बॉम्बे हाई कोर्ट ने तलाक के आदेश को रद्द करते हुए कहा कि पत्नी नौकरानी नहीं होती, और पत्नी को ₹20,000 प्रतिमाह भरण-पोषण व आवास सहायता देने का निर्देश दिया।
Read Full ArticleBombay 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.
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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...
Protests erupt outside Delhi High Court after bail to Kuldeep Sengar in the Unnao rape case, with activists and survivor’s mother opposing sentence suspension.
Allahabad High Court slammed Muzaffarnagar Police for violating a stay order, declaring the detenue a major and ordering her immediate release.
The Kerala High Court ruled that a Muslim husband cannot avoid maintaining his first wife by citing a second marriage or support provided by their adult son.
Kerala High Court rules that husbands cannot reduce maintenance by citing loans or savings; gross income must be considered under Section 125 CrPC.
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