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…
Tag: Section 482 CrPC
False Attempt-to-Homicide Case Against In-Laws: Omnibus Cruelty Allegations and Belated Medical Certificates Insufficient to Sustain Section 308 IPC, Rules Calcutta High Court
Can a wife invoke serious criminal provisions like Section 308 IPC against in-laws based on vague allegations and belated medical…
Family Property Disputes Turn Into False Criminal Cases Against Cousin: Calcutta High Court Exposes How Laws Can Be Misused Against Men
Can criminal cases be filed to settle family property fights? Calcutta High Court steps in after finding vague allegations against…
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 Misuse | Criminal Law Cannot Be a Tool to Settle Matrimonial Scores: Bombay High Court Slams Educated Wife, Quashes FIR Against Husband and Entire Family
In a powerful judgment, the Bombay High Court has quashed a 498A FIR filed by an educated wife against her…
5 Years of Consensual Relationship Branded as Rape: Calcutta High Court Quashes Proceedings Against Man, Holds False Promise to Marry Must Exist From the Beginning
Calcutta High Court quashed rape proceedings arising from a 5-year consensual relationship between a man and a woman, holding that…
498A Misuse Exposed | Orissa High Court Quashes Case Against Innocent In-Laws, Says Trial Against Them Would Be “Sheer Harassment”
The Orissa High Court has quashed dowry harassment proceedings against the husband’s parents and sister, calling the allegations vague and…
Wife Continuing 498A & Dowry Case After Divorce And Her Remarriage Is Abuse of Law: Uttarakhand High Court Quashes Proceedings Against Ex-Husband
The Uttarakhand High Court quashed a dowry harassment case filed under Section 498A IPC after the couple’s divorce and the…
Telangana High Court: Husband’s Girlfriend Is Not ‘Relative’ Under Section 498A IPC, Criminal Case Quashed Against Woman
The Telangana High Court has ruled that a husband’s girlfriend cannot be treated as a “relative” under Section 498A IPC…
Wife Files Cruelty Case Against Husband For Not Buying Body Lotion: Karnataka High Court Stays FIR
A Bengaluru wife filed a cruelty case after her husband allegedly refused to buy milk and body lotion for their…
