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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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"Not Every Woman's Suicide Due To Harassment": Court Acquits Husband, In-Laws
A Delhi court has acquitted a man and his family members in the suicidal death case of his wife allegedly due to dowry demands and said there was no presumption every suicide by a married woman was due to harassment.
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France Mass Rape: Who Received The Longest Prison Terms In the Gisele Pelicot Case?
A French court found all 51 defendants guilty on Thursday in a mass rape case including Dominique Pelicot, who repeatedly drugged his then wife, Gisele, and allowed dozens of strangers into the family home to rape her.
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Teen US School Shooter Was In Therapy Over Parents' Troubled Relationship
The 15-year-old student, who opened fire at a Wisconsin school and killed two people, was in therapy due to her troubled family life, marked by parents' repeated divorces, according to court records.
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"Battered With Force Again And Again": Murdered Pak Girl's Parents Jailed
A UK court on Tuesday handed life sentences to the father and stepmother of a murdered 10-year-old British-Pakistani girl who died after being subjected to a prolonged "campaign of torture" and "despicable abuse".
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Two Plead Guilty In Formula One Legend Michael Schumacher Blackmail Plot
A father and son pleaded guilty in a German court Tuesday over a plot to blackmail the family of Michael Schumacher by threatening to release images of the Formula One legend.
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UP Man Given Death Penalty In Saudi Arabia On Drug Charges, Family Pleads For Mercy
A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh to death on charges of drug trafficking, triggering panic and despair among his family members who have pleaded for clemency.
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China Jails Journalist Who Met With Japanese Diplomats For Alleged Espionage
A Beijing court on Friday sentenced veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu to seven years in prison on espionage charges, his family said.
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China Jails Journalist For 7 Years On Espionage Charges
A Beijing court on Friday sentenced veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu to seven years in prison on espionage charges, his family said.
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UK Mother Jailed For Hiding Daughter In Drawer For Nearly 3 Years
A UK woman has received a jail sentence for keeping her infant daughter hidden in a drawer under her bed for almost three years. The child, hidden from friends and family, was found in February 2023.
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Dhanush and Aishwarya Rajinikanth Are Now Officially Divorced
Dhanush and Aishwarya Rajinikanth have officially been granted a divorce by the Chennai Family Welfare Court
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Teen Whose Lie About Teacher Allegedly Led To Her Beheading Says "Sorry"
A teenager whose lies about her teacher are accused of contributing to the educator's murder by an Islamist radical apologised to his family in a French court on Tuesday.
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Supreme Court Rules Against Collective Punishment In Property Demolitions
The demolition of a house solely because the person residing there is either an accused or convicted in a criminal case will amount to inflicting "collective punishment" on the entire family, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday.
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Qatari Royals Fight In UK Court Over Right To Buy 'Idol's Eye' Diamond
Two branches of Qatar's royal family began their fight over a diamond worth millions of dollars at London's High Court on Monday, with a company run by a cousin of Qatar's Emir trying to enforce his alleged right to buy the 70-carat gemstone.
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Not Allowing Daughter-In-Law To Watch TV Not Cruelty, Court Rules
The Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench overturned the conviction of a man and his family over allegations that they did not let his wife watch television, go to the temple, meet neighbours and made her sleep on the carpet.
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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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"Not Every Woman's Suicide Due To Harassment": Court Acquits Husband, In-Laws
A Delhi court has acquitted a man and his family members in the suicidal death case of his wife allegedly due to dowry demands and said there was no presumption every suicide by a married woman was due to harassment.
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France Mass Rape: Who Received The Longest Prison Terms In the Gisele Pelicot Case?
A French court found all 51 defendants guilty on Thursday in a mass rape case including Dominique Pelicot, who repeatedly drugged his then wife, Gisele, and allowed dozens of strangers into the family home to rape her.
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Teen US School Shooter Was In Therapy Over Parents' Troubled Relationship
The 15-year-old student, who opened fire at a Wisconsin school and killed two people, was in therapy due to her troubled family life, marked by parents' repeated divorces, according to court records.
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"Battered With Force Again And Again": Murdered Pak Girl's Parents Jailed
A UK court on Tuesday handed life sentences to the father and stepmother of a murdered 10-year-old British-Pakistani girl who died after being subjected to a prolonged "campaign of torture" and "despicable abuse".
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Two Plead Guilty In Formula One Legend Michael Schumacher Blackmail Plot
A father and son pleaded guilty in a German court Tuesday over a plot to blackmail the family of Michael Schumacher by threatening to release images of the Formula One legend.
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UP Man Given Death Penalty In Saudi Arabia On Drug Charges, Family Pleads For Mercy
A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh to death on charges of drug trafficking, triggering panic and despair among his family members who have pleaded for clemency.
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China Jails Journalist Who Met With Japanese Diplomats For Alleged Espionage
A Beijing court on Friday sentenced veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu to seven years in prison on espionage charges, his family said.
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China Jails Journalist For 7 Years On Espionage Charges
A Beijing court on Friday sentenced veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu to seven years in prison on espionage charges, his family said.
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UK Mother Jailed For Hiding Daughter In Drawer For Nearly 3 Years
A UK woman has received a jail sentence for keeping her infant daughter hidden in a drawer under her bed for almost three years. The child, hidden from friends and family, was found in February 2023.
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Dhanush and Aishwarya Rajinikanth Are Now Officially Divorced
Dhanush and Aishwarya Rajinikanth have officially been granted a divorce by the Chennai Family Welfare Court
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Teen Whose Lie About Teacher Allegedly Led To Her Beheading Says "Sorry"
A teenager whose lies about her teacher are accused of contributing to the educator's murder by an Islamist radical apologised to his family in a French court on Tuesday.
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Supreme Court Rules Against Collective Punishment In Property Demolitions
The demolition of a house solely because the person residing there is either an accused or convicted in a criminal case will amount to inflicting "collective punishment" on the entire family, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday.
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Qatari Royals Fight In UK Court Over Right To Buy 'Idol's Eye' Diamond
Two branches of Qatar's royal family began their fight over a diamond worth millions of dollars at London's High Court on Monday, with a company run by a cousin of Qatar's Emir trying to enforce his alleged right to buy the 70-carat gemstone.
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Not Allowing Daughter-In-Law To Watch TV Not Cruelty, Court Rules
The Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench overturned the conviction of a man and his family over allegations that they did not let his wife watch television, go to the temple, meet neighbours and made her sleep on the carpet.
