The Supreme Court is set to take up the long-pending challenge to the marital rape exception again on September 9, 2026. On September 7, a Bench led by CJI Surya Kant asked about…
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 Supreme Court is set to take up the long-pending challenge to the marital rape exception again on September 9, 2026. On September 7, a Bench led by CJI Surya Kant asked about…
The Supreme Court granted divorce to a husband after finding that his wife had abandoned the matrimonial relationship and the couple had remained separated since December 2005.…
The Supreme Court has stressed the need to prevent prolonged delays in criminal trials. Under the BNSS framework, statutory timelines apply at the charge-framing stage, including…
A husband died by suicide after his wife left the matrimonial home, filed an FIR and initiated maintenance proceedings, while his suicide note blamed her family. But can even an…
Mother earned ₹1.5 lakh a month, yet the Supreme Court restored the father’s ₹60,000 monthly liability for two daughters. Why did the Court reject the High Court’s 50% reduction…
If the investigation was already complete and the chargesheet had been filed without arrest, was custodial arrest still necessary? The Supreme Court has stepped in and protected…
Can a husband be forced to face a full criminal trial even when official government records show he was hundreds of kilometres away on duty when the alleged incident happened? The…
Can a husband reduce his income for maintenance by showing PF and stock-plan deductions from salary? The Supreme Court has now clarified which deductions can actually be counted…
Why did Justice BV Nagarathna say, “We do not conduct seminars on justice for men.” at an NCW conference? Her remarks on women’s safety also raise a wider question: can the…
