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Husband earns Rs 1.5 lakh monthly but wife gets no maintenance; Allahabad HC explains when a wife can be denied support- Be a gharjamai: Is wife asking her husband to leave his ageing parents and live in her parents' house as a househusband cruelty? Jharkhand HC judgement answers
- Wife pressuring husband to leave parents and live separately in rented house amounts to cruelty, rules Madras HC and upholds divorce on this ground
- ‘Impotent’ man, ‘barren woman’ remarks sparked marital fight: Why Allahabad HC refused to treat the exchange as cruelty under Section 498AAllahabad HC says lackof children despite 3-year-long marriage sparked heated exchange of words like impotent, barren woman, but this does ...27 Aug, 2026, 02.17 PM IST
- Loss of interest in marriage is not a valid ground for divorce under Hindu Law, orders Karnataka HCHindu marriage can’t be broken merely because husband lost interest in marriage, rules Karnataka High Court and says ‘The marriage under th...27 Aug, 2026, 10.27 AM IST
- Husband taunted wife for her dark complexion and being an introvert, wife filed a cruelty case; know how husband won the case in Jharkhand HCHusband taunted wife for her dark complexion, introvert nature; she files 498A IPC cruelty case; Jharkhand HC quashes 498A case, says his c...25 Aug, 2026, 05.59 PM IST
- ‘Hindu marriage no longer an indissoluble sacrament but a contractual agreement’: Andhra Pradesh HC waives 6-month waiting period for couple seeking mutual divorceAndhra Pradesh High Court has dissolved a marriage solemnised in 1972 between a couple who have lived separately since 1978, waiving the ma...18 Aug, 2026, 10.42 AM IST
- Husband with Rs 11,000/month income ordered to pay Rs 25,000 monthly maintenance to wife, child with 5% annual increase; here's what Delhi HC saidThe husband said his salary hasn't grown since his job began and claimed to earn just Rs 11,000 a month despite a UK hospitality degree, bu...14 Aug, 2026, 04.23 PM IST
- "Sorry Mummy...": 27-year-old Dehradun teacher posts video before death, husband booked in dowry caseA personal secretary and his family face charges in a dowry death case. The victim's mother accused them of harassment and dowry demands af...31 Jul, 2026, 02.49 PM IST
- '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...03 Jul, 2026, 05.54 PM 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
- WhatsApp chats can’t end marriage: Bombay HC questions divorce granted on digital evidence, remands case for fresh hearingThe Bombay High Court has set aside a divorce decree that was granted solely on the basis of WhatsApp chats, underscoring the importance of...04 Mar, 2026, 02.39 PM 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
- Denial of marital intimacy and alienating child amounts to mental cruelty, says Delhi High Court and grants divorce to husbandMental Cruelty: Wife denied physical relations to husband, pressured him to transfer property in her name; Delhi High Court grants divorce ...07 Oct, 2025, 09.46 AM IST
- Mental cruelty: Know how a husband won a divorce battle in High Court as wife mocked his physical infirmity; Permanent alimony amount to be decidedIn 2025, the Odisha High Court validated a divorce decree, affirming that a wife's demeaning remarks about her husband's physical disabilit...29 Jun, 2025, 09.00 AM 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
- Calling spouse 'bhoot', 'pishach' not cruelty: Patna HCThe case was later transferred to Nalanda from Nawada upon a prayer by the father-son duo, who ended up being slapped with rigorous impriso...30 Mar, 2024, 03.18 PM IST
- Woman driven out of matrimonial home can file case at place where she has taken shelter: SCThe apex court verdict came on a plea filed by one Rupali Devi of Uttar Pradesh.09 Apr, 2019, 11.28 AM IST
- Wife's demand for privacy not cruelty towards husband: Delhi High CourtThe observation came as the bench dismissed a plea by the husband who had challenged a 2010 trial court order dismissing his petition seeki...16 Oct, 2016, 09.33 AM IST
- False cruelty cases under Section 498A ruining marriages, Supreme Court saysFalse complaints under Section 498A of IPC alleging harassment were making husbands adamant not to take back their wives- Supreme Court09 Dec, 2014, 11.54 AM IST
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