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High Court • May 16, 2026 • 14 reads

498A Cannot Become A Weapon To Drag Entire Husband’s Family Into Criminal Trial: Allahabad High Court Upholds Discharge Of Relatives In Wife’s Dowry Case

Can an entire family be dragged into a dowry harassment case without clear proof of active involvement? Allahabad High Court held that vague and omnibus allegations are not enough…

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Precedent analyses on Section 498A IPC, Section 125 CrPC & BNSS safeguards

High Court Oct 23, 2026

Cruelty & Dowry Harassment Case Against Husband And Family Can Be Quashed After Spouses Amicably Settled Matrimonial Dispute: AP High Court

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High Court Oct 23, 2026

Husband’s Share Sale Earnings Count As Income For Maintenance: Karnataka High Court Raises Wife And Son's Monthly Maintenance To ₹1.2 Lakh

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High Court Oct 23, 2026

Wife Can't Forcibly Detain Husband At De-Addiction Centre Without His Consent Or Medical Grounds: MP High Court Orders His Release

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High Court Oct 23, 2026

Husband’s Restitution Of Conjugal Rights Plea Is No Ground To Quash 498A Dowry Case Against Him: MP High Court

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High Court Oct 22, 2026

Husband Wins Divorce On Cruelty Grounds, Yet Ordered To Pay Wife ₹36.25 Lakh Alimony? Patna High Court Explains Why

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Cruelty & Dowry Harassment Case Against Husband And Family Can Be Quashed After Spouses Amicably Settled Matrimonial Dispute: AP High Court

Can a husband and his family escape a BNS Section 85 cruelty and dowry case even when the offences are non-compoundable? The Andhra Pradesh High Court quashed the criminal…

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Husband’s Share Sale Earnings Count As Income For Maintenance: Karnataka High Court Raises Wife And Son's Monthly Maintenance To ₹1.2 Lakh

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Husband’s Restitution Of Conjugal Rights Plea Is No Ground To Quash 498A Dowry Case Against Him: MP High Court

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Husband Wins Divorce On Cruelty Grounds, Yet Ordered To Pay Wife ₹36.25 Lakh Alimony? Patna High Court Explains Why

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False Rape Case Over Personal Enmity? Allahabad High Court Acquits 3 Men After 43 Years, Finds Serious Doubts In Prosecution's Evidence

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498A Cannot Become A Weapon To Drag Entire Husband’s Family Into Criminal Trial: Allahabad High Court Upholds Discharge Of Relatives In Wife’s Dowry Case

Can an entire family be dragged into a dowry harassment case without clear proof of active involvement? Allahabad High Court held that vague and omnibus allegations are not enough…

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May 16, 2026 11

Misuse Of 498A IPC | Husband & In-Laws Selling Matrimonial House Is Not Dowry Harassment: Himachal Pradesh High Court Quashes Case

Can selling a matrimonial house become a dowry harassment case under Section 498A IPC? The Himachal Pradesh High Court has now answered this important question. SHIMLA: The…

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May 15, 2026 33

Magistrate Cannot Decide S.125 CrPC Cases On Assumptions Alone: Gauhati High Court Reduces Maintenance From ₹20,000 To ₹6,000, Says Wife Must Prove Husband’s High Income

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…

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May 15, 2026 9

Custody of 2-Year-Old Child Given to Allegedly Alcoholic Wife? Allahabad High Court Says “Medical Records Insufficient to Declare Woman Alcoholic or Unfit”

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…

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May 15, 2026 13

Can a Husband or Father File Habeas Corpus to Force a Woman Back Home? Karnataka High Court Answers

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…

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May 15, 2026 9

Jobless Man Cannot Deny Maintenance Despite Wife’s Government Job: Orissa High Court Dismisses Husband’s Revision Petition, Says MBA Degree Holder Cannot Plead ‘No Income’

Can a husband lose his maintenance challenge even when the wife is financially independent? The Orissa High Court says yes. The Court treated the husband’s MBA and engineering…

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May 14, 2026 17

“Mahabharata Era ‘Niyog Pratha’ Resurfaced”: Delhi High Court Sets Aside Adultery Conviction Against Man, Holds Section 497 IPC Unconstitutional With Retrospective Effect

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…

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Met Through Shaadi.com, Ended Up In Jail: Delhi Court Grants Bail To Man In “False Promise Of Marriage” Rape Case, Says Relationship Appeared Consensual

Can a man be jailed for rape even after the woman herself admits there was “no commitment of marriage”? The Delhi Court replied in negative and granted bail after observing that…

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May 14, 2026 12

Advocate Rape Case | “Morality Has To Be Kept Separate From Offence”: Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Gym Trainer, Says Prosecutrix Was “Neither Minor, Nor Illiterate”

Can a married man’s personal life and interfaith relationship become grounds to deny him bail in criminal proceedings? The Delhi High Court held that personal morality and…

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498A Cannot Become A Weapon To Drag Entire Husband’s Family Into Criminal Trial: Allahabad High Court Upholds Discharge Of Relatives In Wife’s Dowry Case

Misuse Of 498A IPC | Husband & In-Laws Selling Matrimonial House Is Not Dowry Harassment: Himachal Pradesh High Court Quashes Case

Magistrate Cannot Decide S.125 CrPC Cases On Assumptions Alone: Gauhati High Court Reduces Maintenance From ₹20,000 To ₹6,000, Says Wife Must Prove Husband’s High Income

Custody of 2-Year-Old Child Given to Allegedly Alcoholic Wife? Allahabad High Court Says “Medical Records Insufficient to Declare Woman Alcoholic or Unfit”

Can a Husband or Father File Habeas Corpus to Force a Woman Back Home? Karnataka High Court Answers

Landmark Rulings & Statutory Quashings

Cruelty & Dowry Harassment Case Against Husband And Family Can Be Quashed After Spouses Amicably Settled Matrimonial Dispute: AP High Court

Husband’s Share Sale Earnings Count As Income For Maintenance: Karnataka High Court Raises Wife And Son's Monthly Maintenance To ₹1.2 Lakh

Wife Can't Forcibly Detain Husband At De-Addiction Centre Without His Consent Or Medical Grounds: MP High Court Orders His Release

Husband’s Restitution Of Conjugal Rights Plea Is No Ground To Quash 498A Dowry Case Against Him: MP High Court

Husband Wins Divorce On Cruelty Grounds, Yet Ordered To Pay Wife ₹36.25 Lakh Alimony? Patna High Court Explains Why

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Cruelty & Dowry Harassment Case Against Husband And Family Can Be Quashed After Spouses Amicably Settled Matrimonial Dispute: AP High Court

Husband’s Share Sale Earnings Count As Income For Maintenance: Karnataka High Court Raises Wife And Son's Monthly Maintenance To ₹1.2 Lakh

Husband’s Restitution Of Conjugal Rights Plea Is No Ground To Quash 498A Dowry Case Against Him: MP High Court

Husband Wins Divorce On Cruelty Grounds, Yet Ordered To Pay Wife ₹36.25 Lakh Alimony? Patna High Court Explains Why

False Rape Case Over Personal Enmity? Allahabad High Court Acquits 3 Men After 43 Years, Finds Serious Doubts In Prosecution's Evidence

498A Cannot Become A Weapon To Drag Entire Husband’s Family Into Criminal Trial: Allahabad High Court Upholds Discharge Of Relatives In Wife’s Dowry Case

Misuse Of 498A IPC | Husband & In-Laws Selling Matrimonial House Is Not Dowry Harassment: Himachal Pradesh High Court Quashes Case

Magistrate Cannot Decide S.125 CrPC Cases On Assumptions Alone: Gauhati High Court Reduces Maintenance From ₹20,000 To ₹6,000, Says Wife Must Prove Husband’s High Income

Custody of 2-Year-Old Child Given to Allegedly Alcoholic Wife? Allahabad High Court Says “Medical Records Insufficient to Declare Woman Alcoholic or Unfit”

Can a Husband or Father File Habeas Corpus to Force a Woman Back Home? Karnataka High Court Answers

Jobless Man Cannot Deny Maintenance Despite Wife’s Government Job: Orissa High Court Dismisses Husband’s Revision Petition, Says MBA Degree Holder Cannot Plead ‘No Income’

“Mahabharata Era ‘Niyog Pratha’ Resurfaced”: Delhi High Court Sets Aside Adultery Conviction Against Man, Holds Section 497 IPC Unconstitutional With Retrospective Effect

Met Through Shaadi.com, Ended Up In Jail: Delhi Court Grants Bail To Man In “False Promise Of Marriage” Rape Case, Says Relationship Appeared Consensual

Advocate Rape Case | “Morality Has To Be Kept Separate From Offence”: Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Gym Trainer, Says Prosecutrix Was “Neither Minor, Nor Illiterate”