The J&K & Ladakh High Court has quashed a 498A and Dowry Act FIR, holding that cruelty allegations cannot be raised selectively after availing other matrimonial remedies. The…
Precedent analyses on Section 498A IPC, Section 125 CrPC & BNSS safeguards
A man accused in a rape case secured protection from arrest despite objections over his Cloud and Telegram accounts. What convinced the Supreme Court to grant him anticipatory…
The J&K & Ladakh High Court has quashed a 498A and Dowry Act FIR, holding that cruelty allegations cannot be raised selectively after availing other matrimonial remedies. The…
The Karnataka High Court held that routine marital disagreements cannot be criminalised as cruelty under Section 498A IPC. The judgment quietly exposes how criminal law is often…
The Gujarat High Court has clearly ruled that once spouses agree to divorce terms, courts must enforce them fully. Delays and refusals in executing consent decrees only multiply…
The Supreme Court showed humanitarian concern and urged a medical university to consider a young doctor’s apology after nine years of career stagnation over a minor exam…
The Allahabad High Court set aside a 10-year rape conviction after finding major contradictions in testimony and medical evidence showing no force or non-consent. The judgment…
Allahabad High Court has held that wife’s maintenance can go up to 25% of husband’s income and upheld an increase despite the husband claiming financial hardship. The ruling…
The Kerala High Court Full Bench has ruled that a Hindu wife can enforce maintenance rights against her husband’s immovable property even after sale, if proceedings were initiated…
The Patna High Court has ruled that a failed consensual relationship cannot be converted into a rape case merely because marriage did not happen. Quashing the prosecution, the…
The Jharkhand High Court upheld divorce in favour of a husband after finding that the wife concealed her real age and her life imprisonment conviction in a murder case before…
