The Court rejected the man’s argument that since he was already married, the woman could not claim the benefits of the DV Act for a live-in relationship. The Chhattisgarh High Court recently confirmed an order requiring a man to pay maintenance...
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The Union Ministry of Law and Justice has directed all Notaries to avoid executing marriage and divorce deeds, as they are not authorized as Marriage Officers. In an Office Memorandum issued by the Department of Legal Affairs, Notaries have been caut...
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The Delhi High Court has ruled that a senior citizen’s right to live peacefully cannot be overridden by a woman’s right to reside in a shared household under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act), especially wh...
Read MoreThe Court observed that a promise of marriage does not automatically render consensual intercourse as rape unless it is proven that such a promise was false from the outset. The Allahabad High Court recently determined that a long-term consensual adu...
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The torture or any assault, if any, is meted out not for any demand of dowry but on refusal of the wife to fulfil the sexual urges of the husband, the Court said. The Allahabad High Court recently rejected a cruelty case filed by a wife against her h...
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The Court recognised the considerable hardships faced by the young mother attending the divorce proceeding with her infant, who requires ongoing medical care. The Bombay High Court on Monday imposed a cost of ₹1 lakh on a man for opposing his estrang...
Read MoreThe Karnataka High Court affirmed that an FSL report from a private laboratory cannot be disregarded without proper evaluation and requires substantial justification for rejection. This statement was made in response to multiple criminal petitions fi...
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The Rajasthan High Court upheld a 22-year-old Sessions Court ruling stating that a sister-in-law inviting her brother’s wife to her home and arguing with her does not amount to dowry-related cruelty. Justice Arun Monga was hearing a petition challeng...
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The Centre said that it is not as if a woman’s consent is obliterated by marriage, but only that consent violations within marriage would not attract rape law; there are other remedies. The Union government filed an affidavit in the Supreme Cou...
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In a significant ruling, the Punjab and Haryana High Court clarified that the maintenance provision under Section 125 CrPC should not be exploited by able-bodied wives who willingly choose not to seek employment. Justice Nidhi Gupta made this observa...
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