Cruelty Archives

Weekly Rewind Ep. 63| Sex Workers’ right to dignity; Hindu Women’s right to property; right to dissent; freedom of press; and more

Top Story of the Week Aadhaar Card for Sex Workers| Supreme Court bats for sex workers’ right to dignity; directs UIDAI to

High Court Round Up Legal RoundUp

100 Reports from 22 High Courts | Marital Rape, Taj Mahal Case, Maternity Benefit, Right of Press, Provocative Slogans and more | May RoundUp 2022

TOP STORY OF THE MONTH Marital Rape Split Verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape| Can a Husband be labelled as a rapist?

Case Briefs High Courts

Would pledge of ornaments kept for marriage of a daughter and use for self without knowledge of husband would amount to cruelty? Chh HC decodes

Chhattisgarh High Court: In a matter pertaining to mental cruelty, the Division Bench of Goutam Bhaduri and N.K. Chandravanshi, JJ., expressed that,

Case Briefs High Courts

If a husband stops talking to the wife, would that cause mental cruelty? P&H HC elaborates

Punjab and Haryana High Court: In a matter with regard to mental cruelty, the Division Bench of Ritu Bahri and Ashok Kumar

Case Briefs District Court

Aggrieved woman needs economic support, in view of domestic violence, perpetrated upon her, by a person, who is in domestic relation with her: Karkardooma Courts

Karkardooma Courts, Delhi: In a matter regarding providing maintenance to wife and children, Ramesh Kumar-1, Principal District & Sessions Judge, expressed that

Case Briefs High Courts

Can filing of divorce petition by husband be an act of ‘Cruelty’? Bom HC elaborates

Bombay High Court: Vibha Kankanwadi, J., held that, if a husband files a divorce petition that cannot be taken as an act

Case Briefs High Courts

Injuries found on person of deceased who was more than 6 months pregnant, but MM ignored postmortem report: Will onus be on husband to offer an explanation under S. 104 Evidence Act? Read to know

Delhi High Court: Asha Menon, J., while setting aside the conclusion of the Metropolitan Magistrate and upholding the intervention by Sessions Court

Case Briefs High Courts

Irretrievable breakdown of Marriage: Chh HC dissolves marriage on appeal filed by husband against trial court order

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay S. Agrawal, J., reversed the judgment of the trial court and granted divorce in an application filed by

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Media Trial, Permanent Alimony, Child Marriages, Live-in Relationships and more | 11 Legal Stories of the Week

Interesting Stories of the Week [Media Trial] Can media be given right to speculate on outcome of one going investigations or Court

Case Briefs High Courts

Only continuous and repeated acts of adultery and/or cohabitation in adultery would attract rigours of provision under S. 125(4) CrPC: Del HC

Delhi High Court: While addressing a matter with regard to a wife’s right to maintenance Chandra Dhari Singh, J., expressed that, only

Case Briefs High Courts

Can filing of a maintenance proceeding, a criminal case for harassment be said to be sufficient to jump to a conclusion that wife intended to harass husband and his relations? Bom HC throws light

Bombay High Court: In a matter of matrimonial discord, Mangesh S. Patil, J., expressed that, when admittedly, for whatever reason, there was

Case Briefs High Courts

Can children claim any amount under the head of permanent alimony under S. 25 of Hindu Marriage Act? Ker HC explains

Kerala High Court: Observing that trauma in a marital discord is common to both parties, the Division Bench of A. Muhamed Mustaque

Case Briefs High Courts

Tri HC | Unable to approve this kind of matrimonial conduct or filing a suit for divorce on such coloured narrative; Court dismisses appeal in matter of divorce

Tripura High Court: The Division Bench of S. Talapatra and S.G. Chattopadhyay, JJ. dismissed an appeal which was filed under Section 28

Case Briefs High Courts

Accusation of extra-marital relationship is a grave assault on character, status, reputation as well as health of spouse against whom such allegations are made: Would this come under ambit of cruelty? Del HC answers

Delhi High Court: While addressing a matter surrounding the issue of cruelty by wife, the Division Bench of Vipin Sanghi, ACJ and

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9 Legal Stories of the Week | Unlicensed transport aggregators to Spanking back of a woman without her consent, read more such stories in this weekly roundup

Here are our interesting picks from the stories reported this week: To operate in State of Maharashtra, Uber and other unlicensed aggregators

Case Briefs High Courts

Wife leaves matrimonial home and never returns after several requests and legal notice under S. 9 of HMA, alleges husband of several cruelties without any evidence: Would it amount to desertion and cruelty by wife? Del HC answers

Delhi High Court: Noting the separation of 12 years between the husband and wife, the Division Bench of Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet

Case Briefs High Courts

At odd hours, if wife continues making discreet phone calls with another man even after a warning by husband, would it constitute matrimonial cruelty? Ker HC decides

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A. Muhamed Mustaque and Dr Justice Kauser Edappagath, JJ., held that, despite a warning by

Case Briefs High Courts

Can judicial separation be granted instead of divorce for which party has approached the Court? Read what Del HC says

Delhi High Court: Expressing that the Family Court’s decision was based on optimism and hope rather than the actual factual matrix of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Section 498A IPC| Husband’s relatives cannot be forced to undergo trial in absence of specific allegations of dowry demand

“A criminal trial leading to an eventual acquittal also inflicts severe scars upon the accused.”

Case Briefs High Courts

If Court finds that marriage failed due to incompatibility, but one of the parties withholds consent for mutual separation, would that be ‘Cruelty’? Kerala HC elaborates

Kerala High Court: Expressing that, “If the conduct and character of one party causes misery and agony to the other spouse, the