A Delhi court ruled that a qualified wife who is fit to work should not sit idle at home and rely completely on her husband for financial support, especially when she has the capacity to earn.
In a case dating back to 2017, the Calcutta High Court directed a decorated husband to pay ₹2 lakh monthly as interim relief to his journalist wife, even though domestic violence charges were not proven.
A woman in Punjab and her lover, a granthi, were arrested for murdering her NRI husband’s parents and setting their bodies on fire to hide evidence, after they opposed her extramarital affair.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed an inquiry against a woman who filed a false rape case, later admitting the allegations were false under police pressure. The court stressed the need for action to prevent misuse of the law.
The Bombay High Court ruled that a wife’s frequent visits to her parental home without informing her husband can be considered cruelty and a valid reason for divorce, dissolving a 20-year marriage.
The Jammu and Kashmir court fined a woman ₹10 lakh for misusing the Domestic Violence Act to harass her husband, stressing that the law must be used only for genuine cases.
A young man in Mumbai was jailed for two years after his sister filed a false rape case against him for scolding her about her boyfriend. The court later acquitted him of all charges.
An Indore court ruled that a wife has the right to live in dignity according to her husband’s status and ordered the husband to pay ₹25 lakh as lump sum and ₹15,000 per month as maintenance.
The Supreme Court ruled in Manju Ram Kalita v. State of Assam that petty quarrels between husband and wife do not amount to cruelty under Section 498A IPC unless they are serious and continuous.
A young engineering student from Chennai was wrongly accused of rape and jailed for 7 years before being declared innocent and awarded compensation by the court.
