The Bombay High Court quashed criminal proceedings against a woman’s in-laws, holding that merely remaining silent, refusing to take sides, or acting as passive observers in marital disputes cannot attract liability under Section 498A of the IPC.
The Delhi High Court held that daughters cannot claim inheritance or partition rights in agricultural land where succession opened before the 2005 Hindu Succession Act amendment, ruling that such cases remain governed by the Delhi Land Reforms Act, under which male lineal descendants receive preference in succession.
