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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In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court on Wednesday highlighted a concerning trend where victims of dowry harassment are increasingly making accusations against their husband’s relatives. The court dismissed a dowry harassment case against the wo...
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has ruled that a woman who is employed, holds the same professional standing as her husband, and is financially independent is not entitled to maintenance from her estranged spouse. A bench comprising Justices Abhay S. Ok...
Read MoreThe Court was dealing with a case where the father of a woman who died by suicide filed a complaint after her death, accusing her husband and in-laws of having subjected her to cruelty. The Supreme Court on Tuesday emphasized that a delay in lodging ...
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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 ...
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The Centre said that it is not as if a woman’s consent is obliterated by marriage, but only that consent violations within marriage would not attract rape law; there are other remedies. The Union government filed an affidavit in the Supreme Cou...
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Taking note of the series of conflicting judgments on the said issue, a Division Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice PB Varale referred the matter to a larger bench. The Supreme Court is scheduled to determine whether alimony under Sections 24 a...
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The marriage between the parties is emotionally dead and there is no point in persuading them to live together any more, the Supreme Court remarked while it dissolved a marriage invoking its powers Article 142 of the Constitution. In this case, the h...
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Rajnesh vs Neha & ors. BACKGROUND: Maintenance is the legal obligation that a responsible person is supposed to pay toward the welfare and upkeep of their dependent. The following judgment is delivered in a Criminal Appeal arising out...
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