Practical legal writing on 498A, matrimonial disputes, criminal allegations, maintenance, custody and Indian court procedure.
How could a husband be kept in a mental health facility for 42 days during a divorce dispute without the certification required by law? The Uttarakhand High Court examined the records and ordered his immediate release.
Live in Relationship in India: Indian Society, which prides itself on ‘sanskar’ and ‘family’, is undergoing a metamorphosis in the Twenty-First Century. The Familial bonds are weakening. Also, many people stay away from their families in cities, mini-metros, and metros. These people staying as singles get into relationships more often than any other generation and have started a trend of […]
Maintenance To Senior Citizens Indian law requires a non-disabled person who has means to maintain and support their parents, which include biological, step-parents and adoptive parents, in a similar manner that a person has to keep his wife and children. However, a special law was enacted for senior citizens – The Maintenance and Welfare Of […]
Introduction Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) does not provide new powers to the High Court however, it grants inherent powers to the Court to prevent abuse of law. The High Court can exercise its power under Section 482 to quash proceedings even in case of the non-compoundable offences. In a recent […]
There is one line from a Hindi Song that reverberates in my mind each time I see a judgment in which either any High Court or Apex Court has given some guidelines for arresting the misuse of 498A (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty: Proposed Section 84 of The Bharatiya Nyaya […]
I have watched the feminist reaction after recent SC judgment with the same nonchalance that it deserved. I have heard the same arguments from them time and again, so many times infact, that now it is boring. While the Apex Court had taken a big step forward to curb the misuse, the feminists cry had […]
Finding this one was pure providence. In the Kusum Sharma judgment, the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi had mandated that an affidavit from both parties should accompany all maintenance and divorce cases filed in Delhi. This exhaustive affidavit covers many aspects of a person’s income, education, employment and lifestyle. While delivering this judgment, Justice J […]
354 IPC Assault of criminal force on woman with intent to outrage her modesty (Molestation) (There are many instances where allegations of Molestation or Outrageous Modesty of a woman are lodged against brother-in-law and father-in-law, etc., are levelled along with other sections of marital discord, including 498A. In this article, the author would confine to section […]
Introduction cruelty cases: The Constitution of India, Article 142 gives power to the Supreme Court, to grant justice to the parties where the statute does not provide for a remedy. The Court in such situations can exercise its power under the said provision and it can decide the dispute by exercising its inherent power. Exercise […]
A new provision is proposed to be added in The Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which is Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc, in Section 69 of the Sanhita. The said section states – Whoever, by deceitful means or making by a promise to marry a woman without any intention of fulfilling the same, and […]
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