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'Normal marital wear and tear' not cruelty: Maharashtra court acquits 3 in dowry, suicide abetment caseA Thane court has acquitted a husband and his parents in a dowry harassment and abetment to suicide case. The judge ruled that "normal wear...
'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...
Sessions Court acquits Sanjay Raut in defamation case filed by BJP leader Somaiya's wifeA Mumbai court has acquitted Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut in a defamation case. Medha Somaiya, wife of BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, had file...
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...
Divorce case: After 26-year ordeal, husband finally gets relief against 3-year rigorous imprisonment, Supreme Court flags misuse of Section 498AThe Supreme Court provided relief to a husband after a 26-year legal fight. The wife had filed cases of 498A and dowry harassment. The cour...
SC acquits man charged with wife's murder; says not safe to convict on the basis of a 'suspicious dying declaration'The Supreme Court of India acquitted a man charged with his wife's murder, citing the unreliability of her dying declaration without corrob...
'Consent not important': High Court on unnatural sex between husband and wifeThe Chhattisgarh high court acquitted a man convicted of rape after ruling that sexual acts by a husband with his adult wife without her co...
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...
Muzaffarnagar riots: Court acquits 10 for lack of evidence in murder caseA court in Muzaffarnagar has acquitted ten individuals accused of killing a man during the communal riots in 2013, citing lack of evidence....
After nearly a year in jail, former Pak PM Imran Khan acquitted in illegal marriage caseA court in Pakistan acquitted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife on Saturday of charges related to unlawful marriage, according ...
Assume innocence until proven guilty, suspicion can't take place of proof, says Supreme Court"The mere fact that the deceased was lying dead at a room held by the accused respondent No 1 and that the accused respondents had informed...
Lok Sabha elections: Bahubalis hand poll mantle to wives in BiharThese bahubalis have either been barred from contesting elections after convictions or denied tickets over their criminal histories.
Blackbuck poaching case: Salman Khan gets 5-year jail termWhile passing the judgement, CJM Dev Khatri called the actor a 'habitual offender'.
Relieved, we went through trying times: Talwar familyThe Allahabad High Court today acquitted the Talwar couple, saying they could not be held guilty on the basis of the evidence on record.
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...
Dilip Kumar acquitted in 1998 cheque bounce caseThe case was filed by Smita Shroff against the company and its 20 directors, including Kumar alias Yusuf Khan.
Can't nix rape case even after compromise: Supreme CourtDowry harassment cases are personal in nature and can be quashed if the estranged couple reach a "genuine" compromise, the Supreme Court ha...
Nitish Kumar cannot stop Narendra Modi from entering Bihar: Rabri Devi"Lalu Prasad had the guts to stop the rath of L K Advani but Nitish Kumar does not have the strength to stop Narendra Modi," she was quoted...
- Sajjan Kumar''s acquittal in 1984 riots case evokes sharp reaction
Sajjan Kumar's acquittal in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case by a court here today drew sharp reactions from the families of the victims.
- Another Tiger Memon aide held guilty in ’93 blast case
TADA court on Tuesday held Niyaz Ahmed Shaikh guilty of conspiracy in the 1993 bomb blasts case. He was also found guilty on the count of o...