The Court invoked its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to end the marriage, holding that the relationship had irretrievably broken down. On Monday, the Supreme Court brought an end to an eight-year-long matrimonial dispute by granting a d...
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A friend cannot be said to be a relative as he is neither a blood relative nor does he have any relation through marriage or adoption, the Court noted. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently held that a husband’s friend is not liabl...
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The Court held that the wife cannot be prosecuted for defamation for making such an allegation in her pleadings in the matrimonial case against her husband. The Bombay High Court recently held that a wife’s allegation of her husband’s imp...
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The Court set aside the 1998 trial court decision to convict a man for abetment of suicide in the case dating back to 1995. The Bombay High Court recently ruled that taunting a wife over her complexion does not amount to cruelty under Section 498A of...
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The husband and his father had remained in jail for 109 and 103 days respectively in the cases registered by the woman. In a rare directive, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a woman and her parents to publicly apologize for harassing her former h...
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As per the guidelines, the cases registered under Section 498-A of Indian Penal Code (IPC) are required to be referred to the Family Welfare Committee of the concerned district for settlement of the issues. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ordered the n...
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Noting that gifts exchanged during marriage are usually not treated as dowry, the Allahabad High Court stayed criminal proceedings against three individuals charged under the Dowry Prohibition Act and the UP Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act. Justi...
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The Court said that the right to privacy cannot override the right to a fair trial when a spouse seeks to prove cruelty in divorce proceedings. The Supreme Court has ruled that a spouse can rely on audio recordings of phone conversations with their p...
Read MoreThe Court also observed that marriages are not merely a social contract but a spiritual union that binds two souls together. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently raised concerns over the increasing misuse of matrimonial laws and undersc...
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A woman had sought directions against her husband to clear the outstanding dues for a residential flat jointly booked by them in 2020 as part of a reconciliation effort. The Bombay High Court has held that a property still under construction and not ...
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