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No phone calls with wife for 13 days; she dies by suicide; Gulf engineer husband lands in jail; Supreme Court overturns his conviction for this reason- 'Normal marital wear and tear' not cruelty: Maharashtra court acquits 3 in dowry, suicide abetment case
- Despite getting Rs 20 lakh alimony in divorce settlement, wife continues criminal cases against husband, in-laws; HC quashes case as abuse of process
- 'Not speaking not marital cruelty': SC frees husband sentenced to jail over wife's suicide after 13 days of silence between themSupreme Court has acquitted a man convicted of cruelty after his wife died by suicide, ruling that 13 days of non-communication between spo...05 Jun, 2026, 05.01 PM IST
- Second marriage & dowry harassment: SC quashes FIR against in-laws, keeps 498A case against husbandThe Supreme Court quashed FIRs against a husband's in-laws and sister in a dowry harassment case. While the wife alleged they were aware of...11 May, 2026, 10.40 AM IST
- Denying wife kitchen access is mental cruelty, rules high court; mother-in-law gets relief but husband to face trialThe Bombay High Court has ruled that barring a wife from her matrimonial home's kitchen amounts to mental cruelty. This ruling allows a cas...12 Apr, 2026, 12.22 PM IST
- Financial control by husband alone doesn't amount to cruelty: Supreme Court quashes 498A caseThe Supreme Court granted relief to a husband from a 498A case filed by his wife. The court ruled that the husband's financial dominance, i...12 Jan, 2026, 02.30 PM IST
- Gold gifts exchanged in 'Chhoochhak' ceremony don’t amount to dowry, says SC and gives relief to husband from dowry caseThe Supreme Court has relieved a husband from jail in a dowry case. The court ruled that demanding gold ornaments during a child's Chhoochh...08 Jan, 2026, 08.01 AM IST
- Wife files 498A case against in-laws alleging they are provoking husband to torture her; loses case in Gujarat HC for this reasonThe Gujarat High Court quashed a Section 498A case against a husband's parents, citing vague allegations of them provoking their son to inf...07 Jan, 2026, 07.51 AM IST
- Husband gets six months’ jail in Section 498A case; Kerala HC says abuse behind closed doors needs no independent witnessesA husband has been jailed for six months in Kerala for harassing his wife under Section 498A. The Kerala High Court ruled that testimony fr...30 Dec, 2025, 05.52 PM IST
- Asking an educated, earning wife to contribute to household expenses is not 'cruelty': HCThe Calcutta High Court has stated that expecting an educated, working wife to help with household costs isn't 'cruelty' as defined by Sect...05 Sep, 2025, 04.43 PM IST
- HC: Forced unnatural sex with wife amounts to cruelty under IPC 498A, the section known for dowry casesThe Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled on a case of unnatural sex within marriage. The court stated that forcing unnatural sex on a wife, alon...30 May, 2025, 04.17 PM IST
- Husband gets relief in gruelling cases of section 498A, Dowry Act and SC/ST Act from Supreme Court after 5-year fightFalse 498A: A husband wins false Section 498A, SC/ST Atrocity and dowry case filed by wife for personal vendetta 5 years ago. The wife even...01 Mar, 2025, 02.33 PM IST
- Courts must exercise caution in dowry cases to prevent misuse of law: SCThe Supreme Court urged caution in dowry harassment cases to prevent misuse of the law against innocent family members. Observing a rising ...10 Dec, 2024, 09.03 PM IST
- Domestic violence laws and Section 498A of IPC most abused, says Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has observed that Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Domestic Violence Act are among the most ab...12 Sep, 2024, 12.32 PM IST
- Taking custody of bride's jewellery for safety not cruelty under Section 498A of IPCTaking custody of daughter-in-law's jewellery for safety cannot constitute cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, the Supreme...14 Jan, 2022, 02.02 PM IST
- For dowry-linked cruelty, Supreme Court restores ‘immediate arrest’The two-judge bench had ordered setting up of family welfare committees in every district which would examine the veracity of each complain...14 Oct, 2017, 11.27 AM IST
- About 9% of cases on harrassment of women false: Haribhai Parthibhai ChaudharyAbout nine per cent of cases of cruelty or harrassment of women registered in 2013, were false or bad in law, Rajya Sabha was informed toda...13 May, 2015, 05.38 PM IST
- Torture on bride to be continuous to qualify for legal redress: CourtCruelty or torture, as contemplated in section 498A of IPC denotes to a "continuous process" and the ingredients of the offence were not sa...13 Apr, 2015, 04.24 PM IST
- Mistress can't be booked for cruelty to wife: HCThe Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court has ruled that a woman having an extra-marital affair with a married man cannot be booked und...24 Apr, 2008, 04.15 AM IST
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