Woman Not Entitled to Maintenance as Legally Wedded Wife When First Marriage Still Subsisted: Allahabad High Court
Can maintenance under Section 125 CrPC be granted when the second marriage itself is not legally valid? The Allahabad High…
Secret Call Recordings Cannot Be Used in Divorce Cases as They Violate the Right to Privacy: Telangana High Court
Can a spouse secretly record private calls and use them to prove cruelty in a divorce case? The Telangana High…
No Direct Witness, No Incriminating Evidence: Delhi Court Acquits Husband In Wife’s Attempt-To-Murder Case
Can a husband be convicted only on the basis of an FIR and supplementary statement? The court held that unproved…
Husband’s Claim Of Wife Leaving Matrimonial Home Without Sufficient Cause Not Enough To Deny Maintenance: MP High Court Grants ₹30,000 Each To Wife And Child
Can a husband’s restitution petition be ignored while deciding maintenance? The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that filing a restitution…
Matrimonial Case Of Uttarakhand, But Husband Kept In UP Jail Without Valid Remand: Allahabad High Court Frees Caged Man, Calls Detention Illegal
Can a court transfer the case file without deciding the prisoner’s custody? The Allahabad High Court held that an accused…
Wife’s False 498A & 323 IPC Assault Claims After 9 Years Of Unhappy Marriage Collapse: Delhi Court Discharges Husband After Divorce Settlement U-Turn
Did a failed mutual-consent divorce settlement lead to a criminal case against the husband? A Delhi court found serious contradictions…
Husband’s Duty To Maintain Minor Children Continues Even If Wife Is Not Entitled U/S 125(4) CrPC: MP High Court Sets Aside Wife’s Maintenance, Enhances Children’s Support
Can minor children be denied maintenance only because wife is not entitled? MP High Court said No. And held that…
“Those Who Allege A Custom Must Prove It”: Supreme Court Says Uncle-In-Law Cannot Adopt Niece’s Husband As “Ghardamad” Under Oraon Tribal Custom
Can a daughter claim Oraon tribal property by calling her husband a Ghardamad? Supreme Court says No. Custom must be…
False 498A Case | “Husband’s Attention Towards Parents Can’t Be Ground For Wife To Live Separately & Claim Maintenance”: Madhya Pradesh High Court
Can a wife live separately and claim maintenance only because her husband gives attention to his parents and family? The…
498A Misuse | “General Marital Allegations And Simple Injury Not Enough For Criminal Trial”: Delhi Court Discharges Husband
Can allegations of impotence, health issues, dowry articles and one simple injury automatically become a 498A and assault case? A…
