Husband Must Pay ₹3.5 Lakh/Month: Bombay High Court Raises Wife Maintenance By 7 Times
The Bombay High Court raised monthly maintenance for a divorced wife from ₹50,000 to ₹3.5 lakh after finding the husband…
Delhi High Court: Wife Owning Her Own Flat Can’t Claim Monthly Rent as Maintenance From Husband Under DV Act
The Delhi High Court ruled that once a wife buys her own flat, she cannot keep receiving rent allowance as…
Delhi High Court: Woman’s Past And Blemished Character Cannot Be Used To Prove Consent In Rape Case. Even A Willing Companion Can Be A Victim
The Delhi High Court quashed a 2018 rape FIR, ruling that a woman’s “blemished character” cannot be used to imply…
DNA Test Can’t Be Ordered Just to Fish for Truth: Supreme Court Upholds Child’s Legitimacy & Right to Privacy
The Supreme Court ruled that a DNA test cannot be ordered casually in paternity disputes, as it invades privacy and…
Bombay High Court Acquits Husband: “Mere Statement That Daughter Was Unhappy Or Wept Is Not Proof Of Cruelty or Abetment To Suicide”
The Bombay High Court ruled that just saying a woman was unhappy or used to cry is not enough to…
Widow Can’t Abandon In-Laws After Getting Job on Compassionate Grounds: Rajasthan High Court Orders ₹20,000 Monthly Deduction from Salary
Rajasthan High Court ruled that a widow who secured a compassionate job after her husband’s death must support her in-laws….
Supreme Court Overrules MP High Court: Petitions to Quash Domestic Violence Cases Maintainable from the Very Beginning, at any stage
The Court clarifies that petitions under Section 528 BNSS (formerly Section 482 CrPC) to quash DV Act cases need not…
Gurgaon Lady Lawyer Busted for Running Fake POCSO & Rape Case Extortion Racket: “Told Me to Settle Out of Court, Or Face Rape Charges”
A Lady lawyer, her husband, and an accomplice allegedly filed fake POCSO and rape cases to extort money from men…
Mohammed Shami’s Wife Moves Supreme Court Seeking ₹10 Lakh Monthly Maintenance: “He Lives Like a Star, Why Should We Live Like Strangers?”
Mohammed Shami Wife claims Shami’s net worth crosses ₹500 crore; says their daughter shouldn’t be “forced into a budget life…
Bombay HC Acquits Husband: “Unhappy Marriage ≠ Cruelty. 498A Cannot Be Filed Just Because Expectations of the Wife weren’t Met.”
(Bombay HC Acquits Husband): Courts cannot jail husbands under 498A or abetment to suicide just because a marriage was “unhappy”….