Tripura High Court Upholds POCSO Conviction Despite DNA Mismatch: Negative Test Report Only Disproves Paternity, Not Rape Charges
The Tripura High Court ruled that a negative DNA report only rules out paternity, not the offence of rape, and…
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Rape Law Cannot Be Used After Failed Relationships Just To Force Marriage: Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Case Against Army Officer
The Punjab and Haryana High Court held that a failed consensual relationship cannot be turned into a criminal rape case…
Wife Who Deserted Husband Without Reasonable Cause, Not Entitled to Maintenance: Kerala High Court Sets Aside Past Maintenance Order After Divorce
The Kerala High Court held that under the Divorce Act, a wife who deserted her husband without reasonable cause is…
Wife Living Separately for Job Is a ‘Reasonable Excuse’ U/S 9 HMA: Jharkhand High Court Rejects Husband’s Restitution Of Conjugal Rights Plea
The Jharkhand High Court has ruled that a wife living separately to continue her job cannot be forced to return…
Wife’s Maintenance Cancelled As There’s No Proof of Lawful Divorce. Marriage Cannot Be Ended By Notary Affidavit: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court ruled that a notarised affidavit is not a valid way to dissolve a marriage. Without legal…
Long Live-In Relationship = Marriage: Bombay High Court Allows DV Trial Against Man, Grants Relief to Family
A live-in relationship with long cohabitation and birth of a child was held sufficient to attract DV Act proceedings against…
Married as “Widow” While First Husband Was Alive: Chhattisgarh HC Declares “Chudi” Marriage Void Under HMA for No Proof of Divorce, Rejects Fake Inheritance Claims
The High Court exposed how a marriage was projected as valid despite the first husband being alive and with no…
Wife Hide Her Age and Life Conviction for Lover’s Murder, Threatened to Kill Husband’s Family and Filed False Cases: Jharkhand HC Grants Divorce Citing Cruelty
The Jharkhand High Court upheld divorce in favour of a husband after finding that the wife concealed her real age…
Accessing Wife’s Intimate Photographs With Ex-Boyfriend From Her Phone & Threatening To Circulate Them Amounts To Cruelty: Jharkhand High Court Grants Divorce
Jharkhand High Court granted divorce to a woman after holding that sharing her pre-marriage photos and humiliating her amounted to…
Forced Unnatural Sex By Husband Is Cruelty U/S 498A, Not Rape U/S 375 IPC Due To Marital Exception: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that forced unnatural sex by a husband is cruelty under Section 498A IPC but…
