Cruelty Against Wife

A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has acquitted a man and four of his other family members accused of subjecting his wife to cruelty, noting the woman "resiled" and did not support her own version.

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a complaint under Indian Penal Code section 498A, pertaining to an offence of cruelty by husband or his relatives against wife, is not maintainable against a husband at the instance of a "second wife".

The Delhi High Court has held that findings of cruelty against a wife in divorce proceedings cannot be the basis to deny her maintenance by husband under the Domestic Violence Act.

Making unsubstantiated allegations of extramarital relationship against a husband and portraying him as a womaniser in public space are acts of extreme cruelty that merit dissolution of marriage, the Delhi High Court has held.

The Navi Mumbai police in Maharashtra have registered a case of cruelty against a doctor and his mother on the complaint of his wife, who is also a doctor, an official said on Friday.

Petty quarrels do not amount to cruelty, the Bombay High Court said on Thursday while quashing an FIR lodged against a senior citizen couple accused of harassing the estranged wife of their adopted son.

Trivial irritations and loss of trust between married couples cannot be confused with mental cruelty, the Delhi High Court said on Monday as it refused to uphold a lower court order granting divorce on a husband's plea against his wife.

The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the Centre and the Delhi government's stand on a petition by former India cricketer Kapil Dev and his wife against cruelty to animals.

The Karnataka High Court has set aside the conviction of a 46-year-old man under Section 498A (married woman subject to cruelty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) as the complaint was his 'second wife', making the marriage "null and void".

The Delhi High Court has dissolved a marriage between a Hindu couple, saying that the wife filed a false criminal complaint against her husband which caused him immense mental cruelty and agony.

Levelling false allegation of impotency against a partner amounts to cruelty, the Delhi High Court said while upholding the divorce granted to a man, whose wife had claimed that he was incapable of sexual intercourse.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has been granted protection from arrest in the case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death, for which he has been summoned to court on Friday. The court had last month said there were "sufficient grounds" to proceed against him on charges of cruelty and abetting suicide.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has appealed to a Delhi court for protection from arrest in the case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death in 2014. The former minister has been summoned on Friday by the court, which had said last month there were "sufficient grounds" to proceed against him on charges of cruelty and abetting suicide..

Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor has been summoned on July 7 by a trial court in Delhi as an accused in the suicide of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. The court took note of a police charge-sheet and said there were "sufficient grounds" to proceed against Mr Tharoor on charges of cruelty and abetting suicide.

In a significant order, the Bombay High Court has held that a false criminal case filed by an estranged wife for harassment against her husband and in-laws amounted to cruelty and was sufficient ground to seek divorce.

A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has acquitted a man and four of his other family members accused of subjecting his wife to cruelty, noting the woman "resiled" and did not support her own version.

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a complaint under Indian Penal Code section 498A, pertaining to an offence of cruelty by husband or his relatives against wife, is not maintainable against a husband at the instance of a "second wife".

The Delhi High Court has held that findings of cruelty against a wife in divorce proceedings cannot be the basis to deny her maintenance by husband under the Domestic Violence Act.

Making unsubstantiated allegations of extramarital relationship against a husband and portraying him as a womaniser in public space are acts of extreme cruelty that merit dissolution of marriage, the Delhi High Court has held.

The Navi Mumbai police in Maharashtra have registered a case of cruelty against a doctor and his mother on the complaint of his wife, who is also a doctor, an official said on Friday.

Petty quarrels do not amount to cruelty, the Bombay High Court said on Thursday while quashing an FIR lodged against a senior citizen couple accused of harassing the estranged wife of their adopted son.

Trivial irritations and loss of trust between married couples cannot be confused with mental cruelty, the Delhi High Court said on Monday as it refused to uphold a lower court order granting divorce on a husband's plea against his wife.

The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the Centre and the Delhi government's stand on a petition by former India cricketer Kapil Dev and his wife against cruelty to animals.

The Karnataka High Court has set aside the conviction of a 46-year-old man under Section 498A (married woman subject to cruelty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) as the complaint was his 'second wife', making the marriage "null and void".

The Delhi High Court has dissolved a marriage between a Hindu couple, saying that the wife filed a false criminal complaint against her husband which caused him immense mental cruelty and agony.

Levelling false allegation of impotency against a partner amounts to cruelty, the Delhi High Court said while upholding the divorce granted to a man, whose wife had claimed that he was incapable of sexual intercourse.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has been granted protection from arrest in the case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death, for which he has been summoned to court on Friday. The court had last month said there were "sufficient grounds" to proceed against him on charges of cruelty and abetting suicide.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has appealed to a Delhi court for protection from arrest in the case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death in 2014. The former minister has been summoned on Friday by the court, which had said last month there were "sufficient grounds" to proceed against him on charges of cruelty and abetting suicide..

Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor has been summoned on July 7 by a trial court in Delhi as an accused in the suicide of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. The court took note of a police charge-sheet and said there were "sufficient grounds" to proceed against Mr Tharoor on charges of cruelty and abetting suicide.

In a significant order, the Bombay High Court has held that a false criminal case filed by an estranged wife for harassment against her husband and in-laws amounted to cruelty and was sufficient ground to seek divorce.