The Supreme Court held Section 498A IPC extends to live-in partners in a 'relationship in the nature of marriage', coupled with intent to marry, ruling exclusion of such women violates Article 14.
Read Full ArticleKarnataka High Court holds a Muslim father's duty to maintain minor children under Mohammedan law and Section 125 CrPC continues despite the mother's income.
Madras High Court directs two women police officers to pay Rs.1 lakh each to a dowry complainant, holding police cannot convert cognizable offences into private settlements.
Supreme Court observed that matrimonial disputes cannot be heard by Special MP/MLA Courts merely because one party is a legislator, while transferring a domestic violence case back to the Mahila Court.
The Karnataka High Court held that the Senior Citizens Act allows elderly parents to evict daughters-in-law, ruling that the dignity and property rights of the aged take precedence over residency claims under the Domestic Violence Act when they are excluded from their own residence.
Karnataka HC quashes cruelty case against a Luxembourg-based sister-in-law, holding that phone calls to her in-laws don't attract Section 498A IPC.
Jharkhand High Court sets aside a mother-in-law's Section 498A conviction, holding a single scolding incident over a jaggery pot dispute doesn't prove cruelty.
Karnataka High Court held that maintenance cannot be granted to a wife earning more than her husband, ruling it is payable only if she cannot maintain herself.
Marius Borg Høiby, son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been sentenced to four years in prison by Oslo District Court after being convicted of two counts of rape and domestic violence, con...
Telangana HC granted divorce after a husband concealed his real age on a matrimonial site, leading to a horoscope match based on incorrect details.
Supreme Court quashes a POCSO case, warns against misuse of criminal law in matrimonial disputes, and condemns false complaints involving children.
Delhi HC rules that a mother-in-law’s suit over her self-acquired property against her daughter-in-law is maintainable before a civil court.
Supreme Court says inmates must explain deaths occurring inside homes, upholds conviction of man for murdering wife over dowry demands.
Gauhati High Court upheld sons’ eviction from their 86-year-old father’s house, ruling senior citizens need not be destitute to seek relief.
Senior Advocate Mahalakshmi Pavani critically examines Indian matrimonial law, judicial paternalism, and gender bias, calling for gender-neutral domestic violence laws and equal constitutional protect...
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