In Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, police used the threat of a bulldozer to enforce a court order allowing a woman to re-enter her in-laws’ house after being thrown out due to dowry harassment.
A 25-year-old man from Sonipat, Haryana, died by suicide after allegedly being mentally harassed by his wife and her family. An FIR has been registered against the wife and her relatives.
The Kerala High Court clarified that being held guilty under Section 498A IPC does not automatically mean the accused is also guilty under Section 306 IPC for abetment of suicide. The court made this observation while deciding a dowry death appeal.
Actress Swastika Mukherjee admitted that her dowry harassment case against ex-husband Promit Sen was false. The case dragged on for 10 years, causing emotional and legal trauma.
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed dowry harassment charges against Mohammed Shameer and his bedridden 80-year-old grandmother, calling it a misuse of legal process due to lack of proper evidence.
The Bombay High Court granted anticipatory bail to a husband in a dowry harassment case, observing that custody wouldn’t help and noting that some marriages turn bitter, saying they are “made in hell, not heaven.”
A Delhi court ruled that even if a husband is unemployed, he is still responsible for paying maintenance to his wife if he is capable of earning through other means.
The Allahabad High Court dismissed a cruelty case filed by a wife against her husband, stating that the conflict between them stemmed from sexual incompatibility rather than actual cruelty or dowry demands.
The Telangana High Court ruled that damaging a spouse’s reputation or restricting their access to social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram can be considered cruelty. The court granted a husband’s divorce appeal, citing mental cruelty caused by false allegations and repeated legal cases.
The Kerala High Court ruled that minor disputes in marriage do not amount to dowry harassment under Section 498A IPC unless both dowry demand and cruelty are proven. The Court cautioned against misuse of the law in trivial matters.
