Kerala High Court rules that entrustment of stridhan cannot be presumed and must be proved with evidence to claim return of gold or money.
Read Full ArticleThe Taliban's Criminal Procedure Code for Courts, signed on January 7, 2026, legalises wife-beating unless bones are broken, criminalises women who visit their own parents, reinstates slavery, prescribes death for sodomy, and explicitly repeals Afghanistan's 2009 law protecting women from violence.
Sara Tasneem was married at 15 in a hotel room in Los Angeles. Today, she is one of America's most prominent child marriage abolitionists. As the US celebrates 250 years of independence, only 17 of its 50 states have banned the practice entirely and 33 states still allow it.
Bombay HC held that a 21-day delay in filing an FIR for sexual offences is not fatal due to social stigma, and refused to quash a prima facie Section 354 IPC case.
Supreme Court calls homemakers “nation builders”, fixes ₹30,000/month minimum value for domestic care in motor accident compensation claims.
Bombay High Court set aside a divorce decree, holding wives are not maids, and awarded the wife Rs 20,000 monthly maintenance and housing support.
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 of India directs Centre to file 3-monthly reports on menstrual hygiene compliance and school sanitation for girl students.
Bombay HC says wife cannot be denied maintenance merely for filing restitution plea after husband sought divorce; education alone no ground to refuse support.
Rajasthan High Court grants divorce, condemns atta-satta custom as “gender coercion and familial extortion disguised as custom.”
Nashik court denied bail to a TCS POSH panel member in a workplace harassment case, citing alleged inaction on repeated complaints.
Sabarimala Reference Day 10 Senior Advocate Jaising Tells Supreme Court Constitution Is a Living Document Legislature Cannot Always Be Relied Upon for Reform”
Allahabad HC rules widowed daughter-in-law can seek maintenance from father-in-law; husband’s obligation does not end with death.
A petition before the NCW seeks suo motu action against misuse of Grok AI on X to create and circulate non-consensual obscene images of women.
In a case that deeply unsettled the nation’s collective conscience, the Delhi High Court’s decision to suspend the life sentence of Kuldeep Singh Sengar—on what was framed as a “technical” i...
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