India - High Court of Jharkhand

Jharkhand High Court Orders Husband to Pay Thirty Lakh Rupees Alimony Post Marriage Dissolution

Jharkhand High Court Orders Husband to Pay Thirty Lakh Rupees Alimony Post Marriage DissolutionThe High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi has delivered a decisive judgment setting the permanent alimony of a divorced wife at ₹30 lakh. A Divisio...

29 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir High Court Rules Firing at Police Personnel Sufficient for Preventive Detention

Jammu and Kashmir High Court Rules Firing at Police Personnel Sufficient for Preventive DetentionIn a significant ruling regarding the limits of state intervention inpublic order, theHigh Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakhhas upheld thepreventive detentionof ahabitual offenderinvolved in an ...

29 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Allahabad

Wives Need Not File Successive Execution Pleas for Maintenance, Rules Allahabad High Court in Judgment

Wives Need Not File Successive Execution Pleas forMaintenance, RulesAllahabad High Courtin JudgmentIn a landmark ruling aimed at curbing the systemic harassment of women seeking alimony, theHigh Court of Judicature at Allahabadhas ruled that a wife cannot be compelled to file successive execu...

27 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Allahabad

Allahabad High Court Mandates Direct Maintenance Payments to Prevent Repetitive Legal Filing For Wives

Allahabad High Court Mandates Direct Maintenance Payments to Prevent Repetitive Legal Filing For WivesIn a significant ruling aimed at streamlining the enforcement of maintenance orders, theHigh Court of Judicature at Allahabadhas declared that the obligation to pay spousal maintenance is a "...

25 Jul 2026

India - Supreme Court

Can Murder Victims Claim Motor Accident Compensation? Supreme Court Rules On Necessary Causal Links

Can Murder Victims Claim Motor Accident Compensation? Supreme Court Rules On Necessary Causal LinksIn a significant ruling regarding the interpretation of theMotor Vehicles Act, 1988, theSupreme Court of Indiahas clarified the limits ofstatutory liabilityin cases involving deaths that are not...

24 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh High Court Rules Affidavit Evidence Impermissible in Maintenance Proceedings Under Section 126(2) CrPC

Andhra Pradesh High Court Rules Affidavit Evidence Impermissible in Maintenance Proceedings Under Section 126(2) CrPCIn a significant ruling that reinforces the strict procedural requirements for maintenance cases, the Andh...

21 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Allahabad

Allahabad HC: Railway Engineer’s ₹20k Maintenance Not Excessive, Late Forgery Plea No Bar

Allahabad HC: Railway Engineer’s ₹20k Maintenance Not Excessive, Late Forgery Plea No BarIn a significant ruling that balances the urgency of maintenance proceedings with procedural fairness, theAllahabad High Courthas held that a husband’s belated plea alleging document forgery by his wife c...

20 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Allahabad

Allahabad High Court Rules Working Mother Must Share Minor Child Maintenance Burden With Father

AllahabadHigh CourtRules Working Mother Must Share Minor ChildMaintenanceBurden With FatherIn a significant ruling regardingmatrimonial disputes, theHigh Courtof Judicature at Allahabad has reinforced the principle ofshared parental responsibility. The Court dismissed acriminal revision petit...

16 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Allahabad

Conviction Based on Circumstantial Evidence Upheld: Allahabad High Court Defines Relevance of Accused’s Conduct Under Section 8 Evidence Act

When Silence and Flight Speak Volumes: Allahabad HC Decodes 'Conduct' in Murder CaseIn a significant ruling regarding theburden of proofin criminal trials, theLucknow Bench of theAllahabad High Courthas upheld the life imprisonment sentence of an appellant for the murder of his wife. The judg...

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