Since the decriminalisation of adultery in 2018, its impact has been observed in both urban and Tier II, III cities in India. A recent case from Rohtak in Haryana involved a man catching his wife in the act with her lover in a hotel room. The subsequent events are indicative of women who show no …
The Aurangabad division of the Bombay High Court, in its ruling issued on January 07, 2023, nullified a charge of cruelty as outlined in Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against a female judicial official who had been brought before the court by her brother’s spouse. The division bench of Justices Anuja Prabhudessai …
On December 2022, a criminal complaint was filed in the jurisdiction of Mumbai, accusing three individuals of committing the offenses of gang rape, assault with a deadly weapon, and causing injury through the use of a cigarette. The alleged victim, a 42-year-old woman, claimed that the defendants had forcibly committed these acts against her. However, …
The Supreme court on Monday observed that no person’s bail shall be canceled merely on the grounds of any perceived notion against the accused person. The court contended that power to cancel bail of an accused person cannot be exercised merely on the grounds of his indiscipline, the court says that section 439(2) does not …
KOCHI: A spouse refusing to grant divorce on mutual consent in a failed marriage can be considered as cruelty, a division bench of Justice A Muhamed Mustaque held on February 4 after considering separate appeals filed by a couple. In the judgment, the court said, \”If one of the spouses is refusing to accord divorce …
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In a landmark decision, the Chhattisgarh High Court recently ruled that if a wife insists on separating her husband from his parents and threatens to implicate him in a false dowry demand case, she is committing mental cruelty. A division bench of Justices Goutam Bhaduri and NK Chandravanshi was hearing a petition filed by a …
The Delhi High Court has expressed its unhappiness over the orders passed by the Family Courts by remarking that \”complete lack of sensitivity and maturity\” is shown by the presiding judges. \”We are repeatedly coming across orders passed by the Family Courts which exhibit complete lack of sensitivity and maturity by the Presiding Judges. We …
A domestic violence complaint cannot be filed at a place a woman is only casually visiting and proceedings must be instituted at her temporary or permanent residence under section 27 of the Domestic Violence Act, the Bombay High Court said. The court interpreted \’temporary residence\’ to mean the place an aggrieved person has temporarily decided …
In a strange case, a man sent a legal notice to his estranged wife and the popular show Kaun Banega Crorepati. The man has alleged that his wife came to the game show and defamed him for a sub judice undertrial case. According to the man, he sent a legal notice to KBC because they …
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What if a person is convicted in court on the basis of the statement he/she made while in police custody? Confessions made in police custody can be true or extorted by force and torture. To find a difference between the two is really onerous. That’s why the confession statements given to the police are inadmissible …
