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Mindset That Women Endure Suffering Exploited By Perpetrators: High Court
The Delhi High Court has lamented the killing of women due to dowry demands even decades after its criminalisation and said the mindset that a woman "endures" sufferings in her matrimonial home emboldens the perpetrators.
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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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Woman Can't Be Ousted From Matrimonial Home For In-Laws' Peace: High Court
While senior citizens are entitled to live in their own homes in peace and without disturbance, a woman cannot be ousted from her matrimonial house and rendered homeless to preserve the peace of mind of her in-laws, the Bombay High Court said.
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"Psychological Trauma...": Delhi High Court On Dowry Deaths
The judicial system cannot stand by and allow the economic circumstances of a woman's parents to become her death warrants in her matrimonial home, the Delhi High Court has observed.
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Pak Woman Who Married UP Man Files Mercy Petition With President Droupadi Murmu
Pakistani citizen Seema Haider, who entered India in May without a visa, has filed a mercy petition with President Droupadi Murmu requesting that she, along with her four children, be allowed to stay at her "matrimonial home" in Greater Noida.
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Right To Residence In Matrimonial Home Includes Right To Safe, Healthy Living: High Court
Right to residence in a matrimonial home under the law against domestic violence subsumes the right to safe and healthy living, the Delhi High Court has said.
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Right To Live In Shared House Not Restricted To Matrimonial Home: Court
In an important verdict safeguarding the interest of woman victims of domestic violence, the Supreme Court Thursday gave a wide interpretation to the term right to reside in a shared household' under the law.
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Supreme Court Rejects Wife's Plea To Live In Posh Home With Estranged Husband
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the pleas of socialite Poonam Jaidev Shroff, engaged in a bitter matrimonial dispute with her industrialist husband Jaidev Shroff, that she be either permitted to live with her estranged husband in their posh matr
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Supreme Court Notice To Centre Over PIL Seeking Shelters For Abused Women
The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking adequate infrastructure across the country for providing effective legal aid to women abused in matrimonial homes and creating shelter homes for them.
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Woman Driven Out Of Matrimonial House Can File Case Anywhere: Top Court
Women can file matrimonial cases, including criminal matters pertaining to cruelty, from the place where they have taken shelter after leaving or being driven out of their matrimonial home, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday.
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Woman Driven Out Of Matrimonial Home Can File Case At Place Of Shelter
The Supreme Court today held that a woman driven out of her matrimonial home can file a criminal case against her estranged spouse and in-laws at a place where she has taken shelter.
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Delhi Serial Cheat Claimed BMW, Gurgaon Home, Media Job To Fool Women
A 32-year-old man was arrested for allegedly posing as a media professional and cheating women on social media and matrimonial websites, police said Sunday.
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Daughter-In-Law A 'Child' Or 'Relative'? Delhi High Court To Decide
The Delhi High Court will consider whether a daughter-in-law falls in the category of "children" or "relatives" if she were to be evicted from her matrimonial home on a complaint made under the law for welfare of parents.
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Wife's Demand For Privacy Not Cruelty Towards Husband: High Court
Demand for privacy by a married woman after she enters her matrimonial home cannot be dubbed as cruelty towards the husband to grant him divorce, the Delhi High Court has held.
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Young Women In Matrimonial Homes Face 'Untold Miseries': Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, while upholding a high court verdict that sentenced a man to five years in jail for torturing his pregnant wife, which eventually drove her to suicide, said the story was a reminder of the 'untold miseries' of young women in matrimonial homes.
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Mindset That Women Endure Suffering Exploited By Perpetrators: High Court
The Delhi High Court has lamented the killing of women due to dowry demands even decades after its criminalisation and said the mindset that a woman "endures" sufferings in her matrimonial home emboldens the perpetrators.
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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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Woman Can't Be Ousted From Matrimonial Home For In-Laws' Peace: High Court
While senior citizens are entitled to live in their own homes in peace and without disturbance, a woman cannot be ousted from her matrimonial house and rendered homeless to preserve the peace of mind of her in-laws, the Bombay High Court said.
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"Psychological Trauma...": Delhi High Court On Dowry Deaths
The judicial system cannot stand by and allow the economic circumstances of a woman's parents to become her death warrants in her matrimonial home, the Delhi High Court has observed.
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Pak Woman Who Married UP Man Files Mercy Petition With President Droupadi Murmu
Pakistani citizen Seema Haider, who entered India in May without a visa, has filed a mercy petition with President Droupadi Murmu requesting that she, along with her four children, be allowed to stay at her "matrimonial home" in Greater Noida.
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Right To Residence In Matrimonial Home Includes Right To Safe, Healthy Living: High Court
Right to residence in a matrimonial home under the law against domestic violence subsumes the right to safe and healthy living, the Delhi High Court has said.
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Right To Live In Shared House Not Restricted To Matrimonial Home: Court
In an important verdict safeguarding the interest of woman victims of domestic violence, the Supreme Court Thursday gave a wide interpretation to the term right to reside in a shared household' under the law.
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Supreme Court Rejects Wife's Plea To Live In Posh Home With Estranged Husband
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the pleas of socialite Poonam Jaidev Shroff, engaged in a bitter matrimonial dispute with her industrialist husband Jaidev Shroff, that she be either permitted to live with her estranged husband in their posh matr
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Supreme Court Notice To Centre Over PIL Seeking Shelters For Abused Women
The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking adequate infrastructure across the country for providing effective legal aid to women abused in matrimonial homes and creating shelter homes for them.
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Woman Driven Out Of Matrimonial House Can File Case Anywhere: Top Court
Women can file matrimonial cases, including criminal matters pertaining to cruelty, from the place where they have taken shelter after leaving or being driven out of their matrimonial home, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday.
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Woman Driven Out Of Matrimonial Home Can File Case At Place Of Shelter
The Supreme Court today held that a woman driven out of her matrimonial home can file a criminal case against her estranged spouse and in-laws at a place where she has taken shelter.
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Delhi Serial Cheat Claimed BMW, Gurgaon Home, Media Job To Fool Women
A 32-year-old man was arrested for allegedly posing as a media professional and cheating women on social media and matrimonial websites, police said Sunday.
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Daughter-In-Law A 'Child' Or 'Relative'? Delhi High Court To Decide
The Delhi High Court will consider whether a daughter-in-law falls in the category of "children" or "relatives" if she were to be evicted from her matrimonial home on a complaint made under the law for welfare of parents.
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Wife's Demand For Privacy Not Cruelty Towards Husband: High Court
Demand for privacy by a married woman after she enters her matrimonial home cannot be dubbed as cruelty towards the husband to grant him divorce, the Delhi High Court has held.
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Young Women In Matrimonial Homes Face 'Untold Miseries': Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, while upholding a high court verdict that sentenced a man to five years in jail for torturing his pregnant wife, which eventually drove her to suicide, said the story was a reminder of the 'untold miseries' of young women in matrimonial homes.
