498A FIR Against Husband Quashed by J&K & Ladakh High Court: “Selective Cruelty Claims and Misuse of Criminal Law By 1st Wife”
The J&K & Ladakh High Court has quashed a 498A and Dowry Act FIR, holding that cruelty allegations cannot be…
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Wife Calls Husband Paaltoo Chooha, Beats Him Before Mother & Asks To Separate From Old Parents: Chhattisgarh High Court Upholds Divorce Over Mental Cruelty
The Chhattisgarh High Court confirmed divorce after finding that forcing a husband to leave his parents and humiliating him amounted…
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…
Calcutta High Court Grants Divorce Under Special Marriage Act, Says Dead Marriage Cannot Be Forced to Survive on Paper
The Calcutta High Court has allowed divorce by holding that long separation, cruelty, and a completely broken marriage cannot be…
Married Woman Jailed for Abetment of Lover’s Suicide After Extorting ₹1.8 Lakh: Gujarat Court
A Nadiad sessions court sentenced a married woman to five years in jail for abetting the suicide of a young…
498A Misuse | Sending Money To Parents & Asking Wife To Track Expenses Is Not Cruelty: Supreme Court Quashes Case Against Husband
The Supreme Court has ruled that a husband sending money to his parents or asking his wife to maintain expense…
Marriage That Exists Only on Paper, Is Legal Cruelty. Cannot Be Forced to Continue: Supreme Court Ends 24-Year Matrimonial Trap
The Supreme Court has dissolved a marriage after 24 years of separation, holding that prolonged litigation and complete breakdown make…
Wife’s Refusal of Intimacy Is Mental Cruelty: Delhi High Court Upholds Divorce Over Non-Consummation Of Marriage
The Delhi High Court upheld a Family Court decree granting divorce after finding that the marriage was never consummated and…
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…
Delhi High Court: Wife’s Delayed Criminal Allegations “Cannot Outweigh” Husband’s Clear & Consistent Proof of Cruelty
The Delhi High Court dissolved the marriage after finding that the wife’s criminal allegations were raised only after the husband…