Can a long consensual relationship between two married adults later support a rape prosecution based on an alleged promise of marriage? The Allahabad High Court examined theâŚ
Precedent analyses on Section 498A IPC, Section 125 CrPC & BNSS safeguards
An 84-year-old man argued that his pension supported him and his ailing wife, yet he was ordered to pay âš17,000 every month. Why did the Jharkhand High Court reject his appealâŚ
Can a long consensual relationship between two married adults later support a rape prosecution based on an alleged promise of marriage? The Allahabad High Court examined theâŚ
A husband suffering from blood cancer was required to travel around 370 km to contest the maintenance proceedings filed by his wife and children. Why did the Madras High CourtâŚ
Can in-laws face Domestic Violence Act proceedings merely because they allegedly supported the husband? The Karnataka High Court has drawn a clear line between specific acts ofâŚ
Can a husband becoming a homemaker help save a marriage when the wife wants to focus on her career? The Madras High Court says changing traditional gender roles may offer aâŚ
Can a husband get a divorce for cruelty when his wife allegedly mocks him as âblack-complexionedâ or âfatty-shapedâ? The Chhattisgarh High Court said these allegations were notâŚ
Can a wife bring her husbandâs alleged girlfriend into a cruelty and dowry criminal case merely because she blames her for the breakdown of the marriage? The Karnataka High CourtâŚ
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 herâŚ
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 toâŚ
