The Delhi High Court held that merely living separately for a long period does not, by itself, extinguish a husband’s obligation to maintain his wife. The entitlement to…
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 ₹17,000 every month. Why did the Jharkhand High Court reject his appeal…
The Delhi High Court held that merely living separately for a long period does not, by itself, extinguish a husband’s obligation to maintain his wife. The entitlement to…
The Karnataka High Court reduced permanent alimony awarded to an earning wife from ₹2 crore to ₹50 lakh, observing that alimony is intended to provide reasonable financial…
The Gujarat High Court granted divorce to a 67-year-old husband after finding that his wife had been living separately from him since 1992 without reasonable cause. The couple…
The Jharkhand High Court modified a man’s conviction for attempted rape in a case arising from a 1999 incident. The Court held that entering the woman’s house at night, catching…
A Pune district court granted divorce to a husband after concluding that he had proved mental cruelty by his wife. The husband alleged frequent quarrels, harassment, pressure to…
The Delhi High Court reduced the sentence of a man convicted in a 2009 rape and kidnapping case to the period of about two years and four months already undergone. The Court noted…
The Himachal Pradesh High Court reiterated that maintenance obligations cannot ordinarily be avoided merely by pleading unemployment or absence of income when the husband is…
The Kerala High Court held that passport authorities cannot insist on production of a court-issued divorce decree or judicial-separation order merely to delete a former spouse’s…
The Himachal Pradesh High Court granted bail to a man accused under Section 69 BNS after noting that both he and the complainant were already married to other persons and neither…
