A family court in Madhya Pradesh ordered a woman to pay ₹5,000 in monthly maintenance to her husband after separation. The case involved a husband who left college at his wife’s request and claimed unemployment while she ran a beauty parlour.
The Karnataka High Court doubled a stay-at-home mother’s maintenance, acknowledging that caring for children is a full-time job. The court dismissed the husband’s claims of financial instability and increased her maintenance from ₹18,000 to ₹36,000.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court fined a woman ₹1 lakh for misusing the legal process by continuing a case against her ex-husband even after a mutual divorce and settlement. The court found the charges baseless and driven by ulterior motives.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court ruled that a wife cannot be denied maintenance simply because she is qualified, unless it is proven she quit her job to seek support. Both the husband’s challenge and the wife’s request for more maintenance were rejected.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that a mother coaching her daughter to speak against her father amounts to mental cruelty, upholding a divorce petition filed by the father. The court highlighted the harmful effects of parental alienation in such cases.
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a woman can seek relief under the DV Act even after her marriage is declared null and void, upholding her rights as an aggrieved person in a domestic relationship.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that Section 125 CrPC is not intended to create dependent individuals waiting for maintenance from their spouse. The court reduced the maintenance awarded to the wife, considering her ability to earn an income.
The Bombay High Court quashed an FIR against a man’s girlfriend, stating she is not a relative and cannot be charged with cruelty under IPC Section 498A in a domestic violence case.
The Delhi High Court quashed a POCSO case against a man who eloped with and married a minor girl, highlighting their happy family life with two children.
A recent ruling by the court has dismissed abetment charges against a second wife and her father in a bigamy case, citing a lack of evidence. The prosecution can continue against the husband for bigamy.
