10 Years Lost In 498A & Dowry Case Even After Mutual Divorce: Orissa High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Against Husband
Can a criminal trial continue even after both spouses legally part ways? The Orissa High Court answers this sharply: once…
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498A Can’t be a Weapon Used by a Wife for Family-Wide Revenge. Relatives Cannot Be Tried on Allegations Alone: Calcutta High Court Quashes Matrimonial Cruelty Case
Can an entire family be dragged into a dowry case without clear proof? The Calcutta High Court says vague claims…
498A Is Not A Passport Ban: AP High Court Slams Mechanical LOCs, Says Personal Liberty & Working Man’s Right To Earn Cannot Be Sacrificed Without Exceptional Grounds
Can a man lose his foreign job just because a matrimonial case is registered against him? The Andhra Pradesh High…
False 498A & 304B Case | No Dowry Harassment Alleged In Dying Declaration: MP High Court Protects Husband & His Family From Presumption-Based Conviction
Can a dowry death false 498A case stand when the woman herself makes no dowry allegation before death? The MP…
Dowry Allegations Failed | Wife’s Family Financial Records Contradict Claims: Karnataka High Court Quashes 498A Case Against Husband and Relatives
The Karnataka High Court 498A quash Case after finding no prima facie material to support the dowry allegations. It noted…
Second 498A Case On Same Matrimonial Incident Is Illegal: Calcutta High Court Slams Woman For Absolute Abuse Of Law To Harass Husband
The Calcutta High Court quashed a second 498A and dowry case filed on the same matrimonial incident, holding it legally…
Allahabad High Court: Child Cannot Be Forced Into Boarding School Amid Custody Battle Between Father and Mother Without Psychological Evaluation
The Allahabad High Court ruled that a child cannot be sent to a boarding school during a custody dispute without…
498A Overreach | Kitchen Fights Are Not a Crime, Jail Cannot Be Justified: Karnataka High Court Smashes False Case Against Husband
The Karnataka High Court held that routine marital disagreements cannot be criminalised as cruelty under Section 498A IPC. The judgment…
498A Cannot Be Used As Revenge, 2nd Marriage Triggered Fake Dowry Case: J&K High Court Quashes FIR
The J&K and Ladakh High Court quashed a 498A dowry FIR, holding it to be a retaliatory case filed after…
Delhi High Court: Rape by In-Laws Can Be Treated as Cruelty Under Section 498A, No Separate Trial Needed
The Delhi High Court has held that sexual assault by a husband’s family members can amount to cruelty under Section…
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