India - High Court of Jharkhand

Jharkhand High Court Denies Divorce To Husband Over Baseless Allegations Of Wife's Infidelity

Jharkhand High Court Denies Divorce To Husband Over Baseless Allegations Of Wife's InfidelityTheHigh Court of Jharkhand at Ranchihas delivered a pivotal judgment inManoj Kumar Hansda vs. Varsha Monigini Hembrom, upholding the dismissal of adivorce petitionfiled under theSpecial Marriage Act, ...

29 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Bombay

Woman Concealing Prior Marriage Not Entitled to Maintenance from Second Husband: Bombay High Court

Woman Concealing Prior Marriage Not Entitled toMaintenancefrom Second Husband:Bombay High CourtTheBombay High Court, in a significant ruling, has declared that a woman who conceals her subsisting first marriage and subsequently marries a second husband cannot claimmaintenanceunderSection 125 ...

22 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Andhra Pradesh

Child's Right To Paternity Recognition Prevails Over Unchallenged Earlier DNA Report: Andhra Pradesh High Court

Child's Right To Paternity Recognition Prevails Over Unchallenged Earlier DNA Report: Andhra Pradesh High CourtIn a significant ruling upholding the welfare and identity rights of a minor child, theHigh Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravatihas set aside a trial court order that had refused a f...

20 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Madhya Pradesh

Court Rules Failed Marriage Promise Does Not Automatically Constitute Rape or Abetment to Suicide

Court Rules Failed Marriage Promise Does Not Automatically ConstituteRapeorAbetment to SuicideTheHigh Court of Madhya Pradeshat Jabalpur has delivered a landmark verdict, clarifying the legal boundaries betweenconsensual relationshipsandcriminal sexual offences. In a decision that sets aside ...

17 Jul 2026

India -

Directing Production Of Hotel Booking Records And Call Data To Prove Adultery Does Not Violate Right To Privacy: SC

It is undoubtedly a matter of immense significance with far reaching implications directly concerned with the right to privacy that the Supreme Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled SA vs MA in Civil Appeal No. 400 of 2024 that was pronounced just rec...

14 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Allahabad

Woman Married Without Divorcing First Spouse Not Entitled to Maintenance U/S 125 CrPC: Allahabad High Court

Legal Boundaries of Maintenance: High Court Rules on 'Wife' Status inBigamousUnionsIn a significant ruling regardingmatrimonial maintenance claims, theAllahabad High Courthas clarified the eligibility criteria for a woman claiming support underSection 125 of theCode of Criminal Procedure (CrP...

13 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Allahabad

Strict Proof of Marriage Not Required for Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC If Cohabitation Is Established: Allahabad High Court

Strict Proof of Marriage Not Required forMaintenanceUnderSection 125 CrPCIfCohabitationIs Established:Allahabad High CourtIn a significant ruling aimed at preventing themiscarriage of justice, theAllahabad High Courthas declared that strict proof of a formal marriage is not a mandatory prereq...

11 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Jammu and Kashmir

Denial Of Paid Maternity Leave To Resident Doctors Is Illegal: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

Denial Of Paid Maternity Leave To Resident Doctors Is Illegal: Jammu & Kashmir High CourtIn a landmark ruling that protects the rights of professional women, theHigh Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammuhas struck down a government directive that sought to deny salary and allowances to...

11 Jul 2026

India - Supreme Court

Supreme Court Scrutinizes IPS Pregnancy Training Exclusion Rule

Supreme Court Scrutinizes IPS Pregnancy Training Exclusion RuleIn an era where institutional policies are increasingly required to align with constitutionally protected rights to gender equality and career progression, the Supreme Court...

11 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Rajasthan

Maternity Posting Denial Violates Article 21: Rajasthan High Court

Maternity Posting Denial Violates Article 21: Rajasthan High CourtIn a significant judgment underscoring the state’s duty as a model employer, Justice Arun Monga of the Rajasthan High Court has ruled that compelling a pregnant woman in her third trimester to relocate for work is an arbitrary ...

23 Jan 2025