Practical legal writing on 498A, matrimonial disputes, criminal allegations, maintenance, custody and Indian court procedure.
Babulal Meghwal already had a divorce decreeāso why is he back fighting the same marriage nearly 3 years later after Wife Amrita Meghwal challenged the notice process?
Can a husband be burdened with huge maintenance merely because he could not produce salary documents? The Gauhati High Court says No, holding that the wife failed to prove the husbandās alleged high income and maintenance annot be fixed on assumptions or adverse inference alone. GAUHATI: The Gauhati High Court recently passed an important judgmentā¦
Section 41A CrPC, now Section 35(3) BNSS, protects accused persons from automatic arrest in offences punishable up to 7 years. Know the law, Supreme Court rulings, and menās rights safeguards. NEW DELHI: Section 41A of the CrPC was one of the most important protections against automatic arrest in India. After the new criminal laws came [ā¦]
The Allahabad High Court directed the father to hand over custody of the child to the mother, but still protected his visitation rights twice every month to preserve the father-child bond. Can a fatherās emotional bond with his child survive after losing custody? PRAYAGRAJ: In a child custody case, Justice Sandeep Jain of the Allahabadā¦
Can a husband or father use habeas corpus petitions to bring back a woman to the family home? The Karnataka High Court has now made its stand clear. The Court dismissed two separate petitions and imposed ā¹25,000 costs on each petitioner, calling the cases an āabuse of processā and warning against misuse of courts inā¦
Can a husband lose his maintenance challenge even when the wife is financially independent? The Orissa High Court says yes. The Court treated the husbandās MBA and engineering qualifications as proof of earning capacity despite his claim of financial hardship. ORISSA: The Orissa High Court has refused to interfere with a Family Court order directingā¦
Can a man face years of rape, extortion and adultery allegations even if the relationship existed because the woman wanted a child? Delhi High Court set aside the adultery conviction in a āNiyog Prathaā-type dispute under an unconstitutional law. NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court has acquitted a man in an adultery-related criminal case after observingā¦
Can a man be jailed for rape even after the woman herself admits there was āno commitment of marriageā? The Delhi Court replied in negative and granted bail after observing that the relationship appeared consensual and had developed āwith consent.ā NEW DELHI: In an order dated 12 May 2026, Additional Sessions Judge Syed Zishan Aliā¦
A legal analysis of gender-biased Indian laws, Section 85 BNS, Section 69 BNS, rape presumptions, 498A misuse, and Supreme Court warnings on false cases against men. NEW DELHI: In theory, Indian criminal law says every accused is innocent until proven guilty. In practice, many men discover the opposite the day an FIR is registered. The [ā¦]
Can a married manās personal life and interfaith relationship become grounds to deny him bail in criminal proceedings? The Delhi High Court held that personal morality and religious differences cannot override principles of criminal law and individual liberty. NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court, led by Justice Girish Kathpalia, granted bail to a gym trainerā¦
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