Category: 498a

Source:- livelaw.in. The Bombay High Court has held that once a decree of divorce has been granted, relief cannot be sought by the wife under the Domestic Violence Act. Justice MG Giratkar was hearing a criminal revision application filed by a 42-year-old woman from Nagpur who challenged a judgment of the Judicial Magistrate First Class

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Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre on a fresh plea challenging practices of polygamy and ‘nikah halala’ among Muslims, as it referred the matter to a Constitution bench that has been already asked to hear a batch of similar petitions. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court agreed with senior advocate Indira Jaising on Friday for a comprehensive relook into its earlier judgment diluting the stringency of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code that many believed was abused by some women to wreak vengeance on estranged husbands and in-laws. Taking into account instances of such abuse, a bench

Source – indiatimes Howrah: Cops have arrested the man, whose wife fell to death from their 10th floor apartment in Belur on Friday, on charges of murder and domestic violence. TOI in its Saturday edition had reported the death which followed a spat between the husband and wife following her inability to stand in an ATM

Source:- firstpost.com Taunting a wife and ridiculing her lack of English speaking skills don’t amount to cruelty under the law, says a recent Bombay High Court ruling granting bail to a man charged with the abetment of suicide and showing cruelty to his wife. The Free Press Journal reported the court’s observations: “According to the

Source:- scroll.in From the day she arrived at her new marital home in Bengaluru, Seeta (name changed to protect her identity) realised that she had walked into a nightmare. Before her wedding in June 2015, her in-laws had promised her family that there would be no dowry involved. But the harassment began barely a few

Source:- livelaw.in Calcutta High Court on Friday commuted the death sentence awarded by Additional Sessions Judge Arambagh to Lakhikanta Adhikary who killed his 26 year old wife and 7 year old son. The High Court awarded life imprisonment with minimum 30 years without remission. The case of the prosecution is that accused Lakhikanta Adhikary was

Source:- hindustantimes.com The Mumbai police drew ire from the Bombay high court last week for booking a handicapped woman for allegedly subjecting her brother’s wife to cruelty. The court directed the Director General of Police to issue a circular to all police stations instructing officials to “apply their minds” before showing any person as an

Source:- daijiworld.com Mar 8: “The fact that Section 498A is a cognizable and non-bailable offence has lent it a dubious place of pride amongst the provisions that are used as weapons rather than shield by disgruntled wives. The simplest way to harass is to get the husband and his relatives arrested under this provision. In