The Bombay high court has held that a wife who leaves her matrimonial home due to a hostile or humiliating environment can still seek maintenance under Section 125 CrPC, even…
A husband's silence for 13 days before his wife's suicide cannot, by itself, land him in jail for cruelty, the Supreme Court has held while acquitting a man convicted under…
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 25) quashed the domestic cruelty, domestic violence, and dowry demand proceedings against the in-laws of the woman, holding that omnibus, generalised allegations lacking specific…
The case traces its origins to a marriage solemnized in December 2003. The relationship broke down almost immediately, with the wife leaving the matrimonial home within weeks. What followed was…