Vague Dowry Harassment Claims Can’t Sustain 498A & Abetment Of Suicide Conviction: HP High Court Exposes Abuse of Law
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has ruled that general and non-specific allegations of dowry harassment are not enough to prove…
Wife Calls Husband Paaltoo Chooha, Beats Him Before Mother & Asks To Separate From Old Parents: Chhattisgarh High Court Upholds Divorce Over Mental Cruelty
The Chhattisgarh High Court confirmed divorce after finding that forcing a husband to leave his parents and humiliating him amounted…
498A Case Continues, 406 IPC Dropped Against Husband and His Family As Wife Has No Proof of Dowry Entrustment: Delhi Mahila Court
A Delhi Mahila Court has ordered framing of charges under Section 498A IPC while discharging all accused from Section 406…
Mother Who Gave Child’s Custody to Father During Divorce Cannot Claim Priority Later: Gujarat High Court Upholds Father’s Rights
The Gujarat High Court upheld the father’s custody of a child below five years after the mother had voluntarily handed…
Allahabad High Court Reopens Maintenance Case Against Husband, Rejects Loan Deductions, Orders Fresh Decision Ignoring Wife’s High Qualification
The Allahabad High Court set aside a Family Court order denying maintenance to a wife and awarding a very low…
Accessing Wife’s Intimate Photographs With Ex-Boyfriend From Her Phone & Threatening To Circulate Them Amounts To Cruelty: Jharkhand High Court Grants Divorce
Jharkhand High Court granted divorce to a woman after holding that sharing her pre-marriage photos and humiliating her amounted to…
Father’s Visitation Right Cut Despite No Proven Guilt Citing Child Welfare: Delhi HC Admits Innocent Acts Are Painted Wrongly Against Men
The Delhi High Court dismissed a father’s appeal against reduction of his visitation rights, holding that interim access can be…
Priest Husband Funds Wife’s Career; She Becomes a Police Officer and Files for Divorce, Calling Him “Unfit”: Bhopal Court Case
A Bhopal family court is hearing a divorce case where a temple priest who funded his wife’s education is now…
Refusal to Marry Is Not Suicide Abetment. You Can’t Jail a Man for Saying ‘NO’ In Love Affair: Gauhati High Court Quashes IPC 306 Charge
The Gauhati High Court ruled that a failed love affair or refusal to marry cannot automatically make a man guilty…
Forced Unnatural Sex By Husband Is Cruelty U/S 498A, Not Rape U/S 375 IPC Due To Marital Exception: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that forced unnatural sex by a husband is cruelty under Section 498A IPC but…