Restrictions on Daughter-in-Law's Activities, Including Watching TV, Meeting Neighbors, Visiting Temple Alone, and Making Her Sleep on Carpet, Do Not Constitute Cruelty: Bombay High Court

In a significant ruling, the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court has quashed a 20-year-old conviction of a man and his family members who were convicted for cruelty under Section 498A and abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the IPC. The court found that the allegations of cruelty, which were based on domestic disputes, did not meet the legal threshold required to constitute either physical or mental cruelty…