The Gujarat High Court on Friday held that a woman can file a complaint alleging cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) even after divorce, but it applies only for incidents that had taken place while the marriage was subsisting. J...
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The Bombay High Court said on Thursday that it can’t pass an order to make Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalizes cruelty to a wife at her marital home by the husband or his relatives, a compoundable offence. A Two-Judge...
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The Karnataka High Court recently quashed proceedings under section 498A (cruelty to women) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) initiated against a husband by his wife for not consummating their marriage. The reason she gave was that his husband follows t...
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The High Court of Orissa recently quashed a cruelty case that was filed under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against a woman by her brother’s wife. Justice G Satapathy quashed the proceedings against the sister-in-law saying that t...
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The Karnataka High Court has reprimanded a woman and directed her to pay Rs 25,000 as a cost to her ex-husband for abusing the process of law by registering a false case under section 498A IPC to harass her husband. According to the reports, the Ka...
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Use Of Section 498-A IPC As A Weapon Rather Than Shield By Disgruntled Wives Becomes Common: Says Punjab and Haryana HC
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The wife can file the case where she resides after leaving the matrimonial home.
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The present article is an attempt to aware men how they can prove false 498A case filed against them.
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Procedure and steps of withdrawal of 498a after divorce.
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