Atul Subhash Suicide : PIL In Supreme Court Seeks Reform Of Domestic Violence & Dowry Laws To Prevent Harassment Of Innocent Husbands
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Atul Subhash Suicide : PIL In Supreme Court Seeks Reform Of Domestic Violence & Dowry Laws To Prevent Harassment Of Innocent Husbands

Live Law  

In the wake of the suicide of a man named Atul Subhash allegedly due to harassment by his wife through matrimonial cases, a PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to ensure that husband and his family members are not harassed in cases filed under domestic violence and dowry laws.The Public Interest Litigation filed by Advocate Vishal Tiwari seeks directions to the Union. In the wake of the suicide of a man named Atul Subhash allegedly due to harassment by his wife through matrimonial cases, a PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to ensure that husband and his family members are not harassed in cases filed under domestic violence and dowry laws. The Public Interest Litigation filed by Advocate Vishal Tiwari seeks directions to the Union to implement the observations made by the Supreme Court in Preeti Gupta v. State of Jharkhand and Achin Gupta v. State of Haryana. Citing the suicide of Atul Subhash, which sparked intense online debates, the petitioner said, "the time has come to make review and reforms in existing Dowry laws and Domestic Violence Act so that its misuse and abuse could be stopped and innocent men can be saved and real purpose of the Dowry laws may not be defeated."

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'Appalling': Delhi High Court Criticizes Non-Compliance Of Supreme Court Order On Compulsory Registration Of Marriages
3 weeks, 2 days ago

'Appalling': Delhi High Court Criticizes Non-Compliance Of Supreme Court Order On Compulsory Registration Of Marriages

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday expressed its displeasure at the Union and Delhi Governments over non-compliance of a Supreme Court order directing that all marriages be compulsorily registered, irrespective of faith. Notably, the Delhi government had issued Delhi Order, 2014, for compulsory registration of marriages. In November last year, a single judge had directed Delhi Government's Chief Secretary to …

Advocate Must Avoid Being A Litigant & Must Never Become A Surety : Justice BV Nagarathna
2 months ago

Advocate Must Avoid Being A Litigant & Must Never Become A Surety : Justice BV Nagarathna

Live Law  

While dismissing a Public Interest Litigation filed by Advocate and petitioner-in-person Advocate Vishal Tiwari seeking a review of the dowry and domestic violence laws allegedly used to harass the husband and his family, the Court called out the advocate for being involved as litigant in this case. The PIL was filed in the wake of the suicide of a man …

Disapproving marriage does not amount to abetment of suicide: Supreme Court
2 months ago

Disapproving marriage does not amount to abetment of suicide: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has said expressing disapproval for marriage does not amount to abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code. The court said even if all evidence on record, including the charge sheet and witness statements, are taken to be correct, there is not an iota of evidence against the appellant. Even if the appellant expressed …

S.498A IPC | Circular Barring Husband From Seeking Govt Employment Due To Wife's Pending Cruelty Case Violates Article 14, 21: Rajasthan HC
2 months, 2 weeks ago

S.498A IPC | Circular Barring Husband From Seeking Govt Employment Due To Wife's Pending Cruelty Case Violates Article 14, 21: Rajasthan HC

Live Law  

The Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court set aside order rejecting candidature of the petitioner based on pending cruelty case under Section 498A IPC, ruling that at best the petitioner was "merely an under trial" and his fate is yet to be determined based on the trial's outcome. Perusing the order rejecting the petitioner's candidature, Justice Arun Monga said, …

Kolkata man granted divorce over 'imposition' of wife's friend, family on him
3 months ago

Kolkata man granted divorce over 'imposition' of wife's friend, family on him

India Today  

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. "Such imposition of friend and family of the respondent on the husband at his quarter against his will, sometimes even when …

'Ban Free Online Pornography, Castrate Rapists' : PIL Seeks Measures For Women Safety; Supreme Court Seeks Responses Of Union & States
3 months, 1 week ago

'Ban Free Online Pornography, Castrate Rapists' : PIL Seeks Measures For Women Safety; Supreme Court Seeks Responses Of Union & States

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Union and States on a public interest litigation seeking pan-India guidelines for safety of women. The PIL prays inter-alia for regulation of social behavior in public transport, ban on free online pornographic material and castration of persons convicted for sex offenses.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal. The PIL prays inter-alia …

Atul Subhash Suicide | Accused-Wife Moves Allahabad High Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail In Abetment To Suicide Case
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Atul Subhash Suicide | Accused-Wife Moves Allahabad High Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail In Abetment To Suicide Case

Live Law  

The wife of 34-year-old Bangalore techie-Atul Subhash, along with three of her family members, has filed an anticipatory bail petition before the Allahabad High Court in connection with an FIR lodged against them concerning abetment to suicide case. An FIR was lodged against Nikita and her three family members by Bikas Kumar, the brother of Atul, in Bengaluru for abetment …

PIL In SC to Reform Dowry and Domestic Violence Laws
3 months, 2 weeks ago

PIL In SC to Reform Dowry and Domestic Violence Laws

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In the wake of a 34-year-old Bengaluru techie’s suicide allegedly linked to marital issues and legal harassment, a public interest litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court, seeking the formation of an expert committee to review and reform existing dowry and domestic violence laws to prevent their misuse. The PIL, filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari, requests the …

Atul Subhash death case: PIL in Supreme Court seeks reform of dowry and domestic violence laws
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Atul Subhash death case: PIL in Supreme Court seeks reform of dowry and domestic violence laws

The Hindu  

In the aftermath of the 34-year-old techie's death in Bengaluru, a Public Interest Litigation in the Supreme Court has sought the appointment of an expert committee to review and reform the existing dowry and domestic violence laws to stop their misuse. The PIL filed by Advocate Vishal Tiwari sought the setting up of a committee comprising former Supreme Court Judges, …

"Vague Allegations": Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Man Accused Of Abetting Wife's Suicide Over Dowry Demand
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

"Vague Allegations": Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Man Accused Of Abetting Wife's Suicide Over Dowry Demand

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has quashed a case for abetment of suicide against a man who was accused of abetting his wife's suicide after 15 years of marriage, over the demand of dowry. In quashing the case against the accused, the court noted: "It appears from the record that the sister of defacto complaint/opposite party no.2 committed suicide after 14 …

OPINION | Justice for Atul Subhash: Amend anti-dowry law soon
3 months, 2 weeks ago

OPINION | Justice for Atul Subhash: Amend anti-dowry law soon

India TV News  

The suicide of a 34-year-old Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash, harassed by his wife and in-laws in legal tangles, has caused pain to millions of people. Before he committed suicide in Bengaluru, he uploaded his video on internet and forwarded his legal cases to his acquaintances, an NGO and the High Court and Supreme Court. Calcutta High Court had said that …

Calcutta High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Filed By Wife Against Husband 3 Yrs After Leaving Matrimonial Home
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Filed By Wife Against Husband 3 Yrs After Leaving Matrimonial Home

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has quashed a case initiated by a wife against her husband under Section 498A of the IPC, accusing him of cruelty towards her, three years after leaving their matrimonial home. It is further seen that since the year 2020, when she filed the first case, the complainant has left her matrimonial home and has now after …

Calcutta High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Filed By Wife Against Husband 3 Yrs After Leaving Matrimonial Home
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Filed By Wife Against Husband 3 Yrs After Leaving Matrimonial Home

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has quashed a case initiated by a wife against her husband under Section 498A of the IPC, accusing him of cruelty towards her, three years after leaving their matrimonial home. While the wife had left the husband's house in 2020, she filed a complaint accusing him of cruelty in 2023.Justice Shampa Paul held: The allegations in …

Anti-Dowry Law Being Used As Weapon To Unnecessarily Harass Husband: SC Amid Atul Subhash's Suicide
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Anti-Dowry Law Being Used As Weapon To Unnecessarily Harass Husband: SC Amid Atul Subhash's Suicide

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the misuse of anti-dowry law and said, "It is being used as a weapon to unnecessarily harass the husband and his family". The apex court's statement comes amid outrage over the suicide of a 34-year-old techie, Atul Subhash, over alleged harassment by his wife Nikita Singhania. A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna …

S.498A IPC | Ensure Husband's Distant Relatives Aren't Over-Implicated In Exaggerated Cases : Supreme Court Cautions Courts
4 months ago

S.498A IPC | Ensure Husband's Distant Relatives Aren't Over-Implicated In Exaggerated Cases : Supreme Court Cautions Courts

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has sounded a word of caution to the Courts to ensure that distant relatives of a husband are not unnecessarily implicated in criminal cases filed at the instance of wife alleging domestic cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.A bench comprising Justice CT Ravikumar and Justice Rajesh Bindal made this observation while quashing the criminal …

PIL Challenging Rahul Gandhi's LS Election: Allahabad HC Seeks Registry Report On HC's 2016 Directive Against Petitioner's Advocate
9 months ago

PIL Challenging Rahul Gandhi's LS Election: Allahabad HC Seeks Registry Report On HC's 2016 Directive Against Petitioner's Advocate

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed its registry to submit its report on a 2016 Judgment of the High Court passed related to the advocate representing the petitioner in a Public Interest Litigation plea challenging Rahul Gandhi's election to the Lok Sabha. "This court has perused the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in the case of …

Supreme Court Quashes Conviction For Stalking Due To Marriage Between Convict & Complainant
10 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Quashes Conviction For Stalking Due To Marriage Between Convict & Complainant

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently quashed the conviction of a man for the offence of stalking and criminal intimidation of the Indian Penal Code after noting that the convict and the complainant married each other during the pendency of the appeal before the Supreme Court.The appellant was tried for the offences of sexual harassment,. The Supreme Court recently quashed the conviction …

Plea Alleging Cruelty During Marriage Not Maintainable After Divorce: Andhra Pradesh High Court
10 months, 1 week ago

Plea Alleging Cruelty During Marriage Not Maintainable After Divorce: Andhra Pradesh High Court

Live Law  

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that when a marriage has already been dissolved, a petition under 498A and section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act is not maintainable. The order was passed in a criminal revision petition filed by the accused and his parents challenging the dismissal order passed against their discharge petitions in a criminal case filed …

S.306 IPC | Ordinary Quarrels In Marriage Can't Constitute Abetment Of Suicide In Absence Of Something More In Form Of 'Instigation': Kerala HC
1 year ago

S.306 IPC | Ordinary Quarrels In Marriage Can't Constitute Abetment Of Suicide In Absence Of Something More In Form Of 'Instigation': Kerala HC

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has held that ordinary quarrels in marital life without any overt act or instigation that would stimulate or prod the deceased to commit suicide would not attract an offence of abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the IPC. Court Findings The court stated that the suicide notes left by the husband would only indicate that …

Supreme Court Transfers To Itself Petition In HC Challenging Validity Of Shariat Act & Polygamy In Muslim Personal Law
1 year ago

Supreme Court Transfers To Itself Petition In HC Challenging Validity Of Shariat Act & Polygamy In Muslim Personal Law

Live Law  

The Supreme Court transferred to itself the pending PIL before the Allahabad High Court challenging the validity of the Muslim Personal Application Act, 1937, and seeking a declaration that Section 494 IPC is ultra vires to the Constitution of India. In March last year, the High Court Bench of Justices Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Subhash Vidyarthi issued a notice to …

Section 498-A IPC Being Misused As A Weapon By Disgruntled Wives: Jharkhand High Court
1 year, 4 months ago

Section 498-A IPC Being Misused As A Weapon By Disgruntled Wives: Jharkhand High Court

Live Law  

Expressing its concern against misuse of Section 498A IPC, the Jharkhand High Court recently said that this provision of law is being misused as a weapon, rather than a shield, by 'disgruntled wives'. There is a phenomenal increase in matrimonial disputes in recent years and it appears that in many cases, the object of Section 498-A of the Indian Penal …

Bombay High Court Issues Notice On PIL Challenging Decision To Form Committee To Monitor Inter-Faith Marriages
1 year, 8 months ago

Bombay High Court Issues Notice On PIL Challenging Decision To Form Committee To Monitor Inter-Faith Marriages

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court today sought State's response to a public interest litigation challenging a Government Resolution issued by the Maharashtra government for the formation of an Interfaith Marriage-Family Coordination Committee.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Arif S Doctor issued notice on the PIL and posted the matter on August 1,. The Bombay High Court …

SC refuses to entertain PIL for setting up of 'National Commission for Men'
1 year, 8 months ago

SC refuses to entertain PIL for setting up of 'National Commission for Men'

The Hindu  

July 03, 2023 03:10 pm | Updated 03:10 pm IST - New Delhi The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking framing of guidelines to deal with incidents of suicide committed by married men subjected to domestic violence and the constitution of a ’National Commission for Men’ to safeguard their interests. The petition had also sought directions …

Calcutta High Court Discharges Widow In FIR Accusing Her Of Marrying A Married Man And Subjecting His Wife To Cruelty
1 year, 10 months ago

Calcutta High Court Discharges Widow In FIR Accusing Her Of Marrying A Married Man And Subjecting His Wife To Cruelty

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court at Jalpaiguri circuit bench has discharged a widow in an FIR under Sections 498A, 494 and 506 of IPC accusing her of marrying the husband of the complainant, on the ground that materials on record including complaint prima facie revealed that the allegations were levelled against the against the principal accused i.e. The single judge bench …

Supreme Court Quarterly Digest On Indian Penal Code 1960 [ Jan-Mar 2023]
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Quarterly Digest On Indian Penal Code 1960 [ Jan-Mar 2023]

Live Law  

Penal Code, 1860 - Constitutional Courts can impose fixed term sentence even in cases where death penalty was not proposed - "Even in a case where capital punishment is not imposed or is not proposed, the Constitutional Courts can always exercise the power of imposing a modified or fixed-term sentence by directing that a life sentence, as contemplated by “secondly” …

Supreme Court Dismisses PILs Seeking Uniform Religion & Gender Neutral Laws On Divorce, Adoption & Maintenance
1 year, 11 months ago

Supreme Court Dismisses PILs Seeking Uniform Religion & Gender Neutral Laws On Divorce, Adoption & Maintenance

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain the batch of petitions filed by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking gender neutral and religion neutral legislations in matters governing divorce, adoption, guardianship, succession/inheritance, and maintenance across the country. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala held that the matters pertain to the legislative domain and the …

PIL Against Mandatory Reporting Of Cases Of Consensual Sex Involving Minors Under POCSO Act, Delhi High Court Issues Notice
2 years, 1 month ago

PIL Against Mandatory Reporting Of Cases Of Consensual Sex Involving Minors Under POCSO Act, Delhi High Court Issues Notice

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a PIL challenging various provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 requiring mandatory reporting to police or registration of FIR in cases of consensual sex involving minors. “The provisions requires ‘by any person’ to mandatorily report suspicion or knowledge of sexual offences involving under 18 minors to the …

Conviction U/S 498A IPC Not Sustainable When Marriage Is Found To Be Null & Void : Supreme Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Conviction U/S 498A IPC Not Sustainable When Marriage Is Found To Be Null & Void : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court observed that the conviction under Section 498-A IPC would not be sustainable when the marriage was found to be null and void.In this case, the accused were convicted for the offences punishable under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The Supreme Court observed that the conviction under Section 498-A IPC …

Protection Under Domestic Violence Act Not Available To Husband Or Male Member Of Family: Delhi High Court Stays Case Filed By Husband Against Wife
2 years, 1 month ago

Protection Under Domestic Violence Act Not Available To Husband Or Male Member Of Family: Delhi High Court Stays Case Filed By Husband Against Wife

Live Law  

Expressing a prima facie view, the Delhi High Court has said that the protection under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 is not available to a husband or male member of the family, in view of sections 2 of the statute.Section 2 defines an “aggrieved person” as any woman who is, or has been, in a domestic relationship …

Karnataka Govt Supports Prosecution Of Husband For Marital Rape; Files Affidavit In Supreme Court Supporting High Court Judgment
2 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka Govt Supports Prosecution Of Husband For Marital Rape; Files Affidavit In Supreme Court Supporting High Court Judgment

Live Law  

The Karnataka Government has supported the prosecution of a husband in a case for marital rape. The State has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court supporting a Karnataka High Court judgment which sustained the charges framed against a husband under Section 376 IPC for forcible sex with wife.In this connection, it is worthwhile to note that the Central Government …

Breaking: Two Men Move Supreme Court Seeking Recognition of SAME-SEX MARRIAGE Under the Special Marriage Act
2 years, 4 months ago

Breaking: Two Men Move Supreme Court Seeking Recognition of SAME-SEX MARRIAGE Under the Special Marriage Act

Live Law  

A new PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court of India by two gay men living in Hyderabad, seeking recognition of same-sex marriage under the Special Marriage Act, 1954. Petitioners submitted that the Special Marriage Act is Ultra vires the Constitution of India to the extent it discriminates between same sex couples and opposite sex couples denying same-sex couples …

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Directions To States To Frame Rules For Sikh Marriages Registration
2 years, 6 months ago

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Directions To States To Frame Rules For Sikh Marriages Registration

Live Law  

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution of India seeking directions for the State Governments to formulate rules for the registration of Sikh Marriages under the Anand Marriage Act, 1909. The petition submitted that various States and Union Territories have already framed the rules for registration of sikh marriages under …

Marital rape: SC to hear on Sep 16 pleas arising out of Delhi HC\'s split verdict
2 years, 6 months ago

Marital rape: SC to hear on Sep 16 pleas arising out of Delhi HC\'s split verdict

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday said it would hear on September 16 the pleas arising out of the Delhi High Court's split verdict on the issue of criminalisation of marital rape. Justice Rajiv Shakdher, who headed the division bench of the high court, had favoured striking down the marital rape exception and said it would be tragic if a …

Uniform Grounds For Divorce, Alimony : Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response
2 years, 6 months ago

Uniform Grounds For Divorce, Alimony : Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India on Monday asked the Union government to file a comprehensive report regarding its stand in a batch of Public Interest Litigations seeking uniformity in the personal laws regulating marriage divorce, maintenance and alimony for Indian citizens. When Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre requested time to file its response, a counsel appearing for …

Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking To Criminalise Marital Rape, As Petitions Challenging Delhi HC Verdict Are Listed Next Week
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking To Criminalise Marital Rape, As Petitions Challenging Delhi HC Verdict Are Listed Next Week

Live Law  

The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and Justice Ravindra Bhat, on Monday, dismissed a Public Interest Litigation praying for the declaration of marital rape as a criminal offence on the ground that the issue was already under consideration in a separately instituted proceedings.The bench dismissed the PIL noting that the petitions arising from the split verdict given. …

PIL Against Permissibility Of Marriage Of Girls Below 18 Yrs Of Age Under Muslim Law: Uttarakhand HC Issues Notice
2 years, 8 months ago

PIL Against Permissibility Of Marriage Of Girls Below 18 Yrs Of Age Under Muslim Law: Uttarakhand HC Issues Notice

Live Law  

The Uttarakhand High Court recently sought the reply of the state government as well as of the Centre on a Public Interest Litigation plea questioning the permissible age of marriage under Muslim Law.The PIL plea further seeks a direction to the Union of India to take immediate measures for effective implementation of "The Prohibition of Child Marriage Bill, 2021"It may …

Wife Living Separately Commits Suicide In Parental House: Karnataka High Refuses To Quash Dowry Death Case Against Husband Citing Disputed Facts
2 years, 8 months ago

Wife Living Separately Commits Suicide In Parental House: Karnataka High Refuses To Quash Dowry Death Case Against Husband Citing Disputed Facts

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a husband seeking to quash a case of dowry death registered against him under Sections 304B and 498A of IPC, after his wife, living separately since over two years, committed suicide in her parental house. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna while dismissing the petition filed by one …

Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on PIL to declare bigamy, polygamy by Muslim husband unconstitutional
2 years, 10 months ago

Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on PIL to declare bigamy, polygamy by Muslim husband unconstitutional

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday sought the Centre’s stand on a PIL to declare that bigamy or polygamy by a Muslim husband in the absence of prior written consent of the existing wife or wives and arrangements for her accommodation and maintenance is unconstitutional and illegal. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla …

Uttarakhand High Court Directs State Govt To Take Steps To Frame And Notify Rules For Registration Of Sikh Marriages
3 years ago

Uttarakhand High Court Directs State Govt To Take Steps To Frame And Notify Rules For Registration Of Sikh Marriages

Live Law  

The Uttarakhand High Court has directed the State Government to frame and notify the rules making provisions for registration of marriage of people of Sikh community.The Bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra and Justice Ramesh Chandra Khulbe issued a direction to this effect to the Chief Secretary of the State on a PIL plea filed by the party …

"Wife Filed Unsubstantiated Criminal Complaint Against Husband, His Family Causing Immense Mental Cruelty": Delhi HC Dissolves Marriage
3 years ago

"Wife Filed Unsubstantiated Criminal Complaint Against Husband, His Family Causing Immense Mental Cruelty": Delhi HC Dissolves Marriage

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has dissolved marriage between a couple living separately for 12 years taking note of the fact that the wife had filed an unsubstantiated criminal complaint against the husband and his family members which caused them immense mental cruelty and agony.Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh dissolved the marriage by decree of divorce under Sections 13. …

All India Family Law Digest 2021 : Judgments Of Supreme Court & High Courts
3 years, 3 months ago

All India Family Law Digest 2021 : Judgments Of Supreme Court & High Courts

Live Law  

As the year 2021 is coming to an end, LiveLaw brings to you an yearly Round-up of important updates in the subject of Family Law from the Supreme Court and various High Courts. Unequal Treatment Of Wives A Valid Ground For Divorce For Muslim Women: Kerala High Court A Division Bench of Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Sophy Thomas …

'Shields The Solemnization Of Marriages Of Children': Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Section 8 of Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2021
3 years, 6 months ago

'Shields The Solemnization Of Marriages Of Children': Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Section 8 of Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2021

Live Law  

A Public Interest Litigation petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of Section 8 of the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages Bill, 2021 so far as it permits the registration of child marriages. The Rajasthan State Assembly last week passed the aforementioned bill to amend a 2009 Act which provides for mandatory registration of marriages, …

Police Using Sections Struckdown By Courts-Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Consider Updating Statute Books
3 years, 6 months ago

Police Using Sections Struckdown By Courts-Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Consider Updating Statute Books

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Central Government to consider as representation, a PIL seeking removal of such provisions from the statute, that have been declared unconstitutional by the Courts.The plea filed by Advocate Anshul Bajaj also sought to make available to the Police Stations, the relevant amended criminal law books/bare acts and the Judgments of the Supreme …

Inter-Religious Marriage- "Woman Major, Has Right To Choose Her Partner": Allahabad HC Quashes FIR U/S 366 IPC Against Husband
3 years, 6 months ago

Inter-Religious Marriage- "Woman Major, Has Right To Choose Her Partner": Allahabad HC Quashes FIR U/S 366 IPC Against Husband

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court last week quashed an FIR registered against a Muslim under Section 366 of IPC for allegedly kidnapping and marrying a Hindu girl.The Court was hearing the joint plea filed by the Woman and Man seeking quashing of the FIR claiming that the. The Allahabad High Court last week quashed an FIR registered against a Muslim under …

"Can't Rule Out Possibility Of Forced Marriage": P&H High Court Directs Inquiry Into Marriage Of 19 Yr Old Girl With 67 Yr Old Man
3 years, 7 months ago

"Can't Rule Out Possibility Of Forced Marriage": P&H High Court Directs Inquiry Into Marriage Of 19 Yr Old Girl With 67 Yr Old Man

Live Law  

Calling it a shocking case, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday directed a team of police officials to enquire into the marriage of a 19-year-old Girl with a 67-year-old man.The Bench of Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri was hearing the protection plea of the couple who claimed that. Calling it a shocking case, the Punjab and Haryana High Court …

"Indian Society Becoming Homogenous, Traditional Barriers Of Religion Slowly Dissipating": Delhi High Court Bats For Uniform Civil Code
3 years, 8 months ago

"Indian Society Becoming Homogenous, Traditional Barriers Of Religion Slowly Dissipating": Delhi High Court Bats For Uniform Civil Code

Live Law  

Observing that the hope expressed under Article 44 of the Constitution should not remain a 'mere hope', the Delhi High Court on Wednesday expressed the need for having a Uniform Civil Code after noting that the Indian society is gradually becoming homogenous while the traditional barriers are slowly disappearing. Justice Pratibha M Singh observed, "In modern Indian society which is …

Supreme Court Dismisses PIL For Action Against Alleged Forceful Conversion Of Hindus At Mewat Nuh, Haryana
3 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court Dismisses PIL For Action Against Alleged Forceful Conversion Of Hindus At Mewat Nuh, Haryana

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has on Monday dismissed a PIL which sought action against alleged forceful religious conversion of Hindus at District Mewat Nuh in Haryana by the Muslim Community. "Sorry, we don't think we can entertain this on the basis of news paper reports", CJI Ramana told Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, who was appearing for the petitioners. The plea has …

It Is Necessary To Remind States To Eradicate Child Marriage Menace: Punjab & Haryana High Court
3 years, 9 months ago

It Is Necessary To Remind States To Eradicate Child Marriage Menace: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Live Law  

Hearing the protection plea of the petitioners, who are yet to attain the marriageable age, the Punjab & Haryana High Court recently declined to provide them protection, and the writ petition was dismissed while noting that that the issue to eradicate child marriage menace needs to be considered by the State.The Bench of Justice Manoj Bajaj was hearing the plea …

Protection Plea- Married Woman & Unmarried Man In A Live-In Relation: Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs SSP To Look Into Their Grievance
3 years, 9 months ago

Protection Plea- Married Woman & Unmarried Man In A Live-In Relation: Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs SSP To Look Into Their Grievance

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Monday directed SSP, Faridkot to look into the grievance of an already married woman and an unmarried man living together in a live-in relationship and seeking protection of life and liberty against private parties. The petitioners are stated to be in a live-in relationship and they were apprehending threat and danger to their …

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