Mother Sentenced to Death for Killing 11-Year-Old Daughter After Child Saw Her With Lover: Bihar Court
An Araria court awarded the death penalty to 35-year-old Poonam Devi for poisoning and nearly beheading her minor daughter after…
Tag: Marriage
Unmarried Daughter Entitled To Maintenance & Marriage Expenses From Father: Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that an unmarried daughter, even if she is a major, has a full legal…
Forcing A Dead Marriage To Survive Is Cruelty: MP High Court Grants Divorce Despite Wife’s 2nd Marriage
The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that refusing divorce in a completely broken marriage only increases suffering for both spouses….
Wife Claiming ‘I Do Not Remember’ Overnight Stays With Another Man Raises Judicial Suspicion: Delhi High Court Upholds Divorce Granted To The Husband
The Delhi High Court upheld a divorce after finding that the Wife’s repeated claim of “not remembering” overnight stays with…
Wife’s Pregnancy Cannot Whitewash Or Erase Cruelty: Delhi High Court Grants Divorce To Husband
The Delhi High Court dissolved a 2016 marriage holding that a wife’s pregnancy or temporary reconciliation cannot wipe out past…
The Bombay High Court ruled that a wife’s tears alone do not constitute cruelty, and overturned the 498A case filed against the husband and his parents.
On November 4, 2025, the Bombay High Court ruled that a husband and his parents cannot be convicted of constitute…
Landmark Ruling | Living Separately For Long Doesn’t Mean Marriage Is Dead: Supreme Court Slams Mechanical Divorces & Sets Aside HC Judgment
The Supreme Court has ruled that courts cannot blindly assume a marriage is “irretrievably broken” just because the couple living…
Married Woman Cannot Claim Safety for an Illicit Relationship: Allahabad High Court Refuses Protection to Live-In Couple
The Allahabad High Court denied protection to a woman and her partner who claim safety to be in a live-in…
Marriage Misused as Tool of Women’s Subjugation. It is an Uncomfortable Truth: Supreme Court’s Justice Surya Kant
Justice Surya Kant of the Supreme Court of India called it an “uncomfortable truth” that marriage has historically been misused…
Royal Marriage, Rolls Royce & Rs 2.25 Crore Settlement: Supreme Court Ends ‘Royal’ Union in Style
The Supreme Court dissolved a Royal marriage after a dowry dispute involving a 1951 Rolls Royce once linked to Jawaharlal…