Women Can’t Misuse Rape Laws as a Tool to Criminalise Breakups in Consensual Relationships: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court ruled that consensual relationships between adults cannot be criminalised after a breakup. The Court cautioned that…
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Dead Marriages Should Not Be Kept Alive Artificially: Supreme Court Ends Husband-Wife Litigation, Perjury Continues Against Wife
The Supreme Court ended a husband-wife legal battle where the couple lived together for only 65 days but fought 40+…
Wife’s Cruelty Allegations Impossible As They Are Not Living Together And There’s No Interaction: Patna High Court Quashes Case Against In-Laws
The Patna High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a husband’s relatives, holding that cruelty allegations fail when there is…
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…
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…
Consensual Relationship Is Not Rape If Marriage Fails Or There’s A Breakup: Patna High Court Quashes False Prosecution Against Man U/S 376 IPC
The Patna High Court has ruled that a failed consensual relationship cannot be converted into a rape case merely because…
Refusal to Marry Is Not Suicide Abetment. You Can’t Jail a Man for Saying ‘NO’ In Love Affair: Gauhati High Court Quashes IPC 306 Charge
The Gauhati High Court ruled that a failed love affair or refusal to marry cannot automatically make a man guilty…
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…
POCSO Misuse | “Law Must Not Become a Weapon of Revenge”: Supreme Court Asks Centre to Add Romeo-Juliet Clause to Protect Genuine Teen Relationships
The Supreme Court has acknowledged misuse of the POCSO Act and urged the Centre to introduce a “Romeo-Juliet” clause to…
Married Woman’s Abortion Due To Marital Discord Not A Crime Under MTP Act: Delhi High Court Over Shattered Dream Of Husband’s Fatherhood
The Delhi High Court ruled that a married woman’s abortion, if done within the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, cannot…