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High Court • May 07, 2026 • 6 reads

Six To Seven Months Of Cohabitation Alone Cannot Defeat Interim Maintenance Claim: Karnataka HC Orders Fresh Consideration In Wife’s Plea Against Husband Allegedly Working In Dubai

Can A Short Marriage Automatically Defeat Maintenance Claim? The Karnataka High Court held that mere short duration of marriage cannot justify rejecting interim maintenance…

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Husband Detained Through 23 Orders Over Maintenance Default: Jharkhand High Court Calls It Illegal Under Section 125(3) CrPC, Orders Immediate Release

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Section 69 BNS | Transgender Woman Cannot Invoke False Promise of Marriage Provision Against Man: Allahabad High Court Grants Bail

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Section 498A IPC | Cruelty Allegations Over Unproved Additional Dowry Demand Cannot Sustain Conviction: AP High Court Acquits Husband After 17 Years

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BREAKING | Snakebite Murder: Wife And Her Lover Sentenced To Death For Killing Husband By Meerut Sessions Court

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86% Disabled Husband Harassed and Humiliated By Ex-Wife And Relatives? Delhi High Court Orders Fresh Examination Of His Disability Harassment Plea

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Husband Detained Through 23 Orders Over Maintenance Default: Jharkhand High Court Calls It Illegal Under Section 125(3) CrPC, Orders Immediate Release

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…

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High Court Oct 17, 2026

Section 69 BNS | Transgender Woman Cannot Invoke False Promise of Marriage Provision Against Man: Allahabad High Court Grants Bail

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High Court Oct 17, 2026

Section 498A IPC | Cruelty Allegations Over Unproved Additional Dowry Demand Cannot Sustain Conviction: AP High Court Acquits Husband After 17 Years

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Legal Update Oct 16, 2026

BREAKING | Snakebite Murder: Wife And Her Lover Sentenced To Death For Killing Husband By Meerut Sessions Court

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High Court Oct 16, 2026

86% Disabled Husband Harassed and Humiliated By Ex-Wife And Relatives? Delhi High Court Orders Fresh Examination Of His Disability Harassment Plea

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Six To Seven Months Of Cohabitation Alone Cannot Defeat Interim Maintenance Claim: Karnataka HC Orders Fresh Consideration In Wife’s Plea Against Husband Allegedly Working In Dubai

Can A Short Marriage Automatically Defeat Maintenance Claim? The Karnataka High Court held that mere short duration of marriage cannot justify rejecting interim maintenance…

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May 07, 2026 3

No Proof Of Abetment To Suicide Or Cruelty | Conviction Cannot Rest On Suspicion: Calcutta High Court Acquits Husband In 30-Year-Old Dowry Death And 498A Case

Can Hearsay Allegations Without Corroboration Send A Husband To Jail In A Dowry Death Case? Calcutta High Court Says No, Criminal Conviction Cannot Be Based On Suspicion Or…

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Wife’s Earning Capacity Cannot Be Ignored. Highly Qualified Woman Can’t Sit Idle And Claim Maintenance: Calcutta HC Sets Aside 12K Maintenance Order

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May 07, 2026 14

Wife’s Earning Capacity Cannot Be Ignored. Highly Qualified Woman Can’t Sit Idle And Claim Maintenance: Calcutta HC Sets Aside 12K Maintenance Order

Can a highly qualified wife claim maintenance without disclosing her income? Calcutta High Court says financial transparency is mandatory, even at the ad-interim stage. WEST…

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Wife Earning ₹1.5 Lakh Monthly Cannot Seek Enhanced Maintenance Merely By Pointing Towards Husband’s One Acre Land And Ancestral Property Claims: Karnataka High Court

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May 06, 2026 7

Wife Earning ₹1.5 Lakh Monthly Cannot Seek Enhanced Maintenance Merely By Pointing Towards Husband’s One Acre Land And Ancestral Property Claims: Karnataka High Court

Can speculative claims over ancestral property outweigh the financial independence of the wife and the husband’s unemployment claim? The Karnataka High Court answered in negative,…

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May 06, 2026 8

Embassy NOC Cannot Be Forced For Marriage Between Indian Man And Sri Lankan Woman Under Special Marriage Act: Kerala High Court

Can a marriage between an Indian citizen and a foreign national be denied merely because an Embassy NOC was not produced? The Kerala High Court said No, holding that marriage…

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May 06, 2026 5

Man Accused Of Hitting Son With Tennis Ball During Court Visitation: Calcutta High Court Quashes FIR, Says ‘Wholly Unnatural For A Father To Harm His Own Child’

Does a delayed FIR with contradictory allegations and no independent witnesses justify criminal proceedings against a father during child visitation? The Court said no and quashed…

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May 06, 2026 7

False 498A IPC Case Against Husband & His 84-Yr-Old Mother | “Taking Child For Welfare Cannot Be Called Cruelty”: Calcutta High Court Quashes Case

Did the husband take away the child to mentally harass the mother, or was he protecting the child’s welfare? The Calcutta High Court examined the child’s own statements before…

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False Marriage Promise Rape Case | “Relationship Consensual For Years, Then Criminal After Breakup?”: Supreme Court Quashes Case And Frees Man

Four years of a voluntary relationship, no complaint, and full awareness of each other’s marital status—yet a rape case was filed after things fell apart. The Supreme Court…

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Husband’s Divorce Petition Shifted 90 KM Away From Nuh To Faridabad: Punjab & Haryana High Court Allows Wife’s Transfer Plea, Says ‘Single Parenting Is Arduous Task’

Can courts transfer matrimonial cases mainly based on the wife’s convenience even when the husband is not heard? The High Punjab & Haryana High Court held that courts generally…

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Six To Seven Months Of Cohabitation Alone Cannot Defeat Interim Maintenance Claim: Karnataka HC Orders Fresh Consideration In Wife’s Plea Against Husband Allegedly Working In Dubai

No Proof Of Abetment To Suicide Or Cruelty | Conviction Cannot Rest On Suspicion: Calcutta High Court Acquits Husband In 30-Year-Old Dowry Death And 498A Case

Wife’s Earning Capacity Cannot Be Ignored. Highly Qualified Woman Can’t Sit Idle And Claim Maintenance: Calcutta HC Sets Aside 12K Maintenance Order

Wife Earning ₹1.5 Lakh Monthly Cannot Seek Enhanced Maintenance Merely By Pointing Towards Husband’s One Acre Land And Ancestral Property Claims: Karnataka High Court

Embassy NOC Cannot Be Forced For Marriage Between Indian Man And Sri Lankan Woman Under Special Marriage Act: Kerala High Court

Landmark Rulings & Statutory Quashings

Husband Detained Through 23 Orders Over Maintenance Default: Jharkhand High Court Calls It Illegal Under Section 125(3) CrPC, Orders Immediate Release

Section 69 BNS | Transgender Woman Cannot Invoke False Promise of Marriage Provision Against Man: Allahabad High Court Grants Bail

Section 498A IPC | Cruelty Allegations Over Unproved Additional Dowry Demand Cannot Sustain Conviction: AP High Court Acquits Husband After 17 Years

BREAKING | Snakebite Murder: Wife And Her Lover Sentenced To Death For Killing Husband By Meerut Sessions Court

86% Disabled Husband Harassed and Humiliated By Ex-Wife And Relatives? Delhi High Court Orders Fresh Examination Of His Disability Harassment Plea

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Husband Detained Through 23 Orders Over Maintenance Default: Jharkhand High Court Calls It Illegal Under Section 125(3) CrPC, Orders Immediate Release

Section 69 BNS | Transgender Woman Cannot Invoke False Promise of Marriage Provision Against Man: Allahabad High Court Grants Bail

Section 498A IPC | Cruelty Allegations Over Unproved Additional Dowry Demand Cannot Sustain Conviction: AP High Court Acquits Husband After 17 Years

BREAKING | Snakebite Murder: Wife And Her Lover Sentenced To Death For Killing Husband By Meerut Sessions Court

86% Disabled Husband Harassed and Humiliated By Ex-Wife And Relatives? Delhi High Court Orders Fresh Examination Of His Disability Harassment Plea

Six To Seven Months Of Cohabitation Alone Cannot Defeat Interim Maintenance Claim: Karnataka HC Orders Fresh Consideration In Wife’s Plea Against Husband Allegedly Working In Dubai

No Proof Of Abetment To Suicide Or Cruelty | Conviction Cannot Rest On Suspicion: Calcutta High Court Acquits Husband In 30-Year-Old Dowry Death And 498A Case

Wife’s Earning Capacity Cannot Be Ignored. Highly Qualified Woman Can’t Sit Idle And Claim Maintenance: Calcutta HC Sets Aside 12K Maintenance Order

Wife Earning ₹1.5 Lakh Monthly Cannot Seek Enhanced Maintenance Merely By Pointing Towards Husband’s One Acre Land And Ancestral Property Claims: Karnataka High Court

Embassy NOC Cannot Be Forced For Marriage Between Indian Man And Sri Lankan Woman Under Special Marriage Act: Kerala High Court

Man Accused Of Hitting Son With Tennis Ball During Court Visitation: Calcutta High Court Quashes FIR, Says ‘Wholly Unnatural For A Father To Harm His Own Child’

False 498A IPC Case Against Husband & His 84-Yr-Old Mother | “Taking Child For Welfare Cannot Be Called Cruelty”: Calcutta High Court Quashes Case

False Marriage Promise Rape Case | “Relationship Consensual For Years, Then Criminal After Breakup?”: Supreme Court Quashes Case And Frees Man

Husband’s Divorce Petition Shifted 90 KM Away From Nuh To Faridabad: Punjab & Haryana High Court Allows Wife’s Transfer Plea, Says ‘Single Parenting Is Arduous Task’