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498A Is Not a Free Pass. Mere Naming of Husband’s Relatives Without Specific Role Not Enough to Prosecute: Supreme Court Quashes Dowry Case Against Parents-in-Law
Supreme Court Dec 26, 2025

498A Is Not a Free Pass. Mere Naming of Husband’s Relatives Without Specific Role Not Enough to Prosecute: Supreme Court Quashes Dowry Case Against Parents-in-Law

The Supreme Court has ruled that simply naming husband’s relatives without clear and specific allegations is not enough to prosecute them under Section 498A IPC. Vague and general accusations against in-laws amount to misuse of criminal law, the Court held. NEW DELHI: In a landmark judgment reinforcing safeguards against misuse of matrimonial criminal laws, the…
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Man Fought Decades Against A Charge That Never Even Existed In Law | Demand Of Gold At Child’s Chhoochhak Ceremony Not Dowry Demand: Supreme Court
Supreme Court Dec 11, 2025

Man Fought Decades Against A Charge That Never Even Existed In Law | Demand Of Gold At Child’s Chhoochhak Ceremony Not Dowry Demand: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that asking for gold during a child’s Chhoochhak ceremony is not a dowry demand under Section 304B IPC. The husband’s dowry-death conviction was cancelled, but his 498A conviction was kept because he had already completed more than the sentence. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India has cancelled the conviction of…

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Wife’s Refusal of Intimacy Is Mental Cruelty: Delhi High Court Upholds Divorce Over Non-Consummation Of Marriage
Latest News Dec 9, 2025

Wife’s Refusal of Intimacy Is Mental Cruelty: Delhi High Court Upholds Divorce Over Non-Consummation Of Marriage

The Delhi High Court upheld a Family Court decree granting divorce after finding that the marriage was never consummated and the wife had wilfully refused physical intimacy. The Court held that such refusal amounts to mental cruelty and long separation shows the marriage had broken early. NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court upheld a divorce…

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Delhi High Court: Woman’s Right to Shared Household Is Not a License to Occupy In-Laws’ Home Forever
Latest News Dec 9, 2025

Delhi High Court: Woman’s Right to Shared Household Is Not a License to Occupy In-Laws’ Home Forever

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a woman’s right to a shared household under the Domestic Violence Act is a protective right—not a right to permanently stay in her in-laws’ home when it harms senior citizens. The Court upheld an order directing the woman to shift to a fully-funded alternate accommodation. NEW DELHI: In…

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Chinchwad Woman and Mother Sentenced to 7 Years for Abetting Husband’s Suicide
Latest News Nov 22, 2025

Chinchwad Woman and Mother Sentenced to 7 Years for Abetting Husband’s Suicide

Pune: A sessions court in the city convicted and sentenced the wife and mother-in-law of Chinchwad resident Dipak Chaudhari to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment for abetting Husband’s Suicide on Nov 24, 2015. Additional Sessions Judge A I Perampalli also imposed a Rs 25,000 fine each on convicts Komal Dipak Chaudhari and her mother, Shalini Krishna…

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Man Fought Decades Against A Charge That Never Even Existed In Law | Demand Of Gold At Child’s Chhoochhak Ceremony Not Dowry Demand: Supreme Court
Supreme Court Dec 11, 2025 0

Man Fought Decades Against A Charge That Never Even Existed In Law | Demand Of Gold At Child’s Chhoochhak Ceremony Not Dowry Demand: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that asking for gold during a child’s Chhoochhak ceremony is not a dowry demand under Section 304B IPC. The husband’s dowry-death conviction was cancelled, but his 498A conviction was kept because he had already completed more than the sentence. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India has cancelled the conviction of…

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Wife’s Refusal of Intimacy Is Mental Cruelty: Delhi High Court Upholds Divorce Over Non-Consummation Of Marriage
Latest News Dec 9, 2025 0

Wife’s Refusal of Intimacy Is Mental Cruelty: Delhi High Court Upholds Divorce Over Non-Consummation Of Marriage

The Delhi High Court upheld a Family Court decree granting divorce after finding that the marriage was never consummated and the wife had wilfully refused physical intimacy. The Court held that such refusal amounts to mental cruelty and long separation shows the marriage had broken early. NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court upheld a divorce…

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Delhi High Court: Woman’s Right to Shared Household Is Not a License to Occupy In-Laws’ Home Forever
Latest News Dec 9, 2025 0

Delhi High Court: Woman’s Right to Shared Household Is Not a License to Occupy In-Laws’ Home Forever

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a woman’s right to a shared household under the Domestic Violence Act is a protective right—not a right to permanently stay in her in-laws’ home when it harms senior citizens. The Court upheld an order directing the woman to shift to a fully-funded alternate accommodation. NEW DELHI: In…

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Chinchwad Woman and Mother Sentenced to 7 Years for Abetting Husband’s Suicide
Latest News Nov 22, 2025 0

Chinchwad Woman and Mother Sentenced to 7 Years for Abetting Husband’s Suicide

Pune: A sessions court in the city convicted and sentenced the wife and mother-in-law of Chinchwad resident Dipak Chaudhari to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment for abetting Husband’s Suicide on Nov 24, 2015. Additional Sessions Judge A I Perampalli also imposed a Rs 25,000 fine each on convicts Komal Dipak Chaudhari and her mother, Shalini Krishna…

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