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…
Did wife’s own suicide notes expose a false case against husband? Rajasthan High Court found shocking facts and quashed cruelty and abetment charges. JAIPUR: Rajasthan High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a husband in a case filed under Sections 306 and 498A IPC. The court said the suicide notes written by the deceased wife…
Innocent husband convictedfor more than 4 decades, acquitted later when the Allahabad High Court found no proof of dowry harassment or abetment to suicide. Is an accusation alone enough to destroy a man’s life? Does justice delayed by the system remain justice at all? PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad High Court, presided over by Justice Sanjiv Kumar,…
Can filing multiple cases push someone to suicide—and still not be a crime? Allahabad High Court answers this, but leaves a bigger question on accountability unanswered. PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad High Court has held that merely filing cases against a husband, even if those cases are alleged to be false, does not automatically amount to abetment…
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…
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