In a shocking crime from Ghaziabad, a man’s skeleton was recovered from a neighbour’s house four years after his murder. Police revealed that the man was killed and buried by his wife and her lover.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that WhatsApp chats, even if collected without the wife’s permission, can be used as evidence in a family court case. The Court said that relevance of evidence is more important than how it was collected, especially in matters of public justice.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court denied permanent alimony to a woman found guilty of adultery. The court upheld the Family Court’s divorce decision based on cruelty and extramarital relationship.
A woman and her lover were arrested in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district for planning and killing her husband. She gave her wedding jewellery to her lover and falsely claimed a robbery.
The Bombay High Court dismissed a wife’s plea to cancel a divorce, stating she was aware of court procedures but failed to appear despite being served summons multiple times.
The Uttarakhand High Court held that parties in a mutual consent divorce can be represented through a power of attorney under the Hindu Marriage Act. It overturned the Family Court’s earlier refusal.
The Delhi High Court stated that the POCSO Act aims to protect children from abuse, not to criminalise consensual relationships among young adults. The Court granted bail to an accused in such a case.
Jaswinder Singh from Firozpur, Punjab, died by suicide along with his daughter, brother, and nephew. He left behind a video blaming his wife’s extramarital affair for driving him to the act.
The Supreme Court ruled that asking a husband to deposit ₹10 lakhs as a condition for anticipatory bail in a 498A case is not justified. The Court set aside the Jharkhand High Court’s earlier order.
The Bombay High Court has refused to quash an FIR against a disabled man accused of molestation and intimidation, stating that the case does not justify extraordinary intervention.
