The Allahabad High Court has increased a wife’s maintenance to ₹10,000 per month, ruling that her graduation and professional training do not prove she can financially support herself.
The Bombay High Court has upheld a ₹3 crore compensation and ₹1.5 lakh monthly maintenance to a wife under the Domestic Violence Act, noting the serious impact of domestic abuse on her dignity and self-worth.
A Delhi woman disguised in a burqa allegedly stole gold jewellery worth ₹15 lakh and cash from her mother’s home, motivated by jealousy towards her sister and mounting debts.
The Delhi High Court granted divorce to a man, ruling that his wife’s actions—driven by parental influence, false complaints, and refusal to resume conjugal life—amounted to extreme mental cruelty.
The Karnataka High Court has increased interim maintenance for a stay-at-home mother from ₹18,000 to ₹36,000, stating that caring for children is a full-time job that must be financially recognized.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that a Hindu marriage becomes legally valid only after performing the Saptapadi ritual, rejecting arguments that exchanging garlands or applying sindoor is enough to establish a valid marriage.
The Bombay High Court quashed an FIR against a man’s girlfriend in a domestic cruelty case, ruling that a girlfriend is not a “relative” under IPC Section 498A and cannot be prosecuted for cruelty.
The Allahabad High Court has granted relief to two sisters-in-law accused in a dowry harassment case under Section 498A IPC. The court ruled that they were falsely implicated, as they were already married and living away during the alleged incidents.
The Delhi High Court has ruled that making false and fabricated complaints against a spouse amounts to mental cruelty and is a valid ground for divorce. The court found that the wife’s behavior, including false allegations and abandonment, caused deep emotional harm.
A 39-year-old woman in Goa allegedly killed her 4-year-old son and tried to escape to Karnataka with the child’s body hidden in a bag. She was arrested in Chitradurga after hotel staff found blood stains and alerted police.
