Supreme Court Orders Employer To Deduct 50% From Husband’s Salary And Deposit Monthly Maintenance To Wife’s Account
Can a court order a man’s salary to be directly deducted for maintenance? The Supreme Court has now taken an…
Tag: Cruelty
Domestic Violence Act | No Formal Marriage Proof Required; Bombay High Court Refuses Husband’s Plea Against Maintenance Enhancement
Does “Domestic Relationship” Under Section 2(f) Ensure an Efficacious Maintenance Remedy Without Formal Marriage? Bombay High Court held that maintenance…
False Conviction | Husband Accused of Killing Wife & Children Spent 23 Yrs In Jail on Collapsed Evidence: Allahabad High Court Frees Man
Can a man lose 23 years of his life on weak evidence and tutored testimony? Allahabad High Court sets aside…
False Attempt-to-Homicide Case Against In-Laws: Omnibus Cruelty Allegations and Belated Medical Certificates Insufficient to Sustain Section 308 IPC, Rules Calcutta High Court
Can a wife invoke serious criminal provisions like Section 308 IPC against in-laws based on vague allegations and belated medical…
Repeated Court Absence and Non-Payment of Maintenance Held as Mental Cruelty: Rajasthan High Court Grants Divorce to Wife After Husband Abandoned Proceedings
The Rajasthan High Court granted divorce to the wife, holding that the husband’s repeated court absence and failure to pay…
498A Can’t be a Weapon Used by a Wife for Family-Wide Revenge. Relatives Cannot Be Tried on Allegations Alone: Calcutta High Court Quashes Matrimonial Cruelty Case
Can an entire family be dragged into a dowry case without clear proof? The Calcutta High Court says vague claims…
498A Misuse | Criminal Law Cannot Be a Tool to Settle Matrimonial Scores: Bombay High Court Slams Educated Wife, Quashes FIR Against Husband and Entire Family
In a powerful judgment, the Bombay High Court has quashed a 498A FIR filed by an educated wife against her…
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…
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…
