Indian man has human rights too
The Bombay High Court has ruled that a second wife cannot be prosecuted for abetment to bigamy just because she married a man already in a valid marriage. The court…
The Delhi High Court ruled that a wife acting as a widow while her husband was still alive amounts to extreme mental cruelty. The court upheld the divorce granted by…
The Karnataka High Court has ruled that a husband’s false allegations of adultery and doubts about his wife's character amount to mental cruelty. The court overturned the divorce and imposed…
The Allahabad High Court has granted relief to two sisters-in-law accused in a dowry harassment case under Section 498A IPC. The court ruled that they were falsely implicated, as they…
The Delhi High Court has ruled that making false and fabricated complaints against a spouse amounts to mental cruelty and is a valid ground for divorce. The court found that…
A 39-year-old woman in Goa allegedly killed her 4-year-old son and tried to escape to Karnataka with the child’s body hidden in a bag. She was arrested in Chitradurga after…
The Delhi High Court quashed a rape and kidnapping FIR against a man who married a teenage girl, saying real love between adolescents can’t be handled solely through police or…
The Supreme Court stayed a divorce case after a woman requested her estranged husband to cooperate in their ongoing IVF treatment. The woman, nearing menopause, also sought transfer of the…
The Supreme Court allowed a woman convicted of killing her fiancé to seek a pardon from the Governor, citing the forced marriage and social pressure that led to her actions.
A 20-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh climbed a 50-metre mobile tower to demand that her boyfriend marry her. The dramatic act caused a traffic jam and led to police action.
Shruti Mahapatra