Section 125(4) of the CrPC provides that if a woman ‘lives in adultery’, she is not entitled to claim maintenance from her husband. The Chhattisgarh High Court recently ruled that a woman divorced on the grounds of adultery is not entitle...
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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 ...
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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...
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The Court said the law presumes a wife’s implied consent for sexual intercourse and sexual acts including anal and oral sex in a marriage. The Delhi High Court has recently held that Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalize...
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The Court said that any physical relationship of a woman with any person prior to her marriage is not “adultery”. The Patna High Court recently clarified that the term ‘living in adultery’ under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedu...
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Court observed that the Quran allows polygamy for a fair reason but it has been used by Muslim men for selfish reasons. The Allahabad High Court has held that a Muslim man cannot be prosecuted for bigamy if his multiple marriages were conducted in ac...
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On May 9, the Supreme Court chose not to intervene in the Calcutta High Court’s ruling, which stated that CCTV cameras cannot be installed in a shared home without the unanimous consent of all residents. A bench consisting of Justices Dipankar ...
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The woman had claimed that her husband pretended to be an eye surgeon but turned out to be an optometrist. In a recent judgment in Rohan & Others v. The State of Gujarat & Others, the Supreme Court of India quashed a case filed by a woman who...
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The Court reasoned that the act may not fall under the definition rape but is a punishable offence under Section 377 IPC. The Allahabad High Court has held that a husband’s non-consensual engagement in unnatural sexual acts with his wife, even ...
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In a judgment delivered by Justice Rakesh Kainthla, the Himachal Pradesh High Court held that Section 31 of the Domestic Violence Act applies solely to penalizing violations of protection orders designed to prevent acts of violence against women, and...
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