India - High Court of Patna

Failure to Frame Specific Issues Under Section 13 HMA Leads to 'Ballpark Assessment': Patna High Court Remands Divorce Case

Patna High Court Slaps Down Sloppy Divorce Ruling: Remands Case Over "Ballpark Assessment"In a sharp rebuke to procedural shortcuts in family courts, the Patna High Court has set aside a decree dismissing a husband's divorce petition, remanding the bitterly contested matrimonial dispute back ...

30 Apr 2026

India - High Court of Jammu and Kashmir

Husband's Girlfriend Not 'Relative' Under Section 498-A RPC; FIR Quashed for Vague Allegations: J&K & Ladakh HC

"Girlfriend" Outside 498-A's Reach: J&K High Court Clears Husband's Family in Matrimonial ClashIn a sharp rebuke to vague cruelty claims, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu has quashed an FIR under Sections 498-A and 506 RPC against a soldier's entire family—and his alleged...

18 Apr 2026

India - High Court of Delhi

No Adverse Inference For Refusing Handwriting Sample If Court Doesn't Disclose S.73 Evidence Act Invocation: Delhi High Court

Delhi High CourtOverturns Divorce: Handwriting Trickery Violates Natural JusticeIn a significant ruling for matrimonial law, theDelhi High Courthas set aside a Family Court divorce decree granted to a husband on grounds of cruelty, slamming procedural lapses including a covert handwriting com...

15 Apr 2026

India - High Court of Gujarat

LLB Degree No Ground to Deny Maintenance to Divorced Wife under Section 125 CrPC: Gujarat High Court

Gujarat HC: An LLB Can't Silence a Divorced Wife's Right to MaintenanceIn a ruling that underscores the enduring duty of husbands to support ex-wives, the Gujarat High Court at Ahmedabad dismissed a plea by Dhruti Vinubhai Dodiya seeking to hike her monthly maint...

13 Apr 2026

India - High Court of Calcutta

Improbable for Elderly Ailing In-Laws to Physically Assault DIL: Calcutta HC Quashes 498A Proceedings Under S.482 CrPC

Elderly In-Laws' Surgeries Make Assault Claims 'Beyond Reasonable Imagination': Calcutta HC Quashes Dowry CaseIn a significant ruling protecting elderly family members from potentially frivolous matrimonial litigation, the Calcutta High Court has quashe...

10 Apr 2026

India - High Court of Calcutta

False Criminal Cases by Wife, Arrest & 17-Yr Separation is Mental Cruelty for Divorce: Calcutta High Court

False Cases, Arrests, and a 17-Year Rift: Calcutta HC Seals Fate of Strained MarriageIn a significant ruling on matrimonial discord, the Calcutta High Court's Division Bench of Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Supratim Bhattacharya dismissed an appeal by Saranjit Kaur Hura...

08 Apr 2026

India -

Suspicion About A Spouse Character And Strained Marital Relations Alone Are Insufficient To Establish The Offence Of Abetment Of Suicide: Uttarakhand HC

It is definitely entirely in the fitness of things that the Uttarakhand High Court at Nainital in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled Husband (SDP) vs State of Uttarakhand in Criminal Appeal No.204 of 2011 and cited in Neutral Citation No.: 2026:UHC1053 that...

05 Apr 2026

India - High Court of Uttarakhand

Able-Bodied Father Can't Evade Child Maintenance by Pleading Unemployment: Uttarakhand High Court on Section 125 CrPC

Able-Bodied Fathers Can't Play the Unemployment Card to Skip Child Support: Uttarakhand High CourtIn a firm rebuke to evasive tactics in family disputes, theHigh Court of Uttarakhand at Nainitaldismissed cross-revisions challenging a Family Court order directingDheeraj Kapoorto pay ₹6,500 per...

03 Apr 2026

India - High Court of Allahabad

Challenge To Ex-Parte Interim Maintenance Order Under Section 23 DV Act Confined To Absence Of Service: Allahabad HC

Husband's Plea Against Rs 4,000 Maintenance Order Hits Procedural Wall at Allahabad HCIn a ruling emphasizing strict limits on revisitingex-parte orders, theAllahabad High Courtdismissed a husband's criminal revision challenging an interim maintenance award to his wife under theProtection of ...

01 Apr 2026

India - High Court of Calcutta

No Dying Declaration or Proof of Cruelty Warrants Acquittal Under Section 498A IPC: Calcutta High Court

"No Dying Declaration, No Cruelty": Calcutta HC Frees Husband After 24-Year Battle in 498A CaseIn a landmark relief after nearly a quarter-century, the Calcutta High Court has overturned the conviction of Boren Mondal under Section 498A IPC, ruling that vague family testimonies, an absent dyi...

30 Mar 2026