Supreme Court on Husband’s Adultery Allegations Against Wife and Interim Maintenance
The Supreme Court examined whether a husband’s adultery allegations against his wife, supported by photographs and videos, could justify denial of interim
The Supreme Court examined whether a husband’s adultery allegations against his wife, supported by photographs and videos, could justify denial of interim
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The Court noted that the presence of the appellant at the time of occurrence at the scene of crime has not been proved beyond reasonable doubt and no active role has been assigned to him and the chain of the evidence is not consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused.
While deciding a matrimonial maintenance dispute where a husband presented videos and photographs obtained from a private investigator before the trial court to prove his wife’s adultery, the Court expressed massive concerns over breach of privacy, proper authorisation thereby highlighting engagement of private investigators as “an area sans regulation”.
by Rachit Jain*, Harshdeep Khurana** and Dhanur Gupta***
by Vaibhav Garg† and Devansh Malhotra††