It is alleged that at the time of marriage a sum or Rs 3 lakh, 25 grams of gold ornaments and other articles were given in ...
The Supreme Court of India recently found a wife guilty of filing a false dowry and domestic violence case against her ...
An overwhelming majority of domestic violence victims never file complaints due to fear of stigma, retaliation, or familial ...
What do these cases have in common? In both, the victims have alleged acute mental harassment and “extreme torture" by their ...
The growing trend of casual and contradictory statements made by Supreme Court judges regarding domestic violence must be ...
Courts must exercise caution in such cases to prevent misuse of legal provisions and harassment of innocent people, says apex ...
Men’s Rights Activists are campaigning with renewed vigour against what they claim are gender-biased laws in India — there’s ...
A brief history of IPC’s Section 498A The principle of presumption of innocence till proven guilty shifts the burden of proving the guilt to the prosecution. But in some instances like those ...
In his weekly column for Hindustan Times, Karan Thapar celebrates the art of the witty insult or the elegant put-down — it ...
The Supreme Court has expressed concern over the "growing tendency to misuse Section 498A" of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), ...
The recent suicide of a Bengaluru engineer has stirred significant controversy surrounding Section 84 of the Bhartiya Nyaya ...
Section 498A became tool for unleashing personal vendetta against husband, his family: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has expressed concern over the "growing tendency to misuse Section 498A" of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which penalises cruelty by husbands and their relatives against married ...
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