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    Law Must Not Be Used to Harass Husband’s Family: Supreme Court Quashes Dowry Harassment Case
    Law Must Not Be Used to Harass Husband’s Family: Supreme Court Quashes Dowry Harassment Case
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    Law Must Not Be Used to Harass Husband’s Family: Supreme Court Quashes Dowry Harassment Case

    The Supreme Court set aside a dowry-harassment FIR against a woman’s parents-in-law and sister-in-law in Uttar Pradesh, ruling that vague matrimonial allegations should not trigger criminal proceedings. It stressed that criminal law must not serve as personal vendetta.

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    One Incident Of Slapping Wife Once For Staying At Parental Home Without Informing Is Not Cruelty: Gujarat High Court
    One Incident Of Slapping Wife Once For Staying At Parental Home Without Informing Is Not Cruelty: Gujarat High Court
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    One Incident Of Slapping Wife Once For Staying At Parental Home Without Informing Is Not Cruelty: Gujarat High Court

    The Gujarat High Court set aside the man’s conviction for cruelty and abetment, stating that a single incident of slapping his wife for staying at her parental home without informing was not cruelty while acquitting him in law.

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    Shocking and Disappointing Bail Orders: Supreme Court Slams High Court, Cancels Bail in 3-Month Marriage Dowry Death Case
    Shocking and Disappointing Bail Orders: Supreme Court Slams High Court, Cancels Bail in 3-Month Marriage Dowry Death Case
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    Shocking and Disappointing Bail Orders: Supreme Court Slams High Court, Cancels Bail in 3-Month Marriage Dowry Death Case

    The Supreme Court set aside a bail order issued by Allahabad High Court in a dowry death case, calling it one of the most shocking and disappointing orders and saying that it led to a “travesty of justice.”

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    DV Act Doesn’t Allow Wife to Force Re-Entry Into Matrimonial Home Abandoned by Choice: Delhi High Court
    DV Act Doesn’t Allow Wife to Force Re-Entry Into Matrimonial Home Abandoned by Choice: Delhi High Court
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    DV Act Doesn’t Allow Wife to Force Re-Entry Into Matrimonial Home Abandoned by Choice: Delhi High Court

    The Delhi High Court held a wife cannot seek residence under the DV Act if she moved to housing and is not roofless. Court said the law protects against dispossession, not reinstatement to a home abandoned by choice.

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    Sad Reality of Indian Society, Victims Try to Save Marriage Despite Grave Domestic Violence Victims: Bombay High Court
    Sad Reality of Indian Society, Victims Try to Save Marriage Despite Grave Domestic Violence Victims: Bombay High Court
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    Sad Reality of Indian Society, Victims Try to Save Marriage Despite Grave Domestic Violence: Bombay High Court

    The Bombay High Court observed that many women facing severe domestic violence continue staying in harmful marriages due to social stigma and orthodox pressures, noting the sad reality that victims often remain despite grave threats to their lives.

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    Forced Unnatural Sex by Husband Is Cruelty Under 498A, Not Rape: MP High Court Quashes Charges
    Forced Unnatural Sex by Husband Is Cruelty Under 498A, Not Rape: MP High Court Quashes Charges
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    Forced Unnatural Sex by Husband Is Cruelty Under 498A, Not Rape: MP High Court Quashes Charges

    The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that forced unnatural sex by a husband amounts to cruelty under Section 498A IPC, but it cannot be treated as rape under Section 376 or unnatural offence under Section 377 IPC.

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    Neighbour or Outsider Cannot Be Held Liable Under 498A: Karnataka High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Against Woman
    Neighbour or Outsider Cannot Be Held Liable Under 498A: Karnataka High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Against Woman
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    Neighbour or Outsider Cannot Be Held Liable Under 498A: Karnataka High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Against Woman

    Karnataka High Court has quashed a cruelty case against a woman, ruling that she cannot be prosecuted under Section 498A IPC. The Court clarified that a neighbour or outsider cannot be held liable for matrimonial cruelty allegations.

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    Supreme Court Slams 16-Year Delay in Acid Ingestion Case: “Being Fed Acid Is Horrendous”
    Supreme Court Slams 16-Year Delay in Acid Ingestion Case: “Being Fed Acid Is Horrendous”
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    Supreme Court Slams 16-Year Delay in Acid Ingestion Case: “Being Fed Acid Is Horrendous”

    The Supreme Court expressed shock over a 16-year pending trial of acid survivors who were forced to drink acid, calling the crime “horrendous.” The Court pulled up states and authorities for inaction and will hear the matter again after six weeks.

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    Rs.10 Lakh Monthly Maintenance | Supreme Court Seeks Mohammed Shami’s Reply on Wife’s Plea
    Rs.10 Lakh Monthly Maintenance | Supreme Court Seeks Mohammed Shami’s Reply on Wife’s Plea
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    Rs.10 Lakh Monthly Maintenance | Supreme Court Seeks Mohammed Shami’s Reply on Wife’s Plea

    Today, On 7th November, Supreme Court sought a reply from cricketer Mohammed Shami on his wife Hasin Jahan’s plea seeking Rs.10 lakh monthly maintenance, after she moved the apex court claiming financial deprivation despite his income from cricket and endorsements.

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    Delhi Court: "Domestic Violence Act is Not a Tool to Harass a Husband at Convenience"| Slams Misuse in 7-Year-Old Matrimonial Case
    Delhi Court: "Domestic Violence Act is Not a Tool to Harass a Husband at Convenience"| Slams Misuse in 7-Year-Old Matrimonial Case
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    Delhi Court: “Domestic Violence Act is Not a Tool to Harass a Husband at Convenience”| Slams Misuse in 7-Year-Old Matrimonial Case

    Delhi Court observed that the Domestic Violence Act is not a tool to harass a husband, slamming its misuse in a prolonged 7-year-old matrimonial case filed by the wife.

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