The Calcutta High Court allowed a wife’s plea to shift her divorce case from Cooch Behar to Siliguri due to financial hardship and safety concerns. The court emphasized showing leniency to the wife in such matters.
The Calcutta High Court advised a separated couple to spend 48 hours at Eco Park to try and reconnect after eight years of estrangement. Both expressed willingness to consider reconciliation.
The Calcutta High Court has ruled that denying financial support to a wife and her minor son is considered domestic violence, even if the couple no longer lives together.
The Calcutta High Court held that a wife’s letter to her husband’s superior informing him of a cruelty case under Section 498A does not amount to criminal defamation if made in good faith.
The Calcutta High Court has granted custody of a 4-year-old girl to her biological father, over the family friend of her deceased mother. The decision was made after considering the child’s welfare and the father’s bonding with her.
In a case dating back to 2017, the Calcutta High Court directed a decorated husband to pay ₹2 lakh monthly as interim relief to his journalist wife, even though domestic violence charges were not proven.
The Calcutta High Court ordered a woman to pay ₹1 lakh in damages to her husband for falsely accusing him of planning a second marriage in a public newspaper, causing emotional harm.
The Calcutta High Court ruled that forcing friends and family onto a husband’s residence without his consent amounts to cruelty, granting the husband a divorce after years of matrimonial conflict.
The Calcutta High Court has quashed a cruelty case filed by a woman against her sister-in-law after 18 years of marriage, stating the allegations were vague and lacked specific charges.
The Calcutta High Court has ruled that the offence of bigamy under Section 494 of the IPC applies only to the husband who remarries during his existing marriage, and not to his second wife.
