The Supreme Court has advised lower courts to avoid the unnecessary inclusion of a husband’s distant relatives in criminal cases filed by a wife alleging domestic cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. This observation came from a...
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A Bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice N Kotiswar Singh flagged the “worrying trend” of attributing criminality to the male partner after a consensual sexual relationship turns sour later. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that a ...
Read MoreThe case revolved around allegations of defamatory emails and chats that the ex-wife had purportedly sent, targeting her ex-husband NEW DELHI: The Saket Court in Delhi has ruled in favor of a man in a defamation case against his ex-wife, ordering her...
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The Court observed that the Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act grants a party the unqualified right to withdraw consent for mutual divorce, regardless of any prior undertaking or settlement in or outside of court. The Bombay High Court ruled on Tu...
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The Court was of the view that it was inconceivable for the girl-complainant to maintain a prolonged relationship with the accused without her consent. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court dismissed a rape case against a man, citing the girl’s long-...
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The Court rejected an argument that Section 498A IPC could only be invoked by a “legally wedded wife.” The Kerala High Court recently reaffirmed that a woman in a relationship that appears to be a legal marriage under customary or religio...
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A family court in Pune recently rejected a 46-year-old woman’s request for interim alimony, citing her stable income as a teacher and the fact that both of their children are now adults. The court also highlighted that the father was covering t...
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It is now well settled through scientific studies that postpartum depression is rather common in some women and that this is not a situation that will continue forever,” the Court pointed out. The Kerala High Court overturned an order granting ...
Read MoreThe Court affirmed the apex court’s decision in Independent Thought vs. Union of India, which read down the marital rape exception for wives who are under 18. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently held that sexual intercourse with ...
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The Court noted that the father-in-law cannot be compelled to pay maintenance to his widowed daughter-in-law either under the Domestic Violence Act or under Muslim personal law. The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently held that a father-in-law is not ...
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