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Sh Jagmohan Kashyap v. Govt of NCT of Delhi that the right to claim maintenance under the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and under Section 125 of Code of Criminal Procedure are not mutually exclusive.Hits: 12561
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Income, Age, Bigger Family Cannot Be Sole Criteria In Child Custody Matter: SC
Swaminathan Kunchu Acharya vs Gujarat that income, age, bigger family cannot be the sole criteria to tilt balance in child custody cases.Hits: 5201 -
Vijay Babu v. Kerala while granting interim anticipatory bail to actor Vijay Babu in a rape case observed that the accused being abroad does not disentitle him from having his anticipatory bail...Hits: 5488
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Anamika Srivastava v. Anoop Srivastava that the Court is not supposed to act in a mechanical manner and force the parties to engage in mediation where the marriage has irretrievably broken down.Hits: 6472
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Quashing Of FIR In Matrimonial Disputes Is Welcome: Delhi HC Quashes Rape FIR Against Father In Law
Arshad Ahmad v. State NCT Of Delhi that in matrimonial offences, quashing of FIR is welcome as it shows that parties have decided to put an end to the lis as well as to the misery they undergo due...Hits: 7826 -
Wife Forcing Husband To Live Separately From His Parents Is Mental Cruelty: Chhattisgarh HC
Shailendra Kumar Chandra vs Smt Bharti Chandra that if a wife insists on separating her husband from his parents and threatens to implicate him in a false dowry demand case, she is committing...Hits: 12080 -
Surendran vs Kerala In some circumstances, the evidence of a deceased wife with respect to cruelty could be admissible in a trial for a charge under Section 498A of the IPC under Section 32(1) of...Hits: 7737
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Laxmi vs Shyam Pratap that the daughter-in-law can claim maintenance from her father-in-law provided she has inherited some estate of her husband.Hits: 8724
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Wife Can’t Be Denied Maintenance On Grounds That She Is Well Educated: Punjab and Haryana High Court
Lovedeep Singh v. Gurpreet Kaur that a wife cannot be denied maintenance on grounds that she is well educated and that a husband is legally and morally responsible to look after his wife and children.Hits: 8231 -
Smt Rashi Gupta vs. Gaurav Gupta that giving an opportunity to the husband to file his salary slip for effective adjudication of the maintenance proceedings cannot be said to be depriving him of...Hits: 10543
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Deepa Nayak v. Pitamber Nai that if a wife doesn’t squeeze into the mold as per the desire of husband, it would not be a decisive factor to lose the custody of the child.Hits: 4846
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by anushka gupta ,bhartiya vidyapeeth new law college, llb 2nd yearHits: 13768
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Certain ideas in Hindu law, such as HUF (Hindu Undivided Family), Karta, Succession Rules, Streedhan, and others, were designed to ensure the smooth operation of the household and to protect the...Hits: 14832
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Parag Pandit vs Smt Sadhana that being a husband and a father, he could not run away from the responsibility by simply taking divorce on the ground that he wants to serve his mother and father for...Hits: 6648
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Razia vs State of UP that a divorced Muslim woman shall be entitled to claim maintenance from her husband under Section 125 CrPC even after the expiry of the period of iddat as long as she does not...Hits: 5848
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Sh Pradeep Kumar Sharma v. Smt Deepika Sharma There is no gainsaying that Section 125(4) of the CrPC stipulates that no wife shall be entitled to receive an allowance from her husband if she is...Hits: 15982
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Devesh Yadav v. Smt. Meenal that if the wife is bent upon destroying the career and reputation of her husband by making complaints against him to his senior officers, then it would amount to mental...Hits: 7164
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Rajesh Bhoyale vs Smt Mahadevi that a long-standing dispute itself is mental cruelty to a party who intends to live in a domestic relationship and peace.Hits: 5802
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Nirman Sagar Vs. Smt. Monika Sagar Chaudhari that the word resides under Section 126 CrPC cannot be equated to a place where one makes a ‘casual stay or a flying visit’.Hits: 8428
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Sex On Basis Of Genuine Promise To Marry That Didn’t Fructify Not Rape: Delhi HC
Shailendra Kumar Yadav vs State that a genuine promise to marry that did not materialize in future cannot be said to be false, and therefore doesn’t amount to rape.Hits: 5590 -
dismissed wife’s appeal noting that accusations of unchastity or extra marital relationship is a grave assault on the character as well as health of the spouse against whom such allegations are made.Hits: 5322
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Hrishikesh Sahoo vs Karnataka that husband raping his wife is amenable to the offence of rape (para 28) under Section 376 IPC. The Court has rejected a petition filed by a husband seeking to drop...Hits: 9161
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Maintenance Has To Be Awarded From Date Of Application Not From The Date Of Order
no uncertain terms that maintenance has to be awarded from the date of application and not from the date of the order.Hits: 30586 -
was delivered as recently as on March 10, 2022 has dissolved marriage between a couple living separately for 12 years taking note of the fact that the wife had filed an unsubstantiated criminal...Hits: 4735
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Alli Noushad v. Rasheed that Section 122 of the Evidence Act requires a revisit since it was a legal weapon used by criminals to suppress their crimes, thereby affecting public interest.Hits: 4667
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Kahkashan Kausar v/s Bihar that the prosecution of relatives of husband based on general and omnibus allegations levelled against them is an abuse of process of law.Hits: 8679
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Fateh Saharan vs Rohit Saharan that a minor child is entitled to claim maintenance for his upbringing by the father and that such a child is not bound by the divorce settlement regarding...Hits: 7875
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Law To Raise Marriage Age Of Women Is Most Commendable
Centre has taken the right decision to raise the age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 as we see in case of men thus bringing about parity between both the genders.Hits: 6413 -
Mohd Shakeel @ Shakeel Ahmed vs Mst Sabia Begum while the task of deciding the marital status of the parties has been conferred with Civil Courts, the Court under maintenance proceedings under...Hits: 6394
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Husband Can Be Jailed Under Section 498A IPC For Extra Marital Affair: Madras HC
Nakkeeran @ Jeroan Pandy vs Madras High Court if a husband's extramarital relationship causes serious domestic discord between the married couple, he can be convicted of causing mental cruelty to...Hits: 12425
