Homemaker Idle | Wife’s Earning Ability Not Enough to Deny Maintenance: Delhi High Court Orders Husband to Pay ₹90,000 Per Month
The Delhi High Court held that a homemaker cannot be termed idle merely for being educated and awarded ₹90,000 per…
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Doubting Wife’s Character Not Abetment of Suicide Under Section 306 IPC: Uttarakhand High Court Sets Aside Husband’s 7 Years Jail Sentence
Can suspicion in a strained marriage send a man to prison for suicide? The Uttarakhand High Court says criminal law…
498A Is Not A Passport Ban: AP High Court Slams Mechanical LOCs, Says Personal Liberty & Working Man’s Right To Earn Cannot Be Sacrificed Without Exceptional Grounds
Can a man lose his foreign job just because a matrimonial case is registered against him? The Andhra Pradesh High…
Decade-Long Desertion by Wife | Acquitted in 498A Case, Yet Divorce Denied: Karnataka High Court Terms Husband’s Extra Marital Affair Allegation as “Mental Cruelty”
Karnataka High Court refused divorce to a husband deserted for over a decade and acquitted in a 498A case. Despite…
Domestic Violence Case Dismissed As Wife Fails To Prove Allegations Against Husband: Bengaluru Court Frees Man After 8 Years
An 8-year-long domestic violence battle ends with the Bengaluru court ruling that allegations were not backed by sufficient evidence. What…
Dowry Allegations Failed | Wife’s Family Financial Records Contradict Claims: Karnataka High Court Quashes 498A Case Against Husband and Relatives
The Karnataka High Court 498A quash Case after finding no prima facie material to support the dowry allegations. It noted…
Wife Continuing 498A & Dowry Case After Divorce And Her Remarriage Is Abuse of Law: Uttarakhand High Court Quashes Proceedings Against Ex-Husband
The Uttarakhand High Court quashed a dowry harassment case filed under Section 498A IPC after the couple’s divorce and the…
Wife’s Suicide Case | Serious Criminal Sections Like 498A and 306 IPC Cannot Be Used Casually Against a Husband Merely Because a Tragedy Has Occurred: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court held that in a wife’s suicide case, the husband’s conviction under Sections 498A and 306 IPC…
Wife Files Cruelty Case Against Husband For Not Buying Body Lotion: Karnataka High Court Stays FIR
A Bengaluru wife filed a cruelty case after her husband allegedly refused to buy milk and body lotion for their…
Consent Cannot Create a Marriage the Law Never Recognized: Telangana High Court Says Hindu Marriage Act Cannot Be Forced When Husband/Wife Not Governed By The Act
The Telangana High Court held that a marriage registered under the Hindu Marriage Act is legally void if one party…
