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Supreme Court Clarifies When a Consensual Relationship May Constitute Rape on False Promise of Marriage

In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court provided clarity on the legal interpretation of consensual sexual relationships amounting to rape on the false pretext of marriage. A bench of Justices…

Gujarat HC Reunites Inter-Caste Couple Who Were Forced to Divorce

While the Gujarat high court reunited an inter-caste couple who had been forced into divorce by the woman's family within two weeks of marriage, the Punjab and Haryana high court…

AIMPLB moves Supreme Court against plea for uniform divorce laws; claims matter of personal law cannot be tested on the anvil of Articles 14, 21

The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has appealed to the Supreme Court and opposed the petition seeking uniform grounds for divorce in the country regardless of belief, personal laws,…

Bombay HC grants bail to accused who was asked by husband to rape his wife

The woman was married in 2009 to a person to a merchant navy worker. She alleged that after his return from the ship in 2015, the husband invited a couple…

The Supreme Court rules that there will be no bar on granting anticipatory bail in triple talaq cases.Supreme Court:

There is no bar in granting bail under the Muslim Women (protection of Right on Marriage) Act. But provided one condition should be satisfied, the Muslim women, the complainant has…

Former Congress minister’s daughter files complaint against father

Daughter of former Congress minister Rajkumar Chauhan sought help from government authorities requesting them to rescue her from the paternal residence in Paschim Vihar. The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW)…

SC asks Centre’s response on PILs raising the issue for uniform divorce laws for women

2 PILs were filed relating to uniform divorce law and uniformity in grant of maintenance and alimony of women, respectively. The SC asked for the Central Government’s reply to the…

Delhi HC says false allegation of impotency against husband amounts to cruelty under Hindu Marriage Act

In Kriti Nagpal v. Rohit Girdhar, the Delhi High Court has held that if a wife holds a false allegation of impotency against her husband, then it is considered to…

Plea in SC Seeks Uniform Grounds for Divorce for all Citizens

Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has filed a PIL in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre to take apposite steps to remove anomalies in the grounds of divorce &…

Bombay HC: Wife is entitled to Maintenance even if she has her own business

CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO.164 OF 2019Mr.Sanjay Damodar Kale,Applicantvs Ms.Kalyani Sanjay Kale andThe State of Maharashtra, Respondent The application was filed under section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code for award…