An ad, for a streaming app, featuring Bollywood actor Sanjana Sanghi of Dil Bechara fame, has left Pooja Bedi “horrified.\” The ad, which has been facing a lot of backlash on social media for promoting violence against men, shows Sanjana and her co-actor wondering which film or show to watch. Following this, Sanjana starts to …
The Bombay High Court while quashing an FIR against in-laws of woman who alleged harassment at their hands, observed that nowadays, it has become a tendency to make vague and omnibus allegations, against every member of the family of the husband, implicating everybody under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code. Division bench of Justice …
JAMMU, Dec 2: In a rarest of the rare case, a husband has filed complaint against wife for domestic violence and the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class (Sub-Judge) Jammu, Renu Dogra Gupta has issued notice to the accused. The complainant Kanav Gupta, son of Bansi Lal Gupta of Channi Himmat filed complaint against his wife Neha …
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The Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Jammu took cognizance of a complaint filed by a husband against wife under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. A Jammu and Kashmir court recently took cognizance of a complaint filed by a husband against wife under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. Judicial …
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking guidelines to prevent misuse of maintenance laws by means of conflicting orders and overlapping jurisdictions. The matter was heard by bench comprising Chief Justice UU Lalit and Justice Hemant Gupta. The bench remarked that the issue raised in the petition had already been dealt with by …
The Bombay High Court recently upheld an order of the senior Citizen Welfare Tribunal Directing a man to pay monthly maintenance and vacate the house of his aged parents.the court challenged the tribunals order stating that the petitioner had no right to evict the mother to take exclusive advantage of the same. The bench also …
According to police officials, Cricketer Prithvi Shaw was reportedly assaulted and his vehicle was damaged with a baseball bat outside a high-end hotel in Santacruz, Mumbai, after he had an argument with a female social media influencer and her male companion. The altercation began after the player declined to take photos with the influencer. On …
New Delhi: Judges should be addressed in courts in a respectful and dignified manner and it is not compulsory to call them \”my lord\”, \”your lordship\” or \”your honour\”, the Supreme Court today said. \”When did we say it is compulsory. You can only call us in a dignified manner,\” a bench comprising justices H L …
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Emphasizing the duty of the Court to encourage genuine settlement of matrimonial disputes, the Supreme Court set aside conviction of a man under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (\’IPC\’). In this case, the husband was convicted under Section 498-A IPC and was sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment of three years. Sessions Judge …
\”Shared household would not per se be complete defence to suit for possession filed by owner of property.\” In the facts of a case for possession of property, the Delhi High Court has observed that the mother in law being the owner of the property is not barred from claiming eviction against her daughter in …
