The Bombay High Court has held that not letting a child meet its mother amounts to "cruelty" under the Indian Penal Code, and ...

The Supreme Court highlights concerns over the misuse of Section 498A of the IPC, intended to prevent cruelty against married ...

Mumbai: The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has held that preventing a minor child from meeting her mother amounts to cruelty and harassment. The court refused to quash a case filed by a ...

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday cautioned against the misuse of the cruelty law in marital dispute cases lodged by ...

Adequate legal remedies exist under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, said ...

According to an official release, all 10 accused have been chargesheeted under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC ...

According to the FIR, the daughter-in-law of a resident in the same society, acting on her father-in-law's instructions, ...

The Kerala High Court has nullified the bail of five RSS workers implicated in the 2021 killing of SDPI leader K S Shan. The ...

The family of the 34-year-old techie who allegedly died by suicide in Bengaluru triggered a big debate over the misuse of ...

Prime Minister Modi dedicates new criminal laws to nation, aiming to reform judicial system and tackle modern-day challenges.

Such behaviour by in-laws amounts to ’cruelty’ as defined under section 498-A of the IPC, the Bombay High Court added ...