The Calcutta High Court has ruled that DNA evidence alone is not conclusive in rape cases, upholding the trial against an accused despite a report excluding him as the child’s father.
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.
The Gujarat High Court has held that in maintenance cases involving self-employed husbands in the unorganised sector, courts can use reasonable guesswork to determine income when true figures are hidden.
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.
The Bombay High Court has upheld an order requiring a working woman to pay ₹10,000 monthly maintenance to her unemployed, ill ex-husband under the Hindu Marriage Act.
The Bombay High Court has pulled up police and judges for mishandling evidence in a case that wrongfully convicted a postmaster, leading to his acquittal.
The Supreme Court acquitted a man in his wife’s suicide case after 30 years, saying mere harassment is not enough to prove abetment under Section 306 IPC and warning that the criminal justice process itself can sometimes be a punishment.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court fined a woman ₹1 lakh for continuing criminal proceedings against her ex-husband despite a ₹50 lakh settlement and mutual divorce, calling it a misuse of the legal process.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court granted divorce to a man after finding that his wife had coached their daughter to speak against him and kept them apart, amounting to mental cruelty.
The Allahabad High Court has clarified that a woman can still seek relief under the Domestic Violence Act even if her marriage is later declared null and void, as long as she lived in a domestic relationship with the man before separation.
