Karnataka HC rules strangers cannot be charged under IPC Section 498A, limiting cruelty claims to relatives only.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, in a husband's petition seeking quashment of FIR, observed that while forced unnatural sex by ...

The court was clear that a person who is not part of the husband’s family does not come within the scope of the provision and ...

While quashing a 498-A IPC case registered by a woman against her husband and in-laws the Karnataka High Court said “The law ...

Wife said her family gave Rs 4.5 lakh cash, 9 tola gold at the time of marriage but after 8 years of marriage the husband ...

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 and ...

Bengaluru: In a significant ruling on the scope of dowry harassment laws, the Karnataka High Court has clarified that ...

KOCHI: A man or his relatives cannot be held guilty for cruelty towards a woman under section 498A of the IPC if there was only a live-in relationship and no solemnisation of marriage, the Kerala High ...

RANCHI: Expressing concern over the rampant misuse of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, the Jharkhand High Court observed that this provision of the law is being misused as a weapon, rather than ...

The High Court of Karnataka has set aside the conviction of a 46-year-old man under Section 498A (married woman subject to cruelty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) as the complaint was by his 'second ...