The Karnataka High Court held that routine marital disagreements cannot be criminalised as cruelty under Section 498A IPC. The judgment…
The J&K and Ladakh High Court quashed a 498A dowry FIR, holding it to be a retaliatory case filed after…
The Delhi High Court has held that sexual assault by a husband’s family members can amount to cruelty under Section…
The Supreme Court has ruled that a husband sending money to his parents or asking his wife to maintain expense…
The Supreme Court has restored conviction in a dowry death case and issued nationwide directions to fight the dowry system….
The Supreme Court has said dowry remains widespread despite strict laws, which are both ineffective and misused. The Court restored…
The Allahabad High Court has granted bail in a fake dowry death case after key prosecution witnesses turned hostile, observing…
The Supreme Court acquits husband after 26 years in a dowry and cruelty case, warning that Section 498A IPC is…
The Supreme Court quashed a dowry harassment case against a man falsely accused by his sister-in-law, stressing that courts must…
The Supreme Court quashed a false dowry and cruelty FIR against a husband’s brother, calling the allegations vague and malicious….
