The Kerala High Court has held that a person who subsists on begging cannot be directed to pay maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), even…
Fourteen years after a rape complaint was filed, a fast-track special court here has acquitted a rape accused because the only witness who turned up to testify was a police…
The Calcutta High Court has ruled that asking an educated and earning wife to contribute to household expenses or pay EMIs for a joint property does not constitute ‘cruelty’ under…
The Allahabad High Court recently refused to grant maintenance to a woman employed as a software engineer with a monthly salary of ₹73,000 and an investment in a flat worth…
