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Trial Courts Repeatedly Making Same Mistakes In Dowry Death Cases: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday acquitted a man convicted of cruelty and causing dowry death of his wife and said trial courts were repeatedly making the same mistakes in the such cases.
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Kolkata Man Gets Divorce As "Imposition Of Wife's Friend" Is Deemed Cruelty
The Calcutta High Court has granted a divorce decree to a husband on the grounds of cruelty, which includes "imposition" of the wife's friend and family on him and lodging of a false case of matrimonial cruelty by her.
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Amid Atul Subhash Suicide Shocker, Supreme Court's Big Remark On Dowry Cases
Flagging a "growing tendency to misuse" laws protecting women from cruelty by their in-laws, the Supreme Court has said courts must exercise caution while deciding dowry harassment cases to prevent unnecessary harassment of innocent people.
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'Don't Implicate Husband's Distant Relatives In Cruelty Cases': Top Court
The Supreme Court has cautioned lower courts to ensure that distant relatives of husbands are not unnecessarily implicated in criminal cases filed at the instance of wives, alleging domestic cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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3 Street Dogs, Including One Pregnant, Brutally Thrashed To Death In Telangana
A horrific case of animal cruelty has come to light from Telangana, where a group of three men trap and mercilessly thrash four street dogs with sticks, killing three of the canines, one of whom was pregnant.
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Delhi Court Acquits Husband, In-Laws in Dowry Case After Victim Fails to Testify
A court here has acquitted the husband and three in-laws of a woman of the charge of subjecting her to cruelty for dowry, as she did not depose before it despite having been granted several opportunities.
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Complaining About Spouse To Employer Using Derogatory Terms Cruelty: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court ruled that making derogatory complaints to the spouse's employer with intent to harm professional reputation and financial well-being amounts to cruelty.
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Court Acquits Maharashtra Woman's Husband, His Family In Case Of Cruelty Against Her
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.
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"Mental Cruelty": Delhi High Court On Wife Repeatedly Leaving Matrimonial Home
The Delhi High Court has ruled that a woman repeatedly leaving her matrimonial home, without any fault of her husband is an act of mental cruelty.
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Turning Daughter Against Father Act Of Cruelty: Delhi High Court In Divorce Case
Vindictiveness aimed at eroding a father-daughter relationship is an act of extreme cruelty to the father and gross inhumanity to the child, the Delhi High Court has held while granting a divorce decree in favour of a man.
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Man Can't Be Held Guilty For Abetment Of Wife's Suicide Unless...: Supreme Court
A man cannot be held guilty for abetment of his wife's suicide within seven years of marriage unless there is cogent evidence of harassment or cruelty, the Supreme Court has said.
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Case Against Elderly Woman For Throwing Acid At Puppy In Gurugram: Cops
An elderly woman was booked under charges of animal cruelty for allegedly charring a puppy with acid in the Bhim Nagar area here, police said on Wednesday.
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When A Chicken Got "Security Cover" In Punjab
A case of animal cruelty has come to light in Punjab's Bathinda today, where the cops saved the life of a chicken from a rooster fight organised in the village and are now providing security over to it.
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Woman Accuses Husband, Mother-In-Law Of Cruelty; Case Registered
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.
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Many Marriages Would Be At Risk If Minor Disputes Seen As "Cruelty": Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that if small disputes in a marriage are viewed as "cruelty" by courts under divorce law, then many marriages would risk being dissolved even if there is no actual cruelty by either spouse.
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Trial Courts Repeatedly Making Same Mistakes In Dowry Death Cases: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday acquitted a man convicted of cruelty and causing dowry death of his wife and said trial courts were repeatedly making the same mistakes in the such cases.
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Kolkata Man Gets Divorce As "Imposition Of Wife's Friend" Is Deemed Cruelty
The Calcutta High Court has granted a divorce decree to a husband on the grounds of cruelty, which includes "imposition" of the wife's friend and family on him and lodging of a false case of matrimonial cruelty by her.
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Amid Atul Subhash Suicide Shocker, Supreme Court's Big Remark On Dowry Cases
Flagging a "growing tendency to misuse" laws protecting women from cruelty by their in-laws, the Supreme Court has said courts must exercise caution while deciding dowry harassment cases to prevent unnecessary harassment of innocent people.
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'Don't Implicate Husband's Distant Relatives In Cruelty Cases': Top Court
The Supreme Court has cautioned lower courts to ensure that distant relatives of husbands are not unnecessarily implicated in criminal cases filed at the instance of wives, alleging domestic cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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3 Street Dogs, Including One Pregnant, Brutally Thrashed To Death In Telangana
A horrific case of animal cruelty has come to light from Telangana, where a group of three men trap and mercilessly thrash four street dogs with sticks, killing three of the canines, one of whom was pregnant.
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Delhi Court Acquits Husband, In-Laws in Dowry Case After Victim Fails to Testify
A court here has acquitted the husband and three in-laws of a woman of the charge of subjecting her to cruelty for dowry, as she did not depose before it despite having been granted several opportunities.
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Complaining About Spouse To Employer Using Derogatory Terms Cruelty: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court ruled that making derogatory complaints to the spouse's employer with intent to harm professional reputation and financial well-being amounts to cruelty.
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Court Acquits Maharashtra Woman's Husband, His Family In Case Of Cruelty Against Her
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.
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"Mental Cruelty": Delhi High Court On Wife Repeatedly Leaving Matrimonial Home
The Delhi High Court has ruled that a woman repeatedly leaving her matrimonial home, without any fault of her husband is an act of mental cruelty.
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Turning Daughter Against Father Act Of Cruelty: Delhi High Court In Divorce Case
Vindictiveness aimed at eroding a father-daughter relationship is an act of extreme cruelty to the father and gross inhumanity to the child, the Delhi High Court has held while granting a divorce decree in favour of a man.
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Man Can't Be Held Guilty For Abetment Of Wife's Suicide Unless...: Supreme Court
A man cannot be held guilty for abetment of his wife's suicide within seven years of marriage unless there is cogent evidence of harassment or cruelty, the Supreme Court has said.
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Case Against Elderly Woman For Throwing Acid At Puppy In Gurugram: Cops
An elderly woman was booked under charges of animal cruelty for allegedly charring a puppy with acid in the Bhim Nagar area here, police said on Wednesday.
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When A Chicken Got "Security Cover" In Punjab
A case of animal cruelty has come to light in Punjab's Bathinda today, where the cops saved the life of a chicken from a rooster fight organised in the village and are now providing security over to it.
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Woman Accuses Husband, Mother-In-Law Of Cruelty; Case Registered
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.
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Many Marriages Would Be At Risk If Minor Disputes Seen As "Cruelty": Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that if small disputes in a marriage are viewed as "cruelty" by courts under divorce law, then many marriages would risk being dissolved even if there is no actual cruelty by either spouse.
