Quote of the day by Julianne Moore: 'Loving someone is giving them the power to...' Life lessons from inspirational quote on real love, emotional vulnerability, choice, trust, courage and mutual respectQuote of the day by Julianne Moore explores the meaning of love, trust and emotional vulnerability. Her words explain why loving someone me...
Quote of the day by Paulo Coelho: 'You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen, what it says...' - A lesson on why suppressing your feelings can be harmful by The Alchemist authorPaulo Coelho’s famous quote from The Alchemist,“You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has t...
Same-sex couple challenges Income Tax provision that exempts gifts only between spousesThe Karnataka High Court has requested a response from the Union government concerning a petition that challenges a tax exemption clause. T...
SC upholds Delhi HC order rejecting man's claim to right to privacy in divorce caseThe Supreme Court has affirmed a Delhi High Court ruling allowing wives to seek court assistance in gathering evidence like call records an...
Parents' support to wife doesn't relieve husband of maintenance duty: Allahabad HCThe Allahabad High Court has ruled that a husband cannot deny maintenance to his wife simply because her parents offer financial help. The ...
Divorce: Husband not liable to pay maintenance when wife lives in continuous adultery, rules Kerala High CourtA husband has won a divorce case, avoiding maintenance payments. The Kerala High Court ruled that a wife living in continuous adultery is n...
No alimony for wife as husband proved her extra marital affair and got divorced on grounds of adultery in Chhattisgarh High Court caseDivorce without alimony: The High Court ruled that a wife divorced on grounds of adultery is ineligible for alimony/maintenance under Secti...
Cruelty and isolated acts of adultery by wife no bar to receiving maintenance from husband: HCJustice Chandra Dhari Singh, who was dealing with a challenge to a trial court directing the husband to pay monthly maintenance to the wife...
Army asks defence ministry to retain homosexuality, adultery as punishable offencesThe army believes that allowing homosexuality and adultery will break the fabric that binds it together and effect its teamwork spirit, whi...
Supreme Court strikes down Victorian-era adultery lawIf adultery is treated as a crime, there would be immense intrusion into the extreme privacy of the matrimonial sphere and it is better lef...
Adultery no longer a crime, says Supreme CourtThe Centre had defended the Victorian law, stating that continuation of the adultery law is important.
Supreme Court's adultery verdict strong, progressive on gender equality, say women lawyersSenior advocate Rebecca John and lawyers Aishwarya Bhati and Menaka Guruswamy, termed as correct the apex court's observation that the adul...
SC verdict on adultery welcomed by lawyers, activistsA five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra was unanimous in striking down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code dea...
Supreme Court to pronounce verdict on plea challenging adultery law on ThursdayThe Centre had favoured retention of penal law on adultery, saying that it is a public wrong which causes mental and physical injury to the...
What public good law on adultery serves, asks SC"What is the sanctity of marriage here. If the consent of husband is taken then there is no adultery," the bench said.
Is it time for India to scrape the patriarchal adultery law?The law is applicable only when the wife commits adultery.
- Woman can't be punished for adultery: SC
The Supreme Court today said a woman in an illicit relationship cannot be punished for adultery despite being an abettor in the crime thoug...