The Allahabad High Court quashed a family court’s divorce order after noting it was passed under a non-existent law, observing that the judge repeatedly cited the “Muslim Women Marriage Dissolution Act, 1986” instead of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939.
The Supreme Court of India ruled that a wife’s refusal to cook or do household chores isn’t cruelty, calling such expectations outdated. It said “husbands must share domestic duties, stressing marriage is a partnership, not hiring a maid, You are not marrying a maid. You are marrying a life partner,”
The Calcutta High Court reiterated that under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 “a juvenile cannot be sentenced to more than seven years.” Since the Bangladeshi national was arrested as a minor and held for over 21 years, the Court ordered his immediate release and repatriation.