The Karnataka High Court rejected a woman’s maintenance claim after finding that she knew the man had an earlier marriage and had examined his divorce decree before their alleged…
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…
The Karnataka High Court rejected a woman’s maintenance claim after finding that she knew the man had an earlier marriage and had examined his divorce decree before their alleged…
The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that when a man and woman have lived together for a long period as husband and wife and are recognised as such by society, the law strongly…
The Madhya Pradesh High Court acquitted a husband who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly setting his wife on fire. The Court found serious weaknesses in the…
The Kerala High Court quashed criminal proceedings against a man booked under Section 69 BNS after noting that the complainant was already married and had voluntarily accompanied…
The Punjab & Haryana High Court refused to replace a minor child’s biological father’s name with the mother’s second husband on the birth certificate. The Court held that a birth…
A Mumbai court directed a businessman to pay ₹50,000 per month as interim maintenance to his estranged wife while considering, among other expenses, the financial responsibility…
The Himachal Pradesh High Court rejected a wife’s plea seeking ₹40,000 per month as interim maintenance after noting that the spouses had separated just six days after marriage…
The Supreme Court is set to take up the long-pending challenge to the marital rape exception again on September 9, 2026. On September 7, a Bench led by CJI Surya Kant asked about…
The Rajasthan High Court held that a husband cannot automatically be made liable for dues arising from his wife’s tenure as a Sarpanch. The Court said spouses are separate legal…
