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Inmates of the House Must Explain How Victim Died If Offence Occurred in Privacy of Home: SC [Read Judgment]
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Inmates of the House Must Explain How Victim Died If Offence Occurred in Privacy of Home: SC [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court says inmates must explain deaths occurring inside homes, upholds conviction of man for murdering wife over dowry demands.

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Every Section 498A IPC Conviction Can’t Automatically Translate into an Offence of Moral Turpitude: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Order] Judiciary
Every Section 498A IPC Conviction Can’t Automatically Translate into an Offence of Moral Turpitude: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Order]

Punjab & Haryana HC rules Section 498A IPC conviction doesn’t automatically amount to moral turpitude; mandates case-specific assessment before service action.

“One of the Most Shocking and Disappointing Orders”: SC Cancels Bail Granted to Husband in Dowry Death Case, Directs Immediate Surrender [Read Order] Judiciary
“One of the Most Shocking and Disappointing Orders”: SC Cancels Bail Granted to Husband in Dowry Death Case, Directs Immediate Surrender [Read Order]

Supreme Court cancels bail to husband in dowry death case, calls Allahabad HC order shocking, orders immediate surrender.

Allahabad HC Orders Rs. 2 Lakh Compensation For “Vexatious Criminal Prosecution” After Acquittal [Read Order] Judiciary
Allahabad HC Orders Rs. 2 Lakh Compensation For “Vexatious Criminal Prosecution” After Acquittal [Read Order]

Allahabad HC orders ₹2 lakh compensation to man acquitted in dowry death case, slams State for ‘vexatious prosecution’ despite suicide note proof.

Asking Daughter-in-Law to Arrange Money for Bail Not Dowry Demand: Gujarat HC Upholds Acquittal in Dowry Death Case [Read Judgment] Judiciary
Asking Daughter-in-Law to Arrange Money for Bail Not Dowry Demand: Gujarat HC Upholds Acquittal in Dowry Death Case [Read Judgment]

Gujarat HC rules demanding money for bail isn’t dowry, upholds acquittal in dowry death case, citing lack of evidence and legal definition of dowry.

Calcutta HC Acquits Appellants In Dowry Death Case, Emphasises Need For Proximate Link Between Cruelty and Death [Read Judgment]

Calcutta High Court acquits two in dowry death case, citing absence of evidence linking cruelty to victim’s death under Section 304B IPC.

Participation in 'Operation Sindoor' no immunity from committing atrocity at home, SC refuses relief to Black Cat commando

SC: Participation in ‘Operation Sindoor’ no shield from law; denies relief to Black Cat commando convicted in dowry death case of his wife.

Bombay High Court grants remission to police personnel who killed pregnant wife, finds crime not exceptionally brutal [Read Judgment]

Bombay High Court grants remission to a police officer convicted of killing his pregnant wife, ruling the crime lacked exceptional brutality.

Irreversible loss: Kerala HC allows doctor accused of girlfriends death to resume studies [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court allowed Dr. EA Ruvais, who was charged with abetting the suicide of his girlfriend Dr. Shahana for alleged dowry demands.

Value of married women not contingent on insatiable financial demands of in-laws: Delhi High Court [Read Judgment]

While lamenting over the number of cases pertaining to dowry demands, the Delhi High Court has passed an important judgement highlighting how a married womans worth shouldnt be contingent on her paren...

Need to educate people that genetics of son, not daughter-in-law decide sex of child: Delhi High Court [Read Judgment]

The chromosomes of the son and not daughter-in-law, through union of a married couple will decide the birth of a daughter or a son, the Delhi High Court expressed recently while adding that people nee...

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