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Advocate Wife Publicly Humiliated Husband Before Colleagues, Yet He Has to Pay ₹1.1 Crore: Uttarakhand HC Calls It Mental Cruelty, Upholds Divorce

The Uttarakhand High Court upheld a divorce after finding that the advocate wife’s conduct, including publicly humiliating her husband before his colleagues, amounted to mental cruelty. At the same ti…

SBI Case | If Husband Dies Owing Loan, Can Bank Take Money From His Wife's FD? Allahabad High Court Answers

Wife Failed To Prove Husband’s ₹1 Lakh Income, Was Capable Of Earning Herself, Yet Husband Cannot Escape Maintenance Liability: Vadodara Family Court

A Vadodara Family Court held that a husband cannot avoid his maintenance obligation merely because his wife failed to establish her claim that he earned ₹1 lakh per month or because she was capable of…

Wife Files DV Case After 6 Years of Separation; Kerala High Court Dismisses Husband’s Plea, Says Delay Alone No Ground To Quash Proceedings

The Kerala High Court dismissed a husband’s plea seeking to quash domestic violence proceedings initiated by his wife after approximately six years of separation. The Court held that delay by itself i…

₹370 Biryani Controversy | Before Guilt Is Proved, FIRs In 2 States Over Same Episode: Pranit More Moves Supreme Court To Club Cases

Comedian Pranit More has approached the Supreme Court seeking the clubbing of FIRs registered in two states over the same ₹370 biryani controversy. His plea raises questions about facing multiple crim…

Woman Files Rape Case Against SGPC Member & SAD VP Amarjit Singh Chawla; He Resigns From Both Posts, Calls Allegations “Completely False, Baseless”

A woman has filed a rape case against Amarjit Singh Chawla, who held positions in the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and SGPC. Following the allegations, Chawla resigned from his posts. He has denied the a…

Husband Cannot Be Prosecuted Under 498A After Matrimonial Settlement & Mutual Consent Divorce: Calcutta High Court Quashes Case

Matrimonial dispute settled. Mutual consent divorce granted. Yet the 498A case against the husband continued — until the Calcutta High Court stepped in and quashed the prosecution.

Second Wife Cannot Be Held Liable For Bigamy & Cruelty To First Wife? Madras High Court Answers

The Madras High Court held that a woman who married a man without knowing that his first marriage was still subsisting could not, on that basis, be treated as an offender for bigamy under Section 82 B…

Wife Pursued Husband For Maintenance In Multiple Courts Without Seeking Divorce Or RCR? Allahabad HC Says She Was “Merely Fighting For Getting Maintenance"

The Allahabad High Court observed that the wife was pursuing maintenance from her husband through different proceedings before different courts while having filed neither a divorce petition nor a peti…