The Madras High Court rejected a Family Court’s reasoning that a husband who moved to another city for employment without taking his wife along could effectively be blamed for her alleged adultery. Th…
Precedent analyses on Section 498A IPC, Section 125 CrPC & BNSS safeguards
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The Madras High Court rejected a Family Court’s reasoning that a husband who moved to another city for employment without taking his wife along could effectively be blamed for her alleged adultery. Th…
A Delhi court dismissed a wife’s ₹50 lakh damages suit against her husband’s alleged partner for “alienation of affection.” The court held that merely proving a subsisting marriage or an extramarital…
The Patna High Court refused to interfere with the rejection of a husband’s divorce plea based largely on allegations that his wife had an adulterous relationship and was once found in a “compromising…
The Jharkhand High Court quashed rape proceedings against a man after noting that the relationship between the two adults had continued consensually for more than seven years. The Court found no speci…
The Supreme Court granted divorce to a husband after finding that his wife had abandoned the matrimonial relationship and the couple had remained separated since December 2005. The Court clarified tha…
The Madras High Court granted divorce to a CRPF constable who alleged that his wife had developed an adulterous relationship while his job required him to remain away from home for long periods. The C…
The Jharkhand High Court rejected a husband’s plea to annul his marriage on the ground that his wife had allegedly concealed a pre-existing medical condition affecting her ability to conceive. The Cou…
Can a husband be ordered to pay Rs 10 lakh permanent alimony merely because the court assumes he must be earning well? The Bombay High Court has set aside such an award and ordered a fresh assessment…
The Delhi High Court reiterated that every matrimonial disagreement or ordinary family friction cannot be elevated into criminal cruelty under Section 498A IPC. Vague allegations, casual taunts and ge…
