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India News: NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has ruled that married women cannot use police machinery to hold husband at ransom and expressed concern over much abused.

India News: Supreme Court has ruled that married women cannot use police machinery to hold husband to ransom and expressed concern over much abused Section 498A (

The Court said that to make assumptions that a woman, by virtue of her profession as a police officer, cannot possibly be a victim in her own personal or matrimonial life, is a form of injustice.

The Court further observed that compelling a married woman to live in her parental home on account of non-fulfillment of demand of dowry would also amount to mental harassment.

The Patna High Court recently observed that when a husband requests money from his wife's parents to meet the expenses of rearing the couple's newborn child, such a demand does not amount to dowry harassment.

India News: Supreme Court utilized Article 142 to dismiss criminal proceedings against a man under Section 498A of IPC, citing post-divorce harassment. The court

The Bombay High Court recently quashed a case of cruelty filed by a judicial officer against her husband and his family members under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The Court quashed an FIR registered against the relatives of the husband who had been accused of cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code by the wife.

The Kerala High Court yesterday ordered the acquittal of a husband who was accused of causing the suicidal death of his wife since the prosecution was unable to prove that suicide was committed due to...

The Court quashed a criminal case filed by a woman against her in-laws, saying that continuance of such proceedings would amount to an abuse of process of law.