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Introduction In a significant ruling concerning misuse of matrimonial cruelty provisions, the Supreme Court has held that merely advising a wife to “adjust” in her matrimonial home does not amount to cruelty or dowry harassment under
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Introduction In an important ruling on marital rights and gender roles, the Bombay High Court has observed that a wife cannot be treated as a “deemed maid” in the household and that refusal to perform domestic
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The Karnataka High Court quashed a cruelty case under Section 498A IPC, observing that criminal law cannot be misused to rope in the entire family of the husband in matrimonial disputes without specific allegations. Key ObservationsThe
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The Supreme Court held that a mere quarrel with a daughter-in-law, without specific allegations of harassment or dowry demand, does not constitute an offence of cruelty under Section 498A IPC or dowry harassment under the Dowry
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The Delhi High Court has held that the simple ending of a romantic relationship — without more — does not, by itself, constitute instigation to commit suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code. The
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The Rajasthan High Court has ruled that a husband who abandons his wife and fails to maintain her loses the moral and legal standing to oppose her petition for dissolution of marriage on the ground of
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The Supreme Court of India has strongly criticised a husband for denying his wife access to their six-month-old twin children, describing the conduct as “cruelty of the highest order.” The Court intervened in the parents’ matrimonial
Read MoreThe Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that when a husband compels his wife to leave her employment and dictates how she must live — forcing her to conform to his “wish and style” — such
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