The appeal before the Supreme Court arose from an order of the Allahabad High Court refusing to quash the proceedings initiated at the instance of the woman against her husband & in-laws. The Supreme Court quashed a dowry harassment case against ...
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The Supreme Court was considering an appeal filed by the accused persons convicted in an alleged case of murder. While overturning the conviction in a case built on circumstantial evidence, the Supreme Court held that extrajudicial confessions made a...
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“Third party must not intentionally and wrongfully interfere with marital relationship by acts calculated to alienate the affection of a spouse The Delhi High Court held that a spouse can file a civil suit claiming damages from the other spouse...
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The Delhi High Court recently upheld a family court’s decision to examine the husband’s Income Tax Returns from the past two years to evaluate his capacity to pay maintenance. The husband, a practicing advocate, had reported a “significant decline” i...
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The Delhi High Court observed that relationships between consenting adults, even if one of them is married, should not be evaluated through outdated notions. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma remarked that when two adults decide to cohabit or engage in a ...
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The Court allowed enhanced maintenance payable to the wife to ₹14,000 from the ₹10,000 that had earlier been fixed in 2012 when the husband’s salary was lower. The Delhi High Court has held that an increase in a husband’s earnings along with th...
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The Court noted that in adultery-related matrimonial disputes, parties are entitled to seek call detail records, tower location data, hotel bookings, and similar material, provided the requests are precise, relevant, and proportionate to the issues i...
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Madras High Court cancels Rs 30000 monthly maintenance for wife, citing her substantial income, but upholds support for the couple’s minor son as per Justice P.B. Balaji’s ruling. The Madras High Court has set aside a family court’s order directing a...
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The Delhi High Court was considering a Writ Petition filed by the CISF Constable against his dismissal from service on allegation that he had contracted a second marriage while his first marriage was subsisting. The Delhi High Court, upholding the di...
Read More“A plain reading of Section 17 DV Act confers upon every woman in a domestic relationship the right to reside in the shared household, irrespective of whether she has any right, title or beneficial interest in the same. However, it does not create a ...
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