The Supreme Court said, “marriages do fail but parties should not stoop so low,” calling it “very disgusting” that since 2022 the husband has stopped his wife from collecting her belongings, and ordered him to return them within 24 hours.
Madras: Today, 27th March, Prasanna Sankaranarayanan, co-founder of Rippling, has approached the Madras High Court alleging that the Tamil Nadu police have been harassing him due to false complaints filed by his estranged wife, Dhivya Sashidhar. He claimed that his wife has been using legal complaints as a means to take away their son and move him out of India amidst their ongoing divorce case.
Justice Hemant Chandangoudar granted an interim order in response to Nikita’s challenge against her arrest concerning charges of abetting her husband’s suicide. Her lawyer argued the arrest lacked legal grounds. The Karnataka High Court also directed updates to the Supreme Court regarding custody issues linked to Atul Subhash’s family. Further hearings are set for January 6.
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The Delhi High Court refused to quash a case against a man for allegedly torturing his estranged wife, observing the offences related to matrimonial relationships “should not be closed in a routine manner” especially when the victim opposes it. The high court called it a “textbook example” of how the affluent tried to flout the law by coercing the aggrieved party to settle the dispute despite it being a criminal offense and approached the courts with settlement deeds.
The Bombay High Court upheld a trial court’s decision for a man to pay his estranged wife Rs. 3 crore compensation under the Domestic Violence Act, citing abuse from 1994-2017. The court stressed the impact of domestic violence considering the social standing of the individuals. This decision reinforces legal protection for victims and addresses various aspects of abuse.
