Wife’s Persistent Refusal To Have Sex Without Reason Amounts To Mental Cruelty: Supreme Court Upholds Divorce Granted To Husband After 15 Years Of Separation

Is persistent denial of sexual relations a valid ground for divorce? The Supreme Court held that persistent refusal of sexual…

POCSO Act Cannot Criminalise Consensual Teen Sex; Ages 15–18 Are a Period of Experimentation: Supreme Court in Suo Motu Case on Adolescents’ Right to Privacy

Should teenage relationships always lead to criminal prosecution under POCSO Act? The Supreme Court held that the law must balance…

Can a wife receive maintenance while regularly accepting money from a man she claims not to know? The Allahabad High…

Can a wife file a cruelty complaint from her parental home even when the matrimonial home is in another district?…

Can maintenance under Section 125 CrPC be granted when the second marriage itself is not legally valid? The Allahabad High…

Can a spouse secretly record private calls and use them to prove cruelty in a divorce case? The Telangana High…

Can a husband be convicted only on the basis of an FIR and supplementary statement? The court held that unproved…

Can a husband’s restitution petition be ignored while deciding maintenance? The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that filing a restitution…

Can a court transfer the case file without deciding the prisoner’s custody? The Allahabad High Court held that an accused…

Did a failed mutual-consent divorce settlement lead to a criminal case against the husband? A Delhi court found serious contradictions…