Privacy Must Yield To Fair Trial, WhatsApp Chats Admissible in Divorce Cases Even If Obtained Without Consent: Chhattisgarh HC

The Chhattisgarh High Court upheld a family court’s decision allowing a husband to use his wife’s mobile call recordings and WhatsApp messages as evidence in a divorce case. The court stated that the right to privacy is not absolute.

Telangana High Court Declares Second Marriage Without Divorce as Void, Calls It Rape If Based on Fraud

The Telangana High Court declared a second marriage invalid under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, due to the husband’s failure to divorce his first wife, who had been in a coma. The court annulled the marriage, held the husband guilty of rape for misleading the woman, and granted her alimony.