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 ...

"Sometimes, recourse is taken to invoke Section 498A of the IPC against the husband and his family in order to seek compliance with the unreasonable demands of a wife," the Court remarked. The ...

The growing trend of casual and contradictory statements made by Supreme Court judges regarding domestic violence must be ...

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 ...

An overwhelming majority of domestic violence victims never file complaints due to fear of stigma, retaliation, or familial ...

Courts must exercise caution in such cases to prevent misuse of legal provisions and harassment of innocent people, says apex ...

The recent shocking case of Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash, who killed himself on December 9 after leaving behind a video, has triggered an uproar. Recently, another such case has come to light in ...

New Delhi, [India], December 11 (ANI): 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 ...

What do these cases have in common? In both, the victims have alleged acute mental harassment and “extreme torture" by their ...

New Delhi: In the wake of the tragic suicide of a Bengaluru tech professional, criminal lawyer Advocate Vikas Pahwa on Wednesday called for urgent reforms to curb the misuse of Section 498A ...