Author: Matrimonial Advocates

The Chhattisgarh High Court held that initiating proceedings under Section 377 IPC against a husband, without medical or supporting evidence, constitutes an abuse of the legal process. Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas was hearing petitions challenging FIR...

Observing that the husband and his family are ‘crorepatis’, a Mumbai sessions court recently increased the compensation for a woman — subjected to 20 years of abuse, humiliation, and domestic violence — from ₹5 lakh to ₹1 crore. Additiona...

The Allahabad High Court has held that when one spouse files a criminal case against the other, and both parties later apply for a mutual consent divorce, the court is obligated to grant the divorce by invoking the proviso to Section 14(1) of the Hin...

The Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed an Appeal of a wife against the Decree of Divorce passed by the Principal Senior Civil Judge under Section 13(1)(ia)(ib) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The Andhra Pradesh High Court held that filing criminal ...

Such conduct cannot be left unchecked and has to be nipped in the bud, the Court said. A Delhi court has initiated suo motu proceedings against a woman who lodged a criminal case against her estranged husband after receiving ₹10 lakh — half of the mu...

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court was considering a Petition seeking quashing of an FIR registered under Sections 376 and 506 RPC. The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh quashed an FIR that alleged sexual harassment based on a f...

A man challenged a Family Court order granting maintenance to his ex-wife, who had been divorced on the ground of adultery. The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a divorced woman who is in an adulterous relationship—specifically, cohabiting with ...

The top court had in 2023 initiated a suo motu case in the wake of a Calcutta High Court ruling that had called for adolescent girls to “control” their sexual urges instead of “giving in to two minutes of pleasure”. On Tuesday...