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Not Making Tea No Provocation For Husband To Assault Wife: High Court
Upholding a 35-year-old man's conviction for assaulting his wife, the Bombay High Court has said the wife's refusal to make tea for husband could not be accepted as provocation for him to assault her, and observed that wife is "not a chattel or an object".
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Adultery Not A Crime, "Husband Not Master of Wife," Says Supreme Court
Adultery is no longer a crime in India though "without a shadow of doubt" can be grounds for divorce, the Supreme Court said today, junking a 158-year law that punished a man for an affair but not the woman, treating her as her husband's property.
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"Wife Not An Object, You Can't Force Her To Stay With You": Supreme Court
A woman isn't her husband's possession or an "object" and is she doesn't wish to stay with him, she can't be forced to do so, the Supreme Court said today.
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Husband Can't Be Guardian, Please Make Her Understand: Judge On Hadiya
A wife is not a chattel and the husband cannot be her guardian, the Supreme Court said today after interacting with Hadiya, a woman from Kerala, who is the alleged victim of "love jihad".
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Not Making Tea No Provocation For Husband To Assault Wife: High Court
Upholding a 35-year-old man's conviction for assaulting his wife, the Bombay High Court has said the wife's refusal to make tea for husband could not be accepted as provocation for him to assault her, and observed that wife is "not a chattel or an object".
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Adultery Not A Crime, "Husband Not Master of Wife," Says Supreme Court
Adultery is no longer a crime in India though "without a shadow of doubt" can be grounds for divorce, the Supreme Court said today, junking a 158-year law that punished a man for an affair but not the woman, treating her as her husband's property.
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"Wife Not An Object, You Can't Force Her To Stay With You": Supreme Court
A woman isn't her husband's possession or an "object" and is she doesn't wish to stay with him, she can't be forced to do so, the Supreme Court said today.
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Husband Can't Be Guardian, Please Make Her Understand: Judge On Hadiya
A wife is not a chattel and the husband cannot be her guardian, the Supreme Court said today after interacting with Hadiya, a woman from Kerala, who is the alleged victim of "love jihad".
