In a significant decision delivered on 15.04.2025, the Supreme Court firmly refused to interfere with the constitutionality ...

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 ...

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 ...

On December 9, Atul Subhash, a 34-year-old Bengaluru-based AI engineer committed suicide, leaving behind an almost 90-minute long video and a 24-page suicide note recording the alleged harassment by ...

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 ...

Sometimes marrying the love of your life is not a guarantee for a successful marriage and may even turn out to be a nightmare. A Brahmin boy had to go through a testing time, when his lover of ...

NEW DELHI: In what may result in the first review of the new Indian criminal codes, the Centre has started discussions on the misuse of Sections 85 and 86 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) that ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

The Gujarat High Court on Friday ruled that a woman can file a complaint alleging cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) after divorce, however, it has to be only for incidents that ...