Decided by – Metropolitan Magistrate Surabhi Sharma Vats Facts Of The Case Earlier in March, the court had allowed the woman to summon her husband via WhatsApp, text messages and e-mail, after her counsel Debopriya Pal and Kunal Kumar told to the court that two previous attempts to serve summons to
In a recent interesting case, the Karnataka High Court rejected a petition filed by a Bengaluru man who declined to pay for his estranged wife’s flight expenses. The antiquated saying that a housewife has all the time and is free and therefore denied to pay for flight expenses and hence
Bombay High Court on Friday ruled that a woman in a live-in relationship with a man for 15 years is entitled to maintenance if they share their finances and responsibility of household chores. This decision provides more rights to women in a society dominated by men. Facts of the case
The appointment of Indu Malhotra as the judge of the Supreme Court has been a historic moment for both the Bar and Bench. The appointment came as the first woman appointed as the judge of the highest court of the country directly from the Bar. This is a significant step
Dr. Kafeel Khan head of pediatric department at government hospital Gorakhpur was granted bail by Allahabad High Court on Wednesday. Dr. Kafeel was arrested in September last year over charges of corruption and in connection with the death of over 63 children at BRD hospital. He was languishing in jail
Looks like Asaram Bapu just ran out of blessings. The self-styled godman has been sentenced to life imprisonment till death by Jodhpur Court for raping a minor five years back. The decision was delivered in the makeshift courtroom at Jodhpur Central Jail where Asaram had been languishing since four years.
Facts The Delhi High Court on 16th April upheld life imprisonment given to five convicts for raping a 52-year–Old Danish woman in Delhi in 2014. The Danish woman came to Delhi on January 1, 2014. She then went to Agra and returned to the capital on 13th of the same
Venkaiah Naidu, the Vice-President of India and Chairman of Rajya Sabha rejects the motion to impeach Chief Justice of India Deepak Mishra. The motion was moved by Congress and other political parties alleging Chief Justice of India for illegal gratification. Facts of the Case Congress in hands with other political
Facts The SC on 23rd April reserved its verdict on petitions seeking restoration its verdict of the stringency of Section 498A of IPC which provides for the arrest of the husband and his relatives on the complaint of a wife alleging cruelty meted out to her because of dowry. In
On January 11, four top-level Supreme Court (SC) judges, had in a press conference, made complaints against Dipak Misra, on the grounds of administrative and judicial irregularity in the apex court. Justices Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurien Joseph had said Misra was assigning important cases in an arbitrary
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