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Case BriefsHigh Courts

MP HC | Major Couple entitled to police protection in event of any future threats from parents; Permission granted to approach police commissioner directly

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Rusia, J. decided on a petition which was filed seeking police protection. The facts of the case

Published on May 25, 2022May 27, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

HP HC | The findings in a proceeding under S. 125 CrPC cannot be binding on matrimonial Court while dealing with an application for divorce on the ground of res judicata

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J. remarked “there has been no matrimonial relationship between the parties for the last nearly

Published on May 24, 2022May 27, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh 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,

Published on May 24, 2022May 27, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Granting or non-granting interim maintenance is not punishing any litigant; Kar HC observes Proviso to S. 125 of CrPC provides discretion to court to order interim maintenance during pendency of proceedings

Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna, J., dismissed the petition and refused to grant prayer as the case is at a pre matured

Published on May 9, 2022May 9, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Ex–fiancée levelled charges of sexual assault to harass and destroy present married life of the boy; Raj HC issues notice and directs police to neither harass nor arrest him

Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta, J., issues notice and directs police to neither harass nor arrest the petitioner boy. The facts of

Published on April 28, 2022May 6, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Raj HC granted temporary bail for a period of 15 days to enable the appellant to perform Kanyadaan on daughter’s marriage

Rajasthan High Court:  A Division bench of Manindra Mohan Srivastava, CJ. and Madan Gopal Vyas J. allowed the application and granted bail

Published on April 22, 2022April 28, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

P&H HC | Short duration of marriage cannot be the only ground to disallow organ transplant by spouse; writ petition allowed

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Raj Mohan Singh, J., contemplated the present petition and ruled that a short duration of marriage is

Published on April 18, 2022April 18, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Husband suspects paternity of child; Supreme Court allows DNA test while granting conditional compensation of 30 lakhs to wife if suspicion proves to be wrong

Supreme Court: In a case where the husband had disputed paternity of child on suspicion, though the Division Bench comprising of Indira

Published on April 12, 2022April 12, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsDistrict Court

Man allegedly cheats woman by suppressing material fact of him being homosexual: Will Thane Court grant him bail? Read

Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Thane: Noting the fact that a man suppressed the material fact of his private life before marriage

Published on April 12, 2022April 20, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Can step-children claim property right in mother’s mehar after her death? Does a registered mehar deed become unenforceable for being nominal? SC answers

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai*, JJ., upheld the impugned judgment of the High Court wherein

Published on March 31, 2022April 8, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Whether victim under POCSO Act can be permitted to be cross-examined once she turns hostile? Kar HC answers

Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna J. allowed the petition and quashed the impugned order and remitted the matter back to Sessions Judge

Published on March 24, 2022April 1, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

P&H HC | Cooling off period under S. 13-B (2) HMA directory and not mandatory, court must waive off statutory period where marriage is irreconcilable  

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajbir Sehrawat, J., allowed the instant revision petition, filed against the order of Family Court, where the

Published on March 10, 2022March 10, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Whether the maintenance awarded under the Domestic Violence Act can be sought to be enhanced under the CrPC? Kar HC analyses

Karnataka High Court: M. Nagaprasanna, J. allowed the criminal petition and quashed both the orders by the Magistrate and the Sessions Judge.

Published on March 2, 2022March 2, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh 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

Published on February 21, 2022February 25, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Can Court compel a parent to go abroad with child in a habeas corpus case? Supreme Court answers

Supreme Court: In a habeas corpus case the Division Bench Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka*, JJ., held that in a case

Published on February 2, 2022February 4, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Ker HC | Is not taking treatment for mental illness to bring out a peaceful family atmosphere a form of cruelty and thus, a ground for divorce? HC answers   

Kerala High Court: In an interesting case the Division Bench of A.Muhamed Mustaque and C.R. Sophy Thomas, JJ., held that not taking

Published on February 1, 2022February 1, 2022By Editor_4
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Op EdsOP. ED.

Rape on the Pretext of Marriage: Are the Relationships Going Sour?

by Sanjay Vashishtha†

Cite as: 2022 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 3

Published on January 18, 2022January 27, 2025By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

P&H HC | Are Recordings of Private Conversation between Husband and Wife permissible as evidence under S. 13 of HMA, 1955? HC decides

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Lisa Gill, J., held that to permit a spouse to record conversations with an unsuspecting partner and

Published on January 15, 2022January 14, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Courts are not meant to provide police protection to youths who have fled to marry according to their own wishes; Raj HC reiterated

Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta J. rejected the petition and disposed off the stay application. The instant petitions were filed by couples

Published on January 15, 2022January 14, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

J&K HC | Dowry Prohibition Act vis-a-vis J&K Dowry Restraint Act; HC blurs the line between the two

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: In a case alleging dowry death, Rajnesh Oswal, J., clarified the scope and applicability of Jammu and

Published on January 15, 2022January 29, 2022By Editor_4
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