

When society tries to criminalise relationships it dislikes, can the law be bent to satisfy outrage? This Allahabad High Court ruling exposes a critical truth—what people call ā€œwrongā€ isn’t always illegal, and that difference changes everything. In a judgment dated 25 March 2026, the Allahabad High Court, led by Justice J.J. Munir and Justice Tarun…

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Husband Suspecting Wife’s Character Without Any Instigation Does Not Constitute Abetment To Suicide: Uttarakhand High Court Acquits Man
High Court Mar 27, 2026 0

Husband Suspecting Wife’s Character Without Any Instigation Does Not Constitute Abetment To Suicide: Uttarakhand High Court Acquits Man

Can a husband be jailed just for suspecting his wife’s character? Uttarakhand High Court answers and the reasoning may surprise many. NAINITAL: The Uttarakhand High Court, in a judgment by Justice Ashish Naithani, acquitted a husband who was earlier convicted under Section 306 IPC for abetment of suicide, stating that mere suspicion and marital disputes…

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Husband Seeing Wife Being Intimate With Lover Counts As ā€˜Grave And Sudden Provocation’: Gujarat High Court Reduces Murder Charge Of Man  
High Court Mar 27, 2026 0

Husband Seeing Wife Being Intimate With Lover Counts As ā€˜Grave And Sudden Provocation’: Gujarat High Court Reduces Murder Charge Of Man  

Caught wife with lover at night—was it murder or loss of control? Gujarat High Court says ā€œgrave and sudden provocationā€ā€¦ but what really happened inside that house? AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court has upheld a 2001 conviction of a husband for culpable homicide not amounting to murder after he assaulted his wife on finding her in an intimate situation with another man inside his own house. The court accepted that the incident involved ā€œgrave…

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