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 Allahabad High Court, in a ruling by Justice Brij Raj Singh, has quashed criminal proceedings in a matrimonial dispute, observing that the case was a clear abuse of the…
The prosecution's case was that the complainant was subjected to domestic cruelty and harassment for a demand of dowry (₹8.5 lakh and a car as additional dowry), by her in-laws…