The Bombay High Court ruled in favor of an 88-year-old woman, ordering her son and daughter-in-law to vacate a flat and hand it over to her. The Court said they have other places to live and no legal rights over the flat.
In a shocking acid attack in Haryana, a woman allegedly targeted a man after he refused to marry her. The victim is in critical condition, and police have launched an investigation.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has corrected a controversial remark in a rape case judgment, removing the phrase that called the convict “kind enough” for not killing the survivor. The 20-year sentence remains unchanged.
In Thiruvananthapuram, a 23-year-old college student died after his girlfriend allegedly poisoned him for refusing to end their relationship. Police arrested the woman after she confessed during interrogation.
The Kerala High Court has quashed a rape case against a man, stating that if a woman continues a consensual relationship even after learning about the man’s marriage, it cannot be considered rape based on a false promise of marriage.
A Delhi ACP’s daughter was arrested for allegedly injuring a valet attendant with her car at a Saket mall. The valet was hospitalized, and police registered a case after receiving the complaint.
Bombay High Court confirmed that making baseless accusations like calling a husband an alcoholic or womaniser without proof is mental cruelty and upheld a Pune family court’s divorce ruling.
A Mumbai court has sentenced a 25-year-old businessman to 1.5 years in jail for calling a minor girl an “item”, stating that such comments outrage a woman’s modesty and reflect sexual harassment.
The Delhi High Court has refused bail to a woman’s mother and grandmother, who allegedly attacked her husband and encouraged others to mutilate him after the couple married without family consent.
The Bombay High Court stated that asking a married woman to perform household duties for the family does not amount to treating her like a maid or constitute cruelty under IPC Section 498A, and dismissed the FIR filed by the wife.
