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'Capability To Earn' & 'Actual Earnings' Are Separate Things: Delhi High Court Upholds Grant Of Maintenance To MBA-Qualified Wife: Delhi High Court
In a significant judgment under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, the Delhi High Court has upheld a Family Court’s order granting maintenance pendente lite to a wife who is an MBA and B.Tech graduate. The Court emphasized that capability to earn and actual earnings are two different aspects, and merely being…
Mere Involvement In 'Grave Economic Offence' Not Organised Crime U/S 111 Of BNS: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, in a recent judgment delivered by Justice Sanjay Dhar, has ruled that the provisions of Section 111, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), relating to organised crime, cannot be invoked without fulfilling specific legal prerequisites. The case involved a massive cyber and banking…
Centre's Response Sought on Plea Against Deportation of Russian Woman’s Children Found Living in Cave: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court, on July 23, 2025, directed the Union of India to file its response within two weeks to a petition seeking to stop the deportation of two minor daughters of a Russian woman who was discovered living in a cave in Gokarna, Uttara Kannada district, with the children. The Court noted that the…
Allegations of Extra-Marital Affair Made to Spouse’s Employer Amount to ‘Cruelty’: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has upheld a Family Court decree of divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, ruling that a wife making defamatory and unfounded complaints to her husband’s employer constituted mental cruelty. The Division Bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Renu Bhatnagar pronounced the decision…
TN Govt’s Move to Include ‘Economic Offender’ Under Goondas Act Appreciated: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has commended the Tamil Nadu Government for introducing a progressive policy change by including “economic offender” as a new category under the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 (Goondas Act). In an order dated July 2025, Justice B Pugalendhi noted that this inclusion through G.O.Ms.No.68, Home…
Case Against 3 Men for Distributing Pamphlets Propagating Islam Near Temple Quashed: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court recently delivered a significant judgment concerning the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Act, 2022. In this case, the Court quashed a First Information Report (FIR) filed against three men who were allegedly distributing Islamic pamphlets near a Hindu temple in Jamkhandi.…
Home Guards Are Volunteers, Dependents Cannot Claim Compassionate Employment: Himachal Pradesh High Court
Two connected petitions were filed before the Himachal Pradesh High Court by the widows of deceased Home Guard volunteers. The petitioners claimed that since their husbands died during the course of duty under the Himachal Pradesh Home Guards Act, 1968, they should be entitled to a permanent government job under the…
Section 498A: IPS Officer Directed to Issue Public Apology to Ex-Husband and His Parents for Harassment: Supreme Court
In an extraordinary order passed on Tuesday, the Supreme Court of India directed an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and her parents to issue a public apology for subjecting her former husband and his family to mental and physical harassment by lodging multiple criminal cases against them. The Bench comprising…
Anticipatory Bail Denied to Man Accused of Masterminding International Cryptocurrency Scam: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
In a major development related to a crypto-currency fraud, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of Naresh Kumar Gulia, a retired army personnel, who is accused of orchestrating a multi-crore fake crypto Ponzi scheme under the names The Emollient Coin Ltd and later Tech…
Death Sentence of Two Men Convicted for Rape and Murder of 5-Year-Old Commuted: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has commuted the death sentence of two men, Fagun Mandi alias Pui and Rabindra Routh alias Bhaku, who were earlier convicted for the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl. The Division Bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md Shabbar Rashidi ruled that both convicts will now undergo…
