Practical legal writing on 498A, matrimonial disputes, criminal allegations, maintenance, custody and Indian court procedure.
Can a physical assault automatically become abetment of suicide when the victim dies five days later? The Chhattisgarh High Court overturned the 10-year imprisonment of four…
Introduction The Supreme Court of India (Apex Court) has recently imposed a cost of Rs. Five Lakhs on a woman’s father for lodging false cases under Section 498A of the Indian…
Marital Rape – Marriage, Sex and My Choice Marital Rape is defined as an act of sexual intercourse with one’s spouse without the consent of the other spouse. It is quite a recent…
What is LOC or Look Out Circular? Look out, circular (LOC) has no perfect legal definition. It is more of a medium by which authorities worldwide issue a different kind of…
Live in Relationship in India: Indian Society, which prides itself on ‘sanskar’ and ‘family’, is undergoing a metamorphosis in the Twenty-First Century. The Familial bonds are…
Maintenance To Senior Citizens Indian law requires a non-disabled person who has means to maintain and support their parents, which include biological, step-parents and adoptive…
Introduction Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) does not provide new powers to the High Court however, it grants inherent powers to the Court to prevent abuse of…
There is one line from a Hindi Song that reverberates in my mind each time I see a judgment in which either any High Court or Apex Court has given some guidelines for arresting…
I have watched the feminist reaction after recent SC judgment with the same nonchalance that it deserved. I have heard the same arguments from them time and again, so many times…
Finding this one was pure providence. In the Kusum Sharma judgment, the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi had mandated that an affidavit from both parties should accompany all…
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