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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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Live-in Relationship Ends, Legal Case Begins: Bail Granted in Alleged Promise-to-Marry Rape Case

The Allahabad High Court granted bail to Shane Alam, who was accused of rape after a live-in relationship ended without marriage. The Court noted the social tensions around such cases, especially when personal relationships are criminalised after breakdowns. Bail was granted based on individual liberty, lack of criminal history, and overcrowded jails, without going into […]

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No Maintenance to Live-In Partner under CrPC 125

JHARKHAND HIGH COURT JUSTICE D.K. Sinha Vineeta Devi Vs. Bablu Thakur & Anr. On 25 April 2011 Law Point: Statutory provision by which “wife” has been defined cannot be liberalized in terms of Section 125, Cr.PC — Statute sanctions an illegitimate child from father is entitled for maintenance but such sanction of maintenance not provided […]

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Indra Sarma Vs. V.K.V. Sarma

Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES K.S. Radhakrishnan & Pinaki Chandra Ghose Indra Sarma Vs. V.K.V. Sarma On 26 November 2013 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 5, 7 — Marriage and Marital Relationship — Conditions and ceremonies for Hindu Marriage — Law has distinguished between married and unmarried people, which cannot […]

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Unnikrishnan @ Chandu Vs. State Of Kerala

Court: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE P. Ubaid Unnikrishnan @ Chandu Vs. State Of Kerala On 17 August 2017 Law Point: Section 498A — Cruelty — Live in relationship – Accused acquitted as parties had not undergone some sort of ceremonies with the object of getting married and they just started living as man and […]

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Ajay Bhardwaj Vs. Jyotsna & Ors.

Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Jaishree Thakur Ajay Bhardwaj Vs. Jyotsna & Ors. On 23 November 2016 Law Point: Maintenance — Live-in relationship — No valid marriage between parties. Children born out of this relationship entitled to receive maintenance. JUDGEMENT 1. Aggrieved against the order dated 4.5.2015, passed by the learned District […]

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