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Allahabad High Court observes that advising dowry harassment victims to adjust may embolden abusers in a dowry death case.
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Dowry Death: Sometimes Telling Daughters to 'Adjust' or 'Save the Marriage' Costs Them Their Lives, Says Allahabad High Court

- By Salil Tiwari | | 6 Aug 2026 11:25 AM IST

Allahabad High Court ruling on Section 113-B Evidence Act in a dowry death case, acquitting the husband
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Allahabad High Court Upholds Husband's Conviction In Dowry Death Case, Acquits Estranged In-Laws Living In Separate Household

- By Lawbeat News Desk | | 6 July 2026 4:41 PM IST

Supreme Court rules that assault injuries on a hanging victim may indicate simulated hanging and support a finding of homicide.
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Hanging Is Not Always Suicide: Supreme Court Explains 'Simulated Hanging'

- By Lawbeat News Desk -SC | Edits by Salil Tiwari | | 1 July 2026 7:00 PM IST

Supreme Court ruling that a husbands 13-day silence did not constitute cruelty under Section 498A IPC.
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Supreme Court on Mental Cruelty: Refusing to Speak to Spouse Alone Does Not Attract Section 498A IPC

- By Lawbeat News Desk -SC | Salil Tiwari | | 3 Jun 2026 11:33 AM IST

Supreme Court upholds life sentence in Karnataka wife burning case based on dying declaration and daughter’s testimony
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Wife Burnt Alive for Money: Supreme Court Relies On Daughter’s Testimony, Dying Declaration To Uphold Conviction

- By Lawbeat News Desk -SC | Edits by Salil Tiwari | | 22 May 2026 4:03 PM IST

Matrimonial Dispute Acquittal Can’t Bar Compassionate Appointment: Madhya Pradesh High Court Quashes Termination
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Matrimonial Dispute Acquittal Can’t Bar Compassionate Appointment: Madhya Pradesh High Court Quashes Termination

- By Himanshi Hans | | 5 May 2026 12:45 PM IST

Second Marriage Not Bigamy For Muslim Man: Madhya Pradesh High Court Quashes IPC 494 Charge
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Second Marriage Not Bigamy For Muslim Man: Madhya Pradesh High Court Quashes IPC 494 Charge

- By Himanshi Hans | | 8 April 2026 1:52 PM IST

Delhi High Court ruling on Section 498A IPC clarifying that asking a wife to care for a family member is not cruelty
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Delhi High Court: Asking Wife to Care for Family Member Not ‘Cruelty’ Under Section 498A IPC

- By Sheetal Joon | | 25 March 2026 3:57 PM IST

Supreme Court acquits man in wife burning case citing lack of evidence and benefit of doubt after 13 years in prison.
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Supreme Court Acquits Man Accused Of Setting Wife On Fire

- By Lawbeat News Desk -SC | Edits by Aishwarya Iyer | | 5 March 2026 6:36 PM IST

Delhi High Court building
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Past Matrimonial Conduct Cannot Prove Dowry Death in Subsequent Marriage: Delhi High Court Rules

- By Sheetal Joon | Sakshi | | 23 Feb 2026 10:00 PM IST

Gujarat High Court ruling that a slap over wife staying at parents’ home was not cruelty under Section 498A IPC.
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Slap Over Wife’s Stay At Parents’ Home Not 498A Cruelty: Gujarat High Court Acquits Husband In Suicide Case

- By Salil Tiwari | | 23 Feb 2026 11:07 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh High Court holds that mere timing of death within seven years of marriage is insufficient to raise presumption under Section 304B IPC in a dowry death case
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Mere Death Within Seven Years Of Marriage Not Enough To Invoke Dowry Death Presumption: MP High Court

- By Himanshi Hans | | 2 Feb 2026 6:33 PM IST