Section 498A IPC

Act of Bickering Daily Between a Married Couple Not Cruelty Under Section 498a IPC: Calcutta High Court 

The Jalpaiguri bench of the Calcutta High Court recently ruled that the act of bickering between a married couple regularly would not fall under the ambit of cruelty as defined under Section 498A of the Indian Penal (IPC). Single-judge Justice Sugato Majumdar, therefore, quashed the conviction under Section 498A of IPC of a man charged …

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Cannot Pass Directions to Make Section 498A IPC a Compoundable Offence, says Bombay HC

On Thursday, the Bombay High Court said that it cannot pass directions to make Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalizes cruelty to a wife by the husband or his relations, a compoundable offence. A division bench comprising of Justices AS Gadkari and SG Dige said that the issue comes within the …

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