The Delhi High Court ruled that once a wife buys her own flat, she cannot keep receiving rent allowance as maintenance under the Domestic Violence Act. The court said the “very substratum” of her rent claim ended with her property purchase. NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court ruled that a wife who has bought her…
The Court clarifies that petitions under Section 528 BNSS (formerly Section 482 CrPC) to quash DV Act cases need not wait for a final order from the Magistrate. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has held that petitions seeking to quash proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act) are maintainable…
(Bombay HC Acquits Husband): Courts cannot jail husbands under 498A or abetment to suicide just because a marriage was “unhappy”. Cruelty must be real, proven, and serious; not imagined, emotional, or based on tears. Bombay High Court Acquits Husband: This is not just another judgment, this is a slap on the face of the narrative…
Kerela Court sets aside maintenance to Adult Daughter (27-year-old daughter), says support is not automatic, relief granted to 65-year-old father. KOCHI: In a ruling that will resonate with thousands of fathers across India, the Kerala High Court has clarified that a father’s obligation to provide maintenance does not continue indefinitely simply because a daughter remains…
The Delhi High Court grants custody of a 4-year-old to her Indian father after observing a real risk that the Russian mother may take the child out of India, defeating the legal process. The Court stressed that custody cannot become a tool to escape jurisdiction or “snatch” the child away from the father’s life. NEW…
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