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Difference In Legal Marriage Age For Men And Women Based On Patriarchal Bias: Allahabad HC
Sanjay Chaudhary v Guddan @ Usha that the difference in the legal age for marriage between men and women in India is nothing but a vestige of patriarchy.Hits: 13360 -
Husband Can Also Claim Alimony/Maintenance From Wife: Bombay High Court
Bhagyashri Vs Jagdish directing a school teacher to pay interim maintenance to her ex-husband, who claimed to have no sources of income.Hits: 16649 -
X vs Y that Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) is not meant to create an "army of idle people waiting for maintenance".Hits: 15636
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Allahabad HC Imposes Heavy Cost On Wife For Levelling Reckless Allegations Against Husband
YYY vs State of UP that has rejected a wife’s plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to her husband who she has accused of raping their minor daughter.Hits: 15579 -
Demanding Sexual Favour From Wife Not Cruelty: All HC
Pranjal Shukla vs Uttar Pradesh that was lodged by a wife against her husband ruling explicitly that the dispute stemmed from the couple’s sexual incompatibility rather than dowry demands or...Hits: 9430 -
ABC vs XYZ that a wife threatening to commit suicide would amount to cruelty.Hits: 18894
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Sexual Intercourse Between Husband And Wife Even If Forcible Cannot Be Considered Rape: Gauhati HC
Md Farid Ali vs Assam that the accused and victim who is a major were legally married and therefore, the sexual intercourse between the two even if forcible cannot be considered as rape.Hits: 14498 -
Well-Qualified Wife Should Not Remain Idle Just To Live On Maintenance From Husband: MP HC
Smt S vs A that well-qualified women should not remain idle ever and be dependent entirely on the maintenance amount from her husband.Hits: 10753 -
Kamaljeet Singh vs State of Punjab that a case under the Dowry Prohibition Act cannot be instituted without prior sanction of the District Magistrate.Hits: 12991
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India Cannot Afford Continuation Of Polygamy Anymore
It merits just no reiteration that India cannot afford now the continuation of polygamy anymore for anyone and there can be just no gainsaying that no one can ever be placedHits: 14545 -
Bombay HC Waives Off 6 Month Cooling Period For Divorce
Sneha Akshay Garg And Akshay Sunil Garg Vs Nil has waived off the six-month cooling-off period and granted divorce to a couple maintaining that a realistic approach needs to be adopted, keeping in...Hits: 15696 -
Hardik Prakash Shah vs Maharashtra has refused to quash the proceedings under Section 498A (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)...Hits: 12598
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Illegal Talaq-E-Sunnat Not Punishable As Triple Talaq: Kerala HC
Sajid Muhammedkutty vs Kerala that if the intention is not to pronounce instantaneous and irrevocable talaq, it cannot be considered as talaq-ul-biddat.Hits: 11427 -
Ban On Child Marriage Applies To All Religions; Overrides Muslim Personal Law: Kerala HC
Moidutty Musliyar vs Sub Inspector Vadakkencherry Police Station that child marriage is prohibited by law for all, regardless of the religion they follow.Hits: 15798 -
Uniform Civil Code Needs To Become A Reality: MP HC
X v/s Madhya Pradesh that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) must not remain on paper alone and needs to become a reality.Hits: 11717 -
Married Policeman’s Live-In Relationship Amounts To Violation Of Service Rules: Jharkhand HC
RB vs Jharkhand that: It is unbecoming of a police personnel who was in live-in relation with another lady other than wife and amounts to violation of rules whereby the service conditions of the...Hits: 16834 -
Husband Can’t Avoid Maintenance By Merely Pronouncing Talaq Thrice: J&K&L HC
Fayaz Ahmad Wani vs Mst Hameeda that the mere pronouncement of Talaak or Talaq (a form of divorce) three times by a husband is not enough to end a Muslim marriage or to escape obligations such as...Hits: 16828 -
Muslim Women Illegally Divorced Through Triple Talaq Can Seek Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC: SC
Mohd Abdul Samad vs Telangana that a Muslim woman who has been illegally divorced by the pronouncement of triple talaq is entitled to seek maintenance from her husband as per Section 125 of the...Hits: 9499 -
Rahul Gandhi vs State that the accused was a married man and father of a child, she could not allege that the consent was obtained on a false promise of marriage.Hits: 13300
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Wife Refusing To Establish Physical Relations With Husband Amounts To Cruelty: MP HC
X vs Y that the denial of the wife for making physical relationship with the husband amounts to crueltyHits: 13551 -
Naziya Ansari vs UP And 2 Others that no one can restrain an adult from going anywhere that he/she likes, staying with a person of his/her choice or solemnizing marriage according to his/her will...Hits: 13098
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Cannot Deny Paternity Of Children While Refusing To Undergo DNA Test: Allahabad HC
S vs State of UP that a man cannot deny paternity of his children and at the same time refuse to undergo a DNA test ordering him to either provide maintenance or to undergo the test.Hits: 13738 -
M Sreenivasulu vs Andhra Pradesh that there is no utility in prolonging the proceedings under Section 498A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 where the Family CourtHits: 14705
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Sunny Alias Ravi Kumar vs NCT of Delhi that no wrongdoing can be attributed if two consenting adults indulge in consensual sexual activity, regardless of their marital status.Hits: 14718
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Although Adultery Is Ground For Divorce, It Can’t Be A Ground To Deny Child’s Custody: Bombay HC
Abhishek Ajit Chavan vs Gauri Abhishek Chavan that adultery is a ground for divorce but cannot be a ground for denying custody of a childHits: 10375 -
Parteek Bansal vs Rajasthanthe exercise of its criminal appellate jurisdiction has imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakhs on a wife’s father for lodging a false Section 498A IPC case at different places...Hits: 10480
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XXX v/s Karnataka that family members of husband are often implicated in cases under Section 498A of IPC though there is no evidence against them.Hits: 10640
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I S vs Govt of NCT of Delhi that a woman making a reasoned choice to establish physical relation knowing consequences then consent can’t be said to be based on a misconception.Hits: 9978
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SC Issues Guidelines To Courts For Protection Of Couples
Devu G Nair vs Kerala guidelines for the courts to implement most strictly while dealing with the petitions that are filed by the couples who are seeking protection and advised against making any...Hits: 10202 -
Durga Bai vs Keval Singh that a woman cannot request maintenance from her second husband under Section 125 of CrPC if her first marriage survives. This definitely is worth emulating by all the...Hits: 10468
