Practical legal writing on 498A, matrimonial disputes, criminal allegations, maintenance, custody and Indian court procedure.
A husband died by suicide after his wife left the matrimonial home, filed an FIR and initiated maintenance proceedings, while his suicide note blamed her family. But can even an allegedly false matrimonial FIR make the wifeâs family guilty of abetment when there was no instigation or intentional aid?
The Supreme Court criticized a slams mother for dragging her daughter into a parental conflict and appointed former Uttarakhand Chief Justice Ritu Bahri as mediator to resolve the custody dispute peacefully. NEW DELHI: In a bitter child custody dispute, the Supreme Court of India has appointed former Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice Ritu Bahri asâŚ
The Delhi High Court has acquitted a man convicted under Section 376 IPC and Section 6 POCSO Act, ruling that merely saying âphysical relationsâ isnât enough to prove rape without specific evidence or description. NEW DELHI: In a crucial judgment that may shape future sexual offence trials, the Delhi High Court has held that theâŚ
The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear a crucial case questioning if Section 498A of the IPC â meant for cruelty by a husband against a wife â can apply to same-sex relationships. Justice Sanjeev Narula has sought responses from Delhi Police and the complainant. NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court is all setâŚ
Calling Husband âBastardâ & Abusing His Mother Is Mental Cruelty: Delhi High Court Slams Wife & Upholds Divorce NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has upheld a Family Court order granting divorce to a husband, ruling that when a wife calls her husband a âbastardâ and insults his mother with obscene remarks, it amounts toâŚ
Through Hrithik Roshanâs case and a recent Delhi High Court ruling, we explore how alimony has turned from support for the needy into entitlement for the privileged. The Celebrity Divorce That Sparked a Debate One of the most talked-about marriage splits in India was the 2014 divorce between interior designer Sussanne Khan and Bollywood starâŚ
In a landmark judgment, the court held that no parent has an exclusive right over a child and that alienating a father from his son amounts to mental cruelty â a crucial precedent for shared parenting in India. NEW DELHI: On June 6, 2023, the Patiala House Family Court in New Delhi, presided over byâŚ
Cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal took a cheeky dig at his ex-wife Dhanashree Verma after sharing a Delhi High Court ruling that said âfinancially independent wives cannot demand alimony.â His cryptic post, captioned âMaa Kasam Khao Nahi Paltoge iss decision seh,â quickly went viral. NEW DELHI: Indian cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal stirred social media after posting, and laterâŚ
The Orissa High Court has granted actor-politician Anubhav Mohanty a divorce holding that a wifeâs unilateral refusal to consummate the marriage without any valid reason constitutes mental cruelty CUTTACK: In Anubhav Mohanty v. Varsha Priyadarshini, the Orissa High Court dissolved the marriage of the famous couple, ruling that the wifeâs repeated refusal of physical intimacyâŚ
The Gauhati High Court ruled that petty fights or divorce demands by a husband or his family donât amount to cruelty under Section 498A IPC. The Court quashed the entire case against Abhishek Sureka and his relatives, stressing that the anti-cruelty law applies only when thereâs dowry harassment. Assam: The Gauhati High Court, in aâŚ
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