The Gujarat High Court has held that in maintenance cases involving self-employed husbands in the unorganised sector, courts can use reasonable guesswork to determine income when true figures are hidden.
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 Supreme Court has implemented a two-month cooling-off period before arrests in Section 498A IPC cases. The aim is to reduce false dowry complaints and allow families a chance for reconciliation. This decision follows the Allahabad High Court’s 2022 directives.
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 Telangana High Court ruled that making general and false accusations against a husband’s relatives in dowry-related cases misuses the law and wastes court time.
The Delhi High Court emphasized that filing false cases against husbands and their families damages the legal system and society. It denied anticipatory bail in a fabricated dowry and suicide case.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a rape case filed after 18 years by a man’s second wife, stating that it was a false complaint made to pressurize him for money and property.
The Supreme Court has acquitted a man in a 26-year-old dowry and cruelty case, highlighting how Section 498A IPC is often misused in family disputes. The Court stressed the need for solid evidence and cautioned against implicating entire families without proof.
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 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.
