The Karnataka High Court held that routine marital disagreements cannot be criminalised as cruelty under Section 498A IPC. The judgment…
The Patna High Court has ruled that a failed consensual relationship cannot be converted into a rape case merely because…
The Gauhati High Court ruled that a failed love affair or refusal to marry cannot automatically make a man guilty…
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that forced unnatural sex by a husband is cruelty under Section 498A IPC but…
The Supreme Court has acknowledged misuse of the POCSO Act and urged the Centre to introduce a “Romeo-Juliet” clause to…
The Delhi High Court ruled that a married woman’s abortion, if done within the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, cannot…
The Delhi High Court has strongly criticised police for routinely inserting the words “haath mara” in women’s assault FIRs without…
The Bombay High Court has ruled that a father-in-law refusing to intervene in a marital dispute and a brother-in-law advising…
When the wife of a murdered man chooses not to pursue criminal proceedings, an uncle cannot claim “victim” status. The…
The J&K and Ladakh High Court quashed a 498A dowry FIR, holding it to be a retaliatory case filed after…
