Telangana High Court set aside family court order restraining wife, calling it stigmatic and baseless. Bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya and Justice Gadi Praveen Kumar held mental disorder finding lacked evidence.
Allahabad High Court quashed proceedings against married couple, criticising police interference in consensual adult relationships. Bench of J. J. Munir and Tarun Saxena flagged rising trend of FIRs targeting lawful marriages.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that a Muslim man’s second marriage during subsistence of the first does not constitute bigamy under Section 494 IPC. It ruled the provision is subject to Muslim personal law permitting multiple marriages under conditions.
The Bombay High Court ruled that a spouse alleging mental cruelty need not justify or explain the reasons behind such conduct. It held that requiring justification contradicts settled legal principles under Section 13(1)(i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside Section 377 charges against a husband, ruling that alleged acts within a valid marriage are not prosecutable under current law. Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke quashed the FIR in the Bhind case.
Allahabad High Court rules that interfaith marriages without religious conversion are unlawful. Orders probe into Arya Samaj temples issuing illegal marriage certificates.
