The Allahabad High Court held a husband cannot avoid paying maintenance to his wife and children merely due to imprisonment for non-payment. The court clarified such punishment does not clear arrears or end the continuing legal obligation.
The Delhi High Court set aside an FIR and criminal proceedings against a woman accused under Section 307 IPC, prioritising restoration of family ties over retribution. Observing the relationship resembled that of a mother and child, the court said, “if justice is ever to be tempered with mercy, this is a fit case for such an approach.”
