Cruelty
Calcutta High Court | Infertility cannot be a ground for divorce
Dismissing the revision petition filed for quashing of FIR and criminal proceeding against the petitioner/husband, the Court held that prima facie case of a cognizable offence of cruelty can be make out against the petitioner/husband therefore inherit power of High Court under S. 482 CrPC cannot be exercised.
No patent infirmity in the order of conviction to render it erroneous; Kerala High Court rejects suspension of sentence to the husband in ‘Vismaya dowry death case’
The atrocities against women in their matrimonial homes are on the rise, and women committing suicide unable to bear the cruelty and harassment on demand of dowry are also rampant.
‘Contradictory Dying Declarations containing consistent statements about abuse and cruelty can be considered’;Telangana High Court upholds conviction of husband
The Telangana High Court upheld the conviction of a husband under Section 498A of Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) despite there being contradictions in the dying declarations as there were consistent statements about abuse and cruelty committed on the wife in all the dying declarations.
Telangana High Court | Objecting husband from taking care of his parents would amount to cruelty and consequently lead to divorce by the Family Court
Telangana High Court: In a case where the offences alleged against the petitioners under Section 498-A of the Penal Code,
Bombay High Court | Mere use of the word harassment ‘mentally and physically’ not sufficient to attract ingredients of S. 498-A IPC
Bombay High Court: In an application filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) for quashing the FIR for
Labelling husband as alcoholic and womanizer without any basis amounts to ‘cruelty’ u/S 13(1) HMA, 1955; Bombay High Court grants divorce
Bombay High Court: In an appeal filed by wife challenging the judgment and decree dated 22-11-2005, passed by the Family
Punjab and Haryana High Court reiterates marriage is irretrievably break down if parties are living separately for many years
Punjab and Haryana High Court: In an appeal filed by the appellant/husband seeking the dissolution of marriage on the ground of cruelty
‘Able-bodied man obliged to earn by legitimate means and maintain wife, children’: Supreme Court, unhappy with Family Court’s verdict, directs husband to pay maintenance to his wife
Supreme Court: In an appeal directed against the judgment passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, confirming the Family Court’s order
Bombay High Court | Wife being well qualified desiring to work does not amount to cruelty; Inference of desertion not to be drawn merely on grounds of living separately
Bombay High Court: In an appeal filed by husband challenging the judgment and decree of restitution of conjugal rights and
Evidence not adduced; Maintenance application not decided: Bombay High Court remands divorce matter to Family Court
Bombay High Court: In a case filed by a wife (‘appellant') challenging the Family Court order that granted decree of
Madhya Pradesh High Court | Minor Differences of opinion between the Husband and Wife does not amount to Cruelty
“The minor differences cannot be termed as cruelty between husband and wife. There should be no expectation of overnight change in the husband and wife. Time should be given by both of them to each other to transpose as a wife and as a husband in married life.”
High Court Roundup: August 2022| Revisiting the top stories on Bigamy, POCSO, Cruelty, Deceased’s Right to dignity, Non-payment of GST, & more
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Chhattisgarh High Court |Abusing in-laws and stopping the husband from meeting his parents would amount to cruelty
Chhattisgarh High Court: In a case relating to the appeal filed by the wife against the decision of the family
Gujarat High Court quashes FIR in Dowry matter against husband’s distant relative finding the allegations to be of ‘general nature’
Gujarat High Court: Nirzar S. Desai, J. quashed an FIR and its consequential proceedings which were registered for the offences punishable under
Does a husband comparing his wife to other women amount to mental cruelty? Kerala HC answers
Kerala High Court: In a divorce case, Anil K. Narendran and C. S. Sudha, JJ., held that constant and repeated taunts by
J&K and Ladakh HC| Courts must carefully scrutinize the allegations of matrimonial crimes against a husband’s relatives
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: While deciding the instant petition wherein the Single Judge Bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar deliberated
Calcutta High Court transfers Matrimonial suit showing leniency towards wife
Calcutta High Court: Ananda Kumar Mukherjee, J. took cognizance of a petition which was preferred by the petitioner -wife praying for transfer
Can Court direct a husband to surrender as a condition for pre-arrest bail of his wife? Supreme Court decides
Supreme Court: In an interesting case the Vacation Bench comprising Dinesh Maheshwari and Krishna Murari, JJ., disapproved a strange bail condition imposed
Karnataka High Court | Illicit relationship with husband of the complainant not necessary ground to constitute offence under S. 498-A IPC
Karnataka High Court: Hemant Chandangoudar J. quashed the FIR against accused 5 being the woman who had illicit relations with