The Court noted that the deceased’s dying declaration did not allege any physical relationship or sexual intercourse with the accused based on a promise of marriage. On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that merely refusing to marry does not amount to ...
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Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta observed that the claimant has to only prove a prima facie case of marriage to seek maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The Calcutta High Court recently stated that when a man and woman have...
Read MoreThe Court held that the husband’s claims of cruelty were nothing more than the usual challenges and disagreements in married life.” The Allahabad High Court recently held that accusing a wife of engaging in unnecessary quarrels with her husband...
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The Supreme Court has advised lower courts to avoid the unnecessary inclusion of a husband’s distant relatives in criminal cases filed by a wife alleging domestic cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. This observation came from a...
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A Bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice N Kotiswar Singh flagged the “worrying trend” of attributing criminality to the male partner after a consensual sexual relationship turns sour later. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that a ...
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