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"Dowry Demand Not Needed To Invoke Cruelty Charge Against Husband": Top Court
The Supreme Court has said dowry demand was not a prerequisite to constitute the offence of cruelty under section 498A of the IPC introduced in 1983 to protect married women from the husband and in-laws.
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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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'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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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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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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Second Wife's Complaint Against Husband Over Cruelty Not Maintainable: Court
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".
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Husband Expecting Wife To Do Household Chores Is Not Cruelty: Delhi High Court
Asking a husband to live separately from his family amounts to cruelty by his wife, the Delhi High Court has said.
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Findings Of Cruelty Against Wife Can't Be Basis To Deny Maintenance: Court
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.
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"Attempting Suicide, Putting Blame On Husband Extreme Cruelty": Delhi High Court
Attempting suicide and then trying to put the blame on the husband and his family members is an act of extreme cruelty by the wife, the Delhi High Court said on Tuesday.
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Withholding Mutual Consent In Failed Marriage Nothing But Cruelty: Delhi High Court
Withholding mutual consent for divorce in a failed marriage or unilaterally withdrawing such consent amounts to cruelty to the other spouse, the Delhi High Court has said while upholding the divorce granted to a husband by a family court in Delhi.
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Nothing More Harrowing For Man Than To See Wife Act As Widow: Delhi High Court
No experience can be more harrowing for a husband than to see his wife behave like a widow while he is alive, the Delhi High Court said, adding that such a conduct amounts to "extreme cruelty".
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12 Years After Woman's Death, Delhi Court Convicts Husband Of Cruelty Charge
More than 12 years after a woman died by suicide, a court has convicted her husband of the offence of subjecting her to cruelty.
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Wife Asking Husband To Live In Her Parents' Home Not "Mental Cruelty": Court
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.
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False Dowry Harassment Allegations Amount To Extreme Cruelty: High Court
False allegations of dowry harassment or rape lodged by a woman against the husband's family members amounts to "extreme cruelty" which cannot be condoned, the Delhi High Court has said.
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No Law Gives Right To Husband To Beat, Torture Wife: Delhi High Court
No law gives the right to a husband to beat and torture his wife, the Delhi High Court has held while granting divorce to a woman on the grounds of cruelty and desertion by the man.
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"Dowry Demand Not Needed To Invoke Cruelty Charge Against Husband": Top Court
The Supreme Court has said dowry demand was not a prerequisite to constitute the offence of cruelty under section 498A of the IPC introduced in 1983 to protect married women from the husband and in-laws.
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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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'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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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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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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Second Wife's Complaint Against Husband Over Cruelty Not Maintainable: Court
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".
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Husband Expecting Wife To Do Household Chores Is Not Cruelty: Delhi High Court
Asking a husband to live separately from his family amounts to cruelty by his wife, the Delhi High Court has said.
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Findings Of Cruelty Against Wife Can't Be Basis To Deny Maintenance: Court
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.
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"Attempting Suicide, Putting Blame On Husband Extreme Cruelty": Delhi High Court
Attempting suicide and then trying to put the blame on the husband and his family members is an act of extreme cruelty by the wife, the Delhi High Court said on Tuesday.
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Withholding Mutual Consent In Failed Marriage Nothing But Cruelty: Delhi High Court
Withholding mutual consent for divorce in a failed marriage or unilaterally withdrawing such consent amounts to cruelty to the other spouse, the Delhi High Court has said while upholding the divorce granted to a husband by a family court in Delhi.
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Nothing More Harrowing For Man Than To See Wife Act As Widow: Delhi High Court
No experience can be more harrowing for a husband than to see his wife behave like a widow while he is alive, the Delhi High Court said, adding that such a conduct amounts to "extreme cruelty".
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12 Years After Woman's Death, Delhi Court Convicts Husband Of Cruelty Charge
More than 12 years after a woman died by suicide, a court has convicted her husband of the offence of subjecting her to cruelty.
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Wife Asking Husband To Live In Her Parents' Home Not "Mental Cruelty": Court
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.
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False Dowry Harassment Allegations Amount To Extreme Cruelty: High Court
False allegations of dowry harassment or rape lodged by a woman against the husband's family members amounts to "extreme cruelty" which cannot be condoned, the Delhi High Court has said.
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No Law Gives Right To Husband To Beat, Torture Wife: Delhi High Court
No law gives the right to a husband to beat and torture his wife, the Delhi High Court has held while granting divorce to a woman on the grounds of cruelty and desertion by the man.
