The Delhi High Court ruled that merely seeing a woman crying cannot prove dowry harassment. The Court upheld the discharge of her husband and in-laws, noting that the woman died of pneumonia, not cruelty.
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 family court, citing irreparable damage to the marriage.
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 the wife’s behavior, including false allegations and abandonment, caused deep emotional harm.
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 legal actions.
The Delhi High Court has ruled that if a spouse is capable of earning but remains unemployed without valid reason, they should not expect the other spouse to bear the financial burden through maintenance.
The Delhi High Court has directed two police officers to pay ₹50,000 to a man illegally detained for half an hour, stressing that even short unlawful detentions violate fundamental rights.
The Delhi High Court ruled that a husband’s financial instability, along with failed efforts to earn and resulting abusive behavior, can cause mental cruelty to the wife. The court granted divorce on these grounds.
The Delhi High Court ruled that a husband’s extramarital affair or betting addiction cannot be used as a reason to charge him under Section 304B IPC for dowry death. The court granted him bail, citing lack of evidence of dowry demands.
The Delhi High Court raised concern over the growing misuse of Section 498A IPC to implicate all of a husband’s relatives, even minors, in matrimonial disputes. The court ordered Delhi Police to appoint a man whose name appeared in an FIR but had no role in the case.
The Delhi High Court has raised concerns about false rape charges being added in matrimonial disputes, only to be later settled. The Court stressed that such misuse of legal provisions against husbands and their families must stop.
