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The Kerala High Court has determined that a Trial Court cannot proceed with a criminal prosecution under Section 498A of the IPC without prior sanction from the Central Government when the offence of marital cruelty is committed entirely outside Indi...

The Court held that a woman, who is the sole guardian of her biological child, must be considered capable of giving up her child for adoption under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act irrespective of marital status. The Madras High Court recently...

The High Court found that an appellate court had reduced the monthly maintenance payable from ₹1.2 lakhs to ₹25,000 per month without any reasoning, and despite rejecting a plea to stay the interim maintenance order. The Bombay High Court recently ov...

The Kerala High Court ruled that when a Magistrate orders maintenance for a daughter under Section 20(1)(d) of the Domestic Violence Act, they must clarify whether the order is made under Section 125 of the CrPC or Section 20(3) of the Hindu Adoption...

The burden of proof is upon both of the complainant and accused, the Court said while upholding the acquittal of a man accused of rape on false promise of marriage. The Allahabad High Court recently noted that while the law on sexual offenses is righ...

Recently, the Gauhati High Court denied an Interlocutory Application by a woman seeking forgiveness for a 122-day delay in filing her matrimonial appeal challenging a District Court’s ex-parte divorce decree. Justice Parthiv Jyoti Saikia, actin...

The Allahabad High Court observed that since a family court exercises the powers of a Judicial Magistrate while adjudicating applications under Section 125 Cr.P.C., requests for accelerated resolution under Section 483 Cr.P.C. are permissible. The Co...

The Supreme Court ruled that when charges are modified, both parties must have the chance to recall or re-examine witnesses concerning the modified charges, and the reasons for the alteration must be documented in the judgment. “A Court may alter or ...

In a significant ruling, the Allahabad High Court recently declared that an adult cannot be prevented from going wherever they wish, living with a person of their choice, or solemnizing a marriage according to their will, as these rights are protecte...

The Allahabad High Court emphasized that once the Family Court establishes cruelty, the marriage ought to be dissolved, regardless of whether desertion is proven or not. It underscored the separate and independent nature of the divorce grounds outlin...