Practical legal writing on 498A, matrimonial disputes, criminal allegations, maintenance, custody and Indian court procedure.
A 28-year-old father faced massive child-treatment expenses, debt and a âš15 lakh divorce settlement. Police say he blamed nobody. But Sambhav Jain's death raises a bigger question: when will India's male-suicide crisis receive institutional attention?
Can a husband get discharged after a 498A or BNS 85 chargesheet? Know Section 239 CrPC, Section 262 BNSS, the 60-day rule and key Supreme Court judgments.
Madras HC upholds divorce after finding that pressuring an only son to leave his ageing parents and live separately amounted to cruelty.
The Rajasthan High Court directed that 25% of a womanâs monthly salary, earned after she secured compassionate appointment following her husbandâs death, be transferred to her elderly mother-in-law. The Court noted that the appointment had been granted on an undertaking to maintain the other dependent family members of the deceased employee.
Can a husbandâs failure to pay maintenance itself become domestic violence, even without separate proof of economic abuse? The Kerala High Court answered this by refusing to interfere with âš10,000 monthly maintenance for the wife and daughter, and âš2 lakh compensation.
Wife alleged demands for an Innova and nearly Rs 17 crore, but could every criminal charge against her US-based doctor husband survive? The Delhi High Court granted him partial relief while allowing the Section 498A IPC cruelty case to proceed to trial.
Can a fatherâs role in a childâs life be reduced to merely paying expenses while custody sympathy automatically leans towards the mother? The Telangana High Court said a fatherâs contribution goes far beyond financial support and directed the mother to return the four-year-old child to the USA or hand over custody to the father.
Wife claiming no income in maintenance case? Learn how husbands can legally summon salary slips, ITRs, bank statements and employment records under Rajnesh v Neha and Section 94 BNSS.
Can a wife repeatedly wanting her husband to leave his aged parents and live with her family as a âgharjamaiâ amount to matrimonial cruelty? The Jharkhand High Court examined the husbandâs allegations but found that a mere wish, without proof of force or compulsion, was not enough to grant divorce.
Can a wifeâs refusal of physical relations, allegations of extra-marital affairs and humiliation of her husband amount to matrimonial cruelty? The Bombay High Court examined the husbandâs unrebutted evidence and upheld the Family Court's divorce decree.
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