Some years back, I was sucked into the labyrinth of Indian Matrimonial laws and a false 498a in particular. To be fair, before it hit me, it was difficult for me to fathom the wide spread misuse of dowry laws and specially 498a in India.
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India speaks proudly of women’s empowerment but ignores the men who suffer in silence. With rising false accusations, biased family courts, and laws that presume men guilty, the balance of justice has tilted dangerously. True equality will only return when compassion, not gender, decides who deserves protection. INTRODUCTION: The Untold Story of Indian Men’s inequality […]
The Delhi High Court upheld a decree of divorce in favour of the husband, reiterating that prolonged denial of marital relations, repeated false criminal complaints, parental alienation, and sustained neglect of marital duties amount to mental cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act. Brief Facts of the Case Marriage solemnised in 1990; a […]
The Madhya Pradesh High Court rejected the divorce petition of a husband who alleged cruelty by his wife. The Court held that small quarrels, fights, and disagreements between husband and wife are normal parts of married life and cannot be treated as “cruelty” under the Hindu Marriage Act. Facts of the Case Marriage & Children: […]
In a recent judgment on 22 July 2025, the Hon’ble Supreme Court ended a long and painful legal fight between a husband and wife, Shivangi Bansal (an IPS officer) and Sahib Bansal. The Court dissolved their marriage, quashed all pending criminal and civil cases filed by both sides, granted custody of the daughter to the […]
The Orissa High Court upheld a divorce granted to a husband who faced repeated humiliation from his wife over his physical disability. The court concluded that such comments constituted mental cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act. Brief Facts of the Case The couple got married on 1st June 2016. The husband, who is physically disabled, […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Mehinder Singh Sullar Rakesh Kumar Vs. Shashi Bala On 19 February 2014 Law Point: Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 9 Rule 13 — Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 — Setting aside ex parte decree of divorce — Production of entire evidence of petitioner-husband is […]
Bombay High Court JUSTICE B.H. Marlapalle Rajashree @ Vanita Rajesh Dixit Vs. Rajesh Nagesh Dixit On 01 April 2005 Law Point: Alteration in allowance : Provision of Section 24, Hindu Marriage Act cannot be given restricted meaning : Subsequent change in employment of husband : Family Court rightly entertained application as change of circumstances in […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE K.M. Natarajan Ranganatham Vs Shyamala On 5 November 1988 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 25 and 12 — Petition for decree of nullity of marriage — Dismissal — Whether under Section 25 of H.M.A. permanent alimony can be granted to wife where a decree for divorce […]
THE SECTION 24 OF HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955 ACT NO. 25 OF 1955 [18th May, 1955.] 1. Short title and extent. (a). This Act may be called the Section 24 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. (b). It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir 1 , and applies also […]