The Supreme Court has ruled that divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act can be granted if a conjugal rights order is not followed for one year. Granting divorce after 16 years of separation, the court directed the husband to pay ₹30 lakh as one-time alimony.
The Allahabad High Court has urged the government to create a law for compensating innocent persons wrongfully prosecuted. Acquitting a man jailed for 13 years in a false murder case, the court said that trial judges sometimes convict innocents to protect their careers, violating Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution.
The Gujarat High Court quashed a 2019 FIR, observing that women often exaggerate dowry allegations to make domestic violence cases appear more serious and to pressure husbands and in-laws.
The Allahabad High Court ruled that consent under fear or false promise of marriage is not valid, and such sexual relations amount to rape under Section 376 IPC.
The Karnataka High Court has held that a husband must maintain his wife and child if the wife quit her job at his insistence. The Court clarified that paying school fees alone does not fulfill his duty of financial support.
The Allahabad High Court dismissed a cruelty case against a husband, observing that the dispute with his wife was due to sexual incompatibility, not dowry harassment or cruelty.
The Allahabad High Court has held that a widowed daughter-in-law is entitled to maintenance from her father-in-law if she lacks income, but reduced the maintenance amount to ₹1,000 per month.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court fined a woman ₹1 lakh for filing a false cruelty case against her 100% disabled in-laws. The court found the allegations impossible and declared the FIR a misuse of law.
The Karnataka High Court quashed a dowry case against a US-based man, ruling that his wife misused the law by filing false charges. The Court allowed him to pursue malicious prosecution under Section 211 IPC.
The Telangana High Court ruled that damaging a spouse’s reputation or restricting access to Facebook and Instagram can amount to cruelty. Granting divorce to a husband, the Court found that repeated false criminal cases and desertion showed the marriage had irretrievably broken down.
