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Raj HC | Neither the mere potential to earn, nor actual earning of wife, howsoever meagre, is sufficient to deny claim of maintenance

Rajasthan High Court: Pushpendra Singh Bhati J. modified the impugned order and enhanced the compensation to Rs 75000/- (for wife) and Rs

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Can a husband escape from his liability to pay maintenance to his wife by signing an agreement to the contrary? Gau HC throws light

Gauhati High Court: While addressing a matter with regard to maintenance of wife, Rumi Kumari Phukan, J., expressed that, the statutory right

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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

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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

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Explainer | Would striking down ‘Marital Rape Exception’ create a New Offence?

In the Split verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape Exception (MRE), the Division Bench of Delhi High Court pronounced a 393-Pages Judgment,

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Split Verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape| Can a Husband be labelled as a rapist? Does MRE provides impunity to offender? One says ‘Yes’, other says ‘No’ [DETAILED REPORT]

Delhi High Court: In a split verdict the Division Bench of Rajiv Shakdher and C. Hari Shankar, JJ., laid down their opinion

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If wife sells out some property, in order to maintain her children, would that mean the wife will not have opportunity to claim maintenance under S. 125 CrPC? All HC explains

Allahabad High Court: Brij Raj Singh, J., while discussing the matter with regard to providing maintenance to a wife, noted that the

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Is it possible for a husband to suddenly become devoid of all income sources when asked to provide maintenance to his wife? Saket Court elaborates

Saket Courts, Delhi: While addressing a maintenance matter, Anuj Agrawal, Additional Sessions Judge-05, expressed that, it can not be believed that a

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All HC | Biggest jolt for any married woman that her husband is being shared by some other lady or he is going to marry some other lady: Court dismisses discharge application of husband accused of abetting suicide of wife

Allahabad High Court: Rahul Chaturvedi, J., noted that a lady soon after coming to know that her husband got married in clandestine

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Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage | Husband and wife, two pillars of family, if one gets weak or breaks, whole house crashes down: Del HC

Delhi High Court: In a matter of dissolution of marriage, the Division Bench of Vipin Sanghi, ACJ and Jasmeet Singh, J., expressed

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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

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Do Family Courts have to remain as a neutral umpire of the real dispute between the parties? Ker HC decides

Kerala High Court: Expressing that, Family Court has been functioning in like manner of an ordinary Civil Court, the Division Bench of

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Whether husband is entitled to claim alimony under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955? Bom HC decides

Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J., held that provision of maintenance/permanent alimony being a beneficial provision for the indigent spouse, Section 25

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[Marital Rape] “Wanton lust, vicious appetite, depravity of senses, loathsome beast of passion, unbridled unleashing of carnal desire of demonish perversion” Kar HC discusses protection provided to husband by the institution of marriage

A man is a man; an act is an act; rape is a rape, be it performed by a man the “husband”

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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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Raj HC dealt with whether husband can be absolved from his duty to pay interim maintenance if there is delay of 30+ years in filing application

Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta, J., dismissed the petition. The facts of the case are such that the petitioner and the respondent,

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Saket Courts | Wife, a banker, misusing her position to get details of in-laws’ bank accounts to show husband evading payment of maintenance: Is wife guilty of criminal breach of trust? Court analyses

Saket Courts, New Delhi: Sonu Agnihotri, Additional Sessions Judge – 03, addressed a matter, wherein a wife using improper means procured the

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If husband brings home concubine due to which wife leaves house, would that lead to desertion by wife? Chh HC explains

Chhattisgarh High Court: The Division Bench of Goutam Bhaduri and Rajani Dubey, JJ., expressed that, “If the husband keeps another lady; gives

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Husband killed wife brutally in a heat of passion leaving husband with a wounded pride: Bom HC decides whether the said offence will come under “Murder” or “Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder”

Bombay High Court: Stating that, in the moment of anger spouses almost forgot about the two children who were hardly three years

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Kar HC | Bail rejected as the Court cannot decide whether it attracts the offence under Ss. 302 of IPC or 304 Part-II IPC at this stage

Karnataka High Court: H.P Sandesh, J. rejected bail as at this stage no offence can be attracted and the same is left