A Jajpur court in Odisha sentenced Mamata Kuanr to life imprisonment for murdering her husband, Atal Kuanr, following a family dispute in 2021. According to the prosecution, she…
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…
A Jajpur court in Odisha sentenced Mamata Kuanr to life imprisonment for murdering her husband, Atal Kuanr, following a family dispute in 2021. According to the prosecution, she…
The Bombay High Court restored a mutual-consent divorce decree after finding that the parties had entered into a settlement and the husband had paid the agreed ₹6.5 lakh amount.…
The Calcutta High Court quashed Section 498A IPC proceedings against the husband’s parents, finding that the allegations against them were general and lacked specific acts…
The Punjab & Haryana High Court suggested creating a national-level database to help law-enforcement agencies identify persons who repeatedly file sexual-offence complaints across…
The Calcutta High Court held that a divorce decree does not automatically end a husband’s statutory obligation to maintain his former wife. Under Explanation (b) to Section 125(1)…
The Madras High Court upheld divorce in favour of a husband after considering the wife’s conduct, including repeatedly insisting that he distance himself from his parents and set…
The Madras High Court upheld divorce in a marriage that had effectively broken down after years of separation and failed reconciliation. The Court made clear that the existence…
The Punjab & Haryana High Court transferred the husband’s divorce petition from Hisar to Sonepat despite his offer to bear the wife’s travel expenses. The Court clarified that…
The Supreme Court is considering the constitutional challenge to India’s marital rape exception, which raises two competing legal questions: marriage does not extinguish a woman’s…
