Allahabad High Court: Forcing Husband to Live in Separate Room is Cruelty
The Allahabad High Court ruled that making a husband live in a separate room and denying him conjugal rights amounts to cruelty, granting divorce in favour of the husband.
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Supreme Court Sentences Couple to 6 Months Jail for Bigamy, Allows Alternate Prison Term
The Supreme Court sentenced a woman and her second husband to six months in jail for bigamy. To protect their six-year-old child, the court allowed them to serve their sentences alternately.
Taunting Unemployed Husband During COVID-19 is Mental Cruelty, Rules Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court ruled that insulting a husband for being unemployed during COVID-19 amounts to mental cruelty. Granting divorce, the Court observed that the wife’s arrogance, desertion, and humiliation during financial stress proved cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act.
Supreme Court Raises Alimony from ₹15 Lakh to ₹50 Lakh for M.Tech Wife, Citing Doctor-Husband’s Capacity to Pay
The Supreme Court increased alimony from ₹15 lakh to ₹50 lakh for an M.Tech-qualified wife, considering her doctor-husband’s higher income. The Court upheld the divorce while ensuring a fair and balanced financial settlement.
Allahabad High Court: Man Must Undergo DNA Test or Pay Maintenance
The Allahabad High Court directed a man to either undergo a DNA test or pay maintenance to his children, stressing that denying support due to paternity disputes violates children’s fundamental rights.
Healthy Husband Must Support Wife: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court ruled that a healthy and able-bodied husband cannot escape his legal duty to maintain his wife under Section 125 CrPC. The Court rejected excuses of unemployment, stressing that a wife has the right to live with dignity.
Allahabad High Court Rejects Man’s Plea for DNA Test to Deny Paternity and Avoid Maintenance
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a husband cannot deny paternity of children born during marriage through secret DNA tests. It rejected a man’s plea seeking fresh DNA testing to avoid paying maintenance, upholding the legal presumption of legitimacy under Section 112 of the Evidence Act.
Gujarat HC Dissolves Marriage Over CCTV in Rooms, Bathroom Microphone; Orders Rs 1 Lakh Alimony
The Gujarat High Court dissolved a marriage after a pilot installed CCTV cameras in all rooms and microphones in bathrooms, calling it cruelty. The husband was ordered to pay Rs 1 lakh monthly alimony to his wife.
Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Divorce for Man Whose Wife Refused to Live with Aged Mother
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld a divorce for a man whose wife refused to live with his elderly mother and mentally ill sister, ruling it as cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act.
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Woman in Long Live-in Relationship Entitled to Maintenance After Separation
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld an order granting ₹1,500 monthly maintenance to a woman after a long live-in relationship, even without proof of legal marriage.