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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Proceedings Against Parents-in-Law in Dowry Harassment Case Due to Lack of Specific Allegations. The court held that vague and omnibus allegations against family members without specific instances of cruelty or harassment are liable to be quashed under Section 482 CrPC.

The petitioners, who are the parents-in-law of the complainant (respondent No.2), filed a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Proceedings Against Parents-in-Law in Dowry Harassment Case Due to Lack of Specific Allegations. The court held that general and omnibus allegations against relatives of the husband without specific overt acts constitute an abuse of process of law under Section 482 CrPC.

The petitioners, who are the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the complainant (respondent No.2), filed a petition under Section 482 CrPC seeking qua...

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Caste-Based Discrimination in Prison Manuals as Unconstitutional. Prison Rules Dividing Labour and Segregating Barracks by Caste Violate Articles 14, 15, 17, 21, and 23 of the Constitution.

The petitioner, Sukanya Shantha, a journalist, filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking directions for the repeal of offendi...

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Bombay High Court Allows Maintenance to Second Wife in Section 125 CrPC Case Despite Void Marriage Due to Husband's Deception. Husband Cannot Deny Maintenance on Ground of Invalidity of Marriage When He Concealed Prior Marriage.

The petitioner, Mrs. Alka Bhausaheb Bhad, filed a Criminal Writ Petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the judgment and o...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Demand for Dowry. Conviction under Sections 304B and 498A IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove that the deceased was subjected to cruelty or harassment for dowry soon before her death.

The appellant, Motiram s/o Kisan Shende, was convicted by the 1st Ad hoc Additional Sessions Judge, Bhandara, for offences under Sections 304B, 306, a...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Complaint Against Doctor Under PCPNDT Act for Lack of Prima Facie Case — Non-Maintenance of Form F Without Allegation of Sex Determination Does Not Constitute Offence Under Section 5 of PCPNDT Act, 1994.

The petitioner, Dr. Vijay Shivnath Lahoti, a medical practitioner, filed a Criminal Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Maintenance to Second Wife in Bigamous Marriage Under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 25 Entitles a Woman Whose Marriage is Declared Null and Void to Claim Maintenance Despite Invalidity of Marriage

The case involves an appeal by Mangala Bhivaji Lad (also known as Mangala Dhondiba Aher) against the judgment of the Family Court, Mumbai, which decla...