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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Is one FIR enough to trigger detention, LOC, and passport trouble for an NRI husband?Before you book your ticket to India, read this legal checklist that could protect your liberty. NEW DELHI: When an NRI husband is named in a 498A IPC or 85 BNS case, the damage begins before he even lands in India. […]
Family Courts have refused to provide year-wise divorce and alimony statistics under the RTI Act, citing technical grounds. Legal experts say the rejection contradicts the RTI Act, 2005 and binding Supreme Court precedents on judicial transparency. NEW DELHI: India speaks endlessly about transparency.But when hard data is sought about divorce litigation, Family Courts suddenly say: […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: Hon’bles Bharati Dangre & Shyam C. Chandak, JJ. Mrs. Amrik Singh Saini vs State of Maharashtra & Anr. WITH Amit Saini vs State of Maharashtra & Anr. On December 9, 2025 Neutral Citation: 2025:BHC-AS:55713-DB Writ Petition Numbers: Writ Petition No. 4833 of 2024 & Writ Petition No. 724 of 2025 […]
A deep exposé on how India’s 498A IPC and its new BNS versions (Sections 85 & 86) are being weaponized against NRI men. Learn how a law meant to protect women has turned into a global legal nightmare for Indian husbands abroad. Section 498A IPC: The Law That Changed Indian Marriages Forever Section 498A of […]
Approved by Indian Parliament in year 1983, Indian Penal Code 498a (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty: Section 85 & 86 of The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023) is a criminal law (not a civil law) which is explained as follows, “Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the […]