• Pending cases under section 498a IPC do not disqualify from government service
• Declines wife’s plea to transfer divorce case, says safeguarding women is admirable but husband’s convenience can’t be overlooked
• SC: Acquittal in Criminal case does not guarantee exoneration in disciplinary proceedings
• Men too affected by cruelty of women in marital dispute
• In Rape case, statement of prosecutrix can’t always presumed to be the entire truth
• SC: No Rape offence in long-term consensual relationship based on mere broken marriage promise
• Kerala HC: Relief under Domestic violence act cannot be granted after divorce
• Mere refusal to Marry person after Break up of relationship won’t amount to Abetment of Suicide
• FIR Quash – 498A of IPC registered without investigating the case
• False rape complaint can be punishable with Perjury
• 125 CrPC Quash of Interim maintenance
• SC: Pay Maintenance, should not be a Pre condition to get Bail
• Maintenance proceedings under s.125 CrPC are civil proceedings though breach may result in penal consequences
• Barring husband from seeking govt employment due to wife’s pending cruelty case violates article 14, 21
• Interim relief can’t be granted merely upon prima facie, Order can be passed u/s 23 of the DV Act
• SC: Without clear evidence of incessant harassment dowry death can’t be presumed
• How to decide Maintenance of a Child
• SC: Accused should raise plea of insanity or juvenility generally in the trial court
• Whether offences under NDPS Act punishable with imprisonment for less than three years are bailable?
• Whether court can grant refund of earnest amount to plaintiff in absence of pleading?
• Bombay HC: Period for grant of default bail U/S 167 of CrPC includes the first day of remand of accused
• SC: First appellate court must give reasons on all issues and contentions
• Bombay HC: Wife filing false case against husband, in-laws to correct his behaviour is cruelty
• Bombay HC: In-Laws Keeping young child away from mother in defiance of court order is cruelty U/S 498A IPC
• SC: Filing of Anticipatory bail application through advocate can’t be considered as appearance of absconding Accused
• SC: Whether court can convict accused for an offence U/S 306 of IPC if he was charged under S 498A and 304B of IPC?
• Bombay HC: Basic principles which court should follow while declaring any one member of the family as a tenant
• Bombay HC: Court can declare only one member of the family as a tenant
• SC: Legal consequences of filing of Premature suit
• SC: Whether call details can be held admissible in evidence without certificate as per S 65B of Evidence Act?
• Whether the court can convict accused if the investigating officer has failed to procure evidence regarding call details?
• Whether injunction application to restrain daughter-in-law from entering the marital home is maintainable?
• Orissa HC: Parameters for grant of the opportunity of hearing to victim/informant in an anticipatory bail application
• Whether Court can release accused prosecuted for the offence of attempt to rape on default bail on expiry of 60 from the date of the first remand if chargesheet is not filed within that period?
• SC: Delay condonation requires Bona fide explanation, not a liberal approach to undermine Limitation rules
• SC: Does Restitution of Conjugal rights decree shield a husband from Maintenance obligation under section 125 CrPC?
• Golden rules for proof of photocopy as secondary evidence
• SC: Non judicial stamp papers do not have any expiry period being used for a document
• SC: Appeal by Victim against inadequate sentence is not maintainable
• Orissa HC: Live-in relationship by Same-sex couple is permissible under Domestic violence Act and woman in the said relationship is entitled to get the protection of the said Act
• Whether court can release convict on bail during the pendency of a criminal appeal as per S 436-A of CrPC?
• Whether the court can pass judgment on admission based on admissions made in documents of the defendant?
• Whether in the absence of oath, the court can rely on evidence of child witness?
• SC: Whether the court can convict accused of an offence U/S 202 of IPC if the prosecution has failed to prove principal offence?
• SC: Second suit on same cause of action must be filed within 3 years of rejection of earlier plaint
• SC: DV Act Cases have no Penal Consequence except for Breach of Protection order
• Solitary Instance of following the Victim not sufficient to make out the offence of Stalking
• Whether petition U/S 482 of CrPC is maintainable under Domestic violence Act?
• SC: Whether court can convict father-in-law for offence U/S 202 of IPC if he fails to inform the authorities about the suicide of daughter-in-law?
• If court can not allow withdrawal of implied admission in a written statement, the court can insist on the plaintiff to prove his case?
• Whether the cause of action for the dishonour of cheque is defeated if accused makes part payment of cheque amount?
• Whether parties can dissolve marriage registered under Special Marriage Act by executing divorce deed on stamp paper?
• Whether private complaint is barred as per Sec 195 of CrPC if a party has filed the forged documents in the court proceeding?
• Rape Acquittal – Improved testimony because of Animosity
• Acquitted in Rape Case, Difference between Rape and Physical Assault
• Usage of ‘Separated/Divorced’ can’t be restricted to only those with a Judicial Separation Decree
• Physical Relations does not imply Sexual Assault
• Assets of Public servant cannot be shielded from public scrutiny, nor completely exempted u/s 8 of RTI act
• Wife imposing her friends & family at husband’s residence against his will amounts to Cruelty
• 498A Quashed against Brother-In-Law After 18 Years Of Marriage

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