The Supreme Court granted bail to a man jailed for over 14 years, stating it could not support the Allahabad High Court’s approach of delaying his appeal and rejecting his bail without proper review.
The Madras High Court granted divorce to a man, ruling that his wife’s refusal of intimacy and pressure to live beyond his means amounted to cruelty under marriage law.
The Bombay High Court has closed a rape case after both the accused and the alleged victim agreed to perform community service for six months, following mutual settlement.
A 28-year-old dentist from Gujarat, Kinnari Patel, has been sentenced to life in prison for poisoning her brother and his baby daughter over a family property dispute.
The Kerala High Court ruled that a person is not guilty of bigamy if they marry again while a divorce appeal is pending, as long as the appeal is later dismissed.
The Karnataka High Court ruled that demanding a separate house or leaving the matrimonial home is not cruelty. Filing a criminal case by the wife alone does not prove cruelty for divorce.
The Gujarat High Court ruled that a wife’s alleged extramarital affair, without solid proof, cannot be a reason to deny her custody of children, emphasizing child welfare and legal compliance.
The Bombay High Court upheld a lower court’s order directing a woman teacher to pay alimony to her ex-husband under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act.
In a rare case, the Karnataka High Court upheld a divorce after a man submitted video proof of his wife’s affair. The court ruled that adultery was valid grounds for divorce.
The Supreme Court clarified that alimony should be fair and practical, not a tool to punish the other spouse. In Rajnesh vs. Neha, it stressed financial transparency and balanced support.
