“The statutory provisions for maintenance are intended to protect the spouse, children or parents from destitution and vagrancy, and they declare the public policy of the nation. Thus, the above legal principle is equally applicable to an agreement a...
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The Orissa High Court has held that a wife’s act of ridiculing or making disparaging remarks about her husband’s physical disability—using terms like ‘Nikhatu’ or ‘Kempa’—constitutes mental cruelty and serves as a legitimate ground for di...
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The Supreme Court recently quashed an FIR and chargesheet filed against a husband and his family under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (cruelty towards wife), emphasizing that vague and generalized allegations do not warrant the continuation of...
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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...
Read MoreThe Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court was considering a Petition challenging the award passed by the Lok Adalat as also order passed in the Execution Petition. The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court ruled that a Lok Adalat Award become...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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