The Calcutta High Court held that a divorce decree does not automatically end a husband’s statutory obligation to maintain his former wife. Under Explanation (b) to Section 125(1)…
Precedent analyses on Section 498A IPC, Section 125 CrPC & BNSS safeguards
A husband was kept in continuous custody through 23 separate orders of 30 days each for unpaid maintenance to his wife and daughter. Can a Family Court repeatedly extend…
The Calcutta High Court held that a divorce decree does not automatically end a husband’s statutory obligation to maintain his former wife. Under Explanation (b) to Section 125(1)…
The Madras High Court upheld divorce in favour of a husband after considering the wife’s conduct, including repeatedly insisting that he distance himself from his parents and set…
The Madras High Court upheld divorce in a marriage that had effectively broken down after years of separation and failed reconciliation. The Court made clear that the existence…
The Punjab & Haryana High Court transferred the husband’s divorce petition from Hisar to Sonepat despite his offer to bear the wife’s travel expenses. The Court clarified that…
The Supreme Court is considering the constitutional challenge to India’s marital rape exception, which raises two competing legal questions: marriage does not extinguish a woman’s…
The Karnataka High Court rejected a woman’s maintenance claim after finding that she knew the man had an earlier marriage and had examined his divorce decree before their alleged…
The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that when a man and woman have lived together for a long period as husband and wife and are recognised as such by society, the law strongly…
The Madhya Pradesh High Court acquitted a husband who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly setting his wife on fire. The Court found serious weaknesses in the…
The Kerala High Court quashed criminal proceedings against a man booked under Section 69 BNS after noting that the complainant was already married and had voluntarily accompanied…
