Landmark Ruling | 498A (Cruelty Charges) Applies Even in Live-In Relationships and Void Marriages: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has ruled that Section 498A IPC (cruelty) can apply even when the marriage is void, voidable, o…
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The Karnataka High Court has ruled that Section 498A IPC (cruelty) can apply even when the marriage is void, voidable, o…
The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that refusing divorce in a completely broken marriage only increases suffering for bo…
On November 4, 2025, the Bombay High Court ruled that a husband and his parents cannot be convicted of constitute cruelt…
The Bombay High Court ruled that just saying a woman was unhappy or used to cry is not enough to prove harassment or abe…
(Bombay HC Acquits Husband): Courts cannot jail husbands under 498A or abetment to suicide just because a marriage was “…
The Supreme Court acquits husband after 26 years in a dowry and cruelty case, warning that Section 498A IPC is being “cr…
The Bombay High Court frees husband and quashed a 498A case against a husband and his family, ruling that minor remarks …
The Delhi High Court has warned that “procrastination is the greatest assassin of matrimonial litigation,” while upholdi…
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that when a wife falsely labels her husband as an alcoholic and persistent humiliati…
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The Orissa High Court has granted actor-politician Anubhav Mohanty a divorce holding that a wife’s unilateral refusal to…
The Gauhati High Court ruled that petty fights or divorce demands by a husband or his family don’t amount to cruelty und…