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Despite getting Rs 20 lakh alimony in divorce settlement, wife continues criminal cases against husband, in-laws; HC quashes case as abuse of processA woman received Rs 20 lakh in permanent alimony as part of a divorce settlement. Despite agreeing to withdraw all cases, she continued cri...
Wife’s MBA degree or past employment with MNCs can’t stop her from demanding maintenance, rules HCAn Allahabad High Court ruling states a wife's education or earning potential does not disqualify her from maintenance. The court considere...
Twisha Sharma Death Case: CBI seeks five-day remand for Giribala; asks for five-day custody extension for Samarth SinghTwisha Sharma Death Case: The CBI has requested a five-day remand for Twisha Sharma's mother-in-law, Giribala Singh, and an extension for a...
Twisha Sharma death: Police followed due process, handed probe to CBI on family's request, says DGPMadhya Pradesh DGP Kailash Makwana stated police followed procedures in the Twisha Sharma case. He confirmed the state recommended a CBI pr...
Bengaluru cop’s wife found dead: Family alleges dowry harassment after 26-year-old sent phone password before deathA 26-year-old woman, Lakshmi Priya, died under suspicious circumstances in Bengaluru's KR Pura police quarters. Her family alleges continuo...
Three women, one track: Allegations of dowry and 'take me home' pleas that rang hollowThree young women died in their marital homes this month amid dowry demands. Twisha Sharma, Deepika Nagar, and Palak Ranjan could not retur...
Twisha Sharma death case: Cops yet to reach out to me for recording my statement, says mom-in-lawFormer judge Giribala Singh is booked in a dowry death case. She states police have not contacted her for a statement. Singh cites a chaoti...
Twisha Sharma death case: Bar Council bars absconding advocate husband from legal practiceTwisha Sharma case update: Advocate and absconding husband Samarth Singh faces immediate suspension from legal practice. The Bar Council of...
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...
Bengaluru, India's IT capital, has highest dowry-related cases among metro cities: NCRB reportBengaluru leads metropolitan cities in dowry-related cases with 878 incidents reported in 2024, accounting for 87% of metro cases. Delhi, h...
Rs 20 lakh, land dowry demands trigger assault in UP; retired railway staffer arrestedA retired railway employee in Kanpur allegedly assaulted his daughter-in-law over dowry demands, with the incident captured on a viral vide...
'Vague claims not enough,' Supreme Court says on Kanpur dowry caseCriminal proceedings require concrete evidence. The Supreme Court has quashed a dowry harassment case against a Kanpur couple. The court no...
Word spreads faster than wind about daughter-in-law being harassed for dowry: SCThe Supreme Court acquitted a woman accused of dowry harassment, overturning the conviction affirmed by the Uttarakhand High Court. Justice...
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...
Trial courts repeatedly making same mistakes in dowry death cases: SCThe Supreme Court acquitted a man convicted of cruelty and causing dowry death of his wife due to lack of specific evidence of cruelty or h...
Wilful denial of sexual relationship by spouse cruelty: Delhi HCThe Delhi High Court has ruled that the wilful denial of a sexual relationship by a spouse amounts to cruelty, upholding a divorce granted ...
35 years on, Supreme Court plugs gap that aided dowry death accusedWriting the judgment, CJI Ramana noted the disturbing trend of dowry deaths accounting for 40-50% of homicidal death of women in India and ...
Presumption in dowry death to be backed by cruelty proof: Supreme CourtThe provision to secure convictions in dowry death cases was inserted in the Evidence Act, which provides that instead of presumption of in...
Live-link between harassment & death needed for proving dowry deaths: Supreme CourtThere must be a "proximate" and "live link" between the dowry harassment of a woman and her unnatural death to establish that the offence w...
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...