Can a same-sex partner claim the tax exemption available to a “spouse” even when the relationship is not legally recognised as marriage? The Centre told the Karnataka High Court…
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 four…
Can a same-sex partner claim the tax exemption available to a “spouse” even when the relationship is not legally recognised as marriage? The Centre told the Karnataka High Court…
Can a transgender woman invoke the same BNS rape provision available to a woman when the statute separately recognises transgender persons? A Jammu court granted bail to the…
A medical student’s complaint alleging a relationship on the promise of marriage led to IPL cricketer Abishek Porel’s arrest and more than a month in custody. What happened before…
Delhi High Court quashes Section 406 IPC proceedings against a husband, holding that a wife’s general stridhan allegation cannot sustain criminal breach of trust without specific…
A working wife is not automatically entitled to maintenance merely because her husband earns more, but employment alone does not automatically defeat a maintenance claim either.…
The Uttarakhand High Court upheld a divorce after finding that the advocate wife’s conduct, including publicly humiliating her husband before his colleagues, amounted to mental…
A Vadodara Family Court held that a husband cannot avoid his maintenance obligation merely because his wife failed to establish her claim that he earned ₹1 lakh per month or…
The Kerala High Court dismissed a husband’s plea seeking to quash domestic violence proceedings initiated by his wife after approximately six years of separation. The Court held…
