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Bombay High Court has ruled that even allegations of abuse, threats, and marital disputes are not enough without clear intent to establish abetment to suicide. Why are serious allegations like abuse and threats not enough to hold the wife liable after a husband’s suicide? Marital Conflict ≠Abetment to Suicide: In a recent judgment, the…
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has ruled that general and non-specific allegations of dowry harassment are not enough to prove cruelty or abetment of suicide under Sections 498A and 306 IPC. Setting aside the conviction, the Court held that criminal trials in matrimonial disputes require clear acts, particulars, and proof of mens rea, else they…
The Delhi High Court ruled that a married woman’s abortion, if done within the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, cannot be criminalised even when sought due to marital discord affecting her mental health. Quashing IPC Section 312 proceedings, the Court reaffirmed that a woman’s bodily autonomy and mental well-being override moral arguments against termination. Delhi:…
The MP High Court ruled that marital disputes cannot erase a biological father’s identity from a child’s school records. Schools and the State are duty-bound under the RTE Act to protect a child’s true parentage and the father’s parental rights. Madhya Pradesh : The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Gwalior delivered an important judgment protecting…
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