Can asking a wife to prepare dosa or ragi mudde, change her shampoo or wait until her husband finishes breakfast amount to criminal cruelty? The Karnataka High Court questionedâŚ
Precedent analyses on Section 498A IPC, Section 125 CrPC & BNSS safeguards
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 fourâŚ
Can asking a wife to prepare dosa or ragi mudde, change her shampoo or wait until her husband finishes breakfast amount to criminal cruelty? The Karnataka High Court questionedâŚ
Can a divorce decree granted to a husband be cancelled even after his death, restoring the wifeâs status and possible pension rights?The Gujarat High Court examined whether oneâŚ
Can applying kajal and lipstick late at night prove that a spouse has a serious mental disorder? The Jharkhand High Court examined the husbandâs claim, the wifeâs dowryâŚ
Can a woman claim the legal status of wife merely by producing a registered marriage certificate? The Gujarat High Court examined whether registration can create a Hindu marriageâŚ
Can a husband be forced to pay maintenance even after losing his job? The Karnataka High Court examined whether unemployment can legally excuse a husband from supporting his wifeâŚ
Can a husband be declared ex-parte and ordered to pay maintenance without proof that he even received the court notice? The Madhya Pradesh High Court examined whether suchâŚ
Can a long consensual relationship be treated as rape merely because the man later refuses to marry?The Allahabad High Court looked beyond the allegations to examine what reallyâŚ
Can a husband obtain divorce after claiming that his wife suffers from an incurable mental illness? The Jharkhand High Court examined whether such allegations, without properâŚ
Can a man be convicted of rape when there are no injuries, a missing eyewitness, an unexplained FIR delay, and no forensic link connecting him to the crime? The Punjab & HaryanaâŚ
