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 Bombay High Court ruled that to prove cruelty under Section 498A of the IPC, the woman must face continuous mistreatment close to the time of filing the complaint.
The Gujarat High Court has ruled that a divorced woman can file a case under Section 498A IPC, but only for cruelty or harassment that happened during the marriage. Allegations made for incidents after divorce will not be accepted.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that a woman can understand the difference between a mere breach of promise and a false promise of marriage within a year. The court quashed the FIR filed under Sections 376(2)(N), 506, and 34 of the IPC.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has requested the Central Government to reduce the age of consent from 18 to 16, highlighting how the current law is causing injustice to adolescent boys involved in consensual relationships.
The Karnataka High Court ruled that a wife cannot file a dowry harassment case after receiving a divorce notice from her husband. The court quashed the FIR, calling the complaint retaliatory and baseless.
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.
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.
The Supreme Court has quashed a rape case after finding that the promise of marriage was made in good faith and not with the intent to deceive. The court ruled that the FIR was an abuse of the legal process.
The Allahabad High Court quashed a POCSO FIR against a man after observing that the victim, who was a minor at the time, had married him by choice and was now living happily with him as his wife.
