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    Wife Secretly Arranging Daughter’s Marriage Without Informing Husband Is Mental Cruelty: Madras High Court
    Wife Secretly Arranging Daughter’s Marriage Without Informing Husband Is Mental Cruelty: Madras High Court
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    Wife Secretly Arranging Daughter’s Marriage Without Informing Husband Is Mental Cruelty: Madras High Court

    The Madras High Court ruled that a wife’s act of secretly arranging their daughter’s marriage without informing the father amounts to mental cruelty under matrimonial law, and granted divorce after finding her conduct caused distress preventing continuation thereafter.

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    Qualified Woman Pursuing Career Cannot Face Desertion And Cruelty Charges: Supreme Court Slams “Feudalistic” Mindset
    Qualified Woman Pursuing Career Cannot Face Desertion And Cruelty Charges: Supreme Court Slams “Feudalistic” Mindset
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    Qualified Woman Pursuing Career Cannot Face Desertion And Cruelty Charges: Supreme Court Slams “Feudalistic” Mindset

    The Supreme Court of India ruled that a professionally qualified woman pursuing her career and securing stability for her child cannot amount to cruelty or desertion in marriage, criticising lower court observations as “regressive,” “ultra-conservative” and reflective of a “feudalistic” mindset.

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    Small Car and Gold Taunts Can Constitute Cruelty Under Section 498A IPC in Dowry Cases: Delhi High Court
    Small Car and Gold Taunts Can Constitute Cruelty Under Section 498A IPC in Dowry Cases: Delhi High Court
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    Small Car and Gold Taunts Can Constitute Cruelty Under Section 498A IPC in Dowry Cases: Delhi High Court

    The Delhi High Court held that repeated taunts over inadequate dowry, including remarks about a “small car” and insufficient gold, may constitute cruelty under Section 498A IPC. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma partly restored charges against a husband in a dowry death case.

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    Maintenance Cannot Be Excessive or Extortionate: Gujarat High Court Reduces Monthly Maintenance
    Maintenance Cannot Be Excessive or Extortionate: Gujarat High Court Reduces Monthly Maintenance
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    Maintenance Cannot Be Excessive or Extortionate: Gujarat High Court Reduces Monthly Maintenance

    The Gujarat High Court partly allowed a husband’s revision plea, reducing monthly maintenance from Rs 14,000 to Rs 12,000, with Justice P. M. Raval holding that while inflation matters, maintenance must match the parties’ status and payer’s capacity, not become excessive.

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    Disturbs Judicial Conscience and Threatens the Integrity of Justice: Delhi High Court Orders Re-Training of Family Court Judge
    Disturbs Judicial Conscience and Threatens the Integrity of Justice: Delhi High Court Orders Re-Training of Family Court Judge
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    Disturbs Judicial Conscience and Threatens the Integrity of Justice: Delhi High Court Orders Re-Training of Family Court Judge

    The Delhi High Court has ordered re-training for a Family Court judge who invented a provision to grant a divorce decree. It said, “The manner in which the judge conducted proceedings disturbs judicial conscience and threatens the integrity of justice.”

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    "Once the Marriage is Over, Let the Cases End Too”: Supreme Court on Post-Divorce Criminal Proceedings
    "Once the Marriage is Over, Let the Cases End Too”: Supreme Court on Post-Divorce Criminal Proceedings
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    “Once the Marriage is Over, Let the Cases End Too”: Supreme Court on Post-Divorce Criminal Proceedings

    The Supreme Court held that continuing criminal proceedings after divorce, without specific allegations, only prolongs bitterness and burdens the justice system. The ruling came while quashing an FIR against a man and his family in a matrimonial dispute.

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