Husband Can Be Sick, Broken and Struggling, But He Cannot Escape Maintenance: Jharkhand High Court

Another maintenance battle where a man’s personal suffering becomes secondary after separation. Even serious health struggles may not protect a…

POCSO Act Cannot Criminalise Consensual Teen Sex; Ages 15–18 Are a Period of Experimentation: Supreme Court in Suo Motu Case on Adolescents’ Right to Privacy

Should teenage relationships always lead to criminal prosecution under POCSO Act? The Supreme Court held that the law must balance…

Can a wife file a cruelty complaint from her parental home even when the matrimonial home is in another district?…

Karnataka High Court delivered an important reminder that maintenance law cannot become financial punishment for husbands when the wife is…

Can a retired Army man avoid proper maintenance by saying he has only pension income? Allahabad High Court said wife…

Can divorce petitions be treated like routine civil cases? Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court says No, holding that…

The Jharkhand High Court upheld the husband’s divorce on the grounds of cruelty and desertion, but still enhanced the wife’s…

A Thane mother has been sentenced to life imprisonment after her two daughters testified that she attacked their 18-month-old sister…

The MP High Court reduces the husband’s life sentence to 7 years RI with ₹1,000 fine, but the case leaves…

Can a man be dragged into a 498A IPC case merely because he was in a live-in relationship with a…