• RTI is not Valid when Application u/s 91 CrPC filled to get the documents from the Police
• Court cannot order maintenance without disclosure of Assets
• SC: Divorce, Desertion without valid grounds
• SC: Desertion without reasonable cause, Permanent Alimony denied
• Section 498A IPC is being Misused to Harass Husband
• Consensual Relationship, Rape case Quash
• Whether CrPC.188 Applicable if offence committed outside of India?
• Woman is in Love with someone else without any physical relations is not Adultery
• Passport, Personal id details not disclosable under RTI
• Mere Dowry Demand not an offence under section 498a, allegations alone don’t constitute Harassment
• SC: Uncomfortable questions posed during Judicial proceedings can’t be regarded as humiliation
• Gujarat HC: Composite petition for nullity of marriage and in the alternative for dissolution of marriage by a decree of divorce is maintainable
• Educated Wife cannot stay idle just to claim Maintenance – Maintenance Amount Reduced.
• Rajasthan HC fines lawyer Rs.50,000 for misleading submissions to seek priority listing
• SC: Dowry Harassment Case – FIR is Vexatious and Instituted with ulterior motive
• Maintenance orders cannot be passed without financial disclosure
• SC: Father is better parent than grand Parents
• What is the extent of powers of amendment of pleadings in proceedings under Domestic Violence Act
• SC: Article 22(1)- Informing relatives about arrest isn’t compliance of duty to inform arrestee of grounds of arrest
• Whether Women can claim maintenance from second husband when her first marriage is not legally dissolved?
• Before directing the registration of an FIR, the Magistrate should conduct an inquiry in the Matter
• SAMPLE – 340 has to decided first in Maintenance – Petition
• Madras HC: An unborn child aged five months onwards in the mother’s womb till its birth can be treated as equal to a child in existence.
• Bombay HC: An admission made during cross-examination of a witness by counsel of one accused does not bind another accused if they are represented by different advocates
• Custody of the child should given to a suitable person
• SC: Misuse of 498A – Dowry laws are for justice, not revenge, but No punishment for misuser.
• High Court cannot tell how the investigation should have been done by the I.O
• SC: The power to impose a modified punishment providing for any specific term of incarceration or till the end of the convict’s life as an alternate to death penalty, can be exercised only by the High Court and the Supreme Court
• Factors to be considered by the court while deciding an application for a second DNA test
• SC: Whether the court can convict accused on the basis of afterthought statement of witnesses recorded by police?
• SC: Prosecution in all criminal cases shall furnish list of statements, documents, material objects & exhibits not relied upon by investigating officer
• Working Women, No maintenance u/s 24 of H.M.A
• Maintainability of the petition under section 125 Cr.P.C
• Interim maintenance denied to equally qualified Women
• Habeas corpus petition under Article.226 – No child custody to incapable mother
• SC: Sexual Intercourse by man with his wife can’t be termed as Rape
• Compelling spouse to convert in Inter-religious marriage amounts to Mental cruelty, Violates right to life
• If elected representatives want to change Political affiliation, they must resign & face People’s mandate again
• Mere refusal to marry does not constitute offence of Cheating unless ingredients u/s 90 of IPC are met
• Right to practice religion cannot be denied on mere apprehension of Law & Order
• Daughter born before partition of Ancestral property prior to amendment of S.6 of Hindu Succession Act cannot claim Rights in Father’s share
• SC: Trial courts wrongly convicting persons for Dowry death misapplying S.304b IPC
• 498A dismissed – Contrary Witness statements
• Maintenance denied as Trial court did not follow Rajnesh Vs. Neha guidelines
• Filing false case to live separately is Cruelty, Ground for Divorce
• Income affidavit of assets format as per Rajnesh Vs. Neha for Maintenance case
• U/S 125(3) CrPC, Non-bailable warrant can’t be issued against a Man in Maintenance proceedings.
• Police cannot serve notices u/s 41A of CrPC or Sec.35 of BNSS through WhatsApp
• Divorce petition cannot be filed at Marriage reception venue solemnization place.
• Limitations under Section 19(3) of the Family Courts Act, and not by Section 28(4) of the Hindu Marriage Act.
• SC: Presumption that husband is the father of the child born during marriage, Even if woman slept with other man, DNA test not allowed
• SC: Quash of Workplace harassment case – filled with mala fide intentions, specifically to wreak vengeance, cause harm, or coerce a settlement.
• Prenuptial agreement was valid – Its a Part-performance of a contract
• Men too are entitled to same protection from cruelty and violence as women
• 1St Judgment, where it says False 498A filed.
• 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

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