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Allahabad High Court ruled that pregnancy cannot be used to deny a woman public employment and ordered a fresh PET for a Forest Guard candidate.
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'Forcing Women to Choose Between Motherhood and Career Cannot Be Permitted': Allahabad High Court

- By Salil Tiwari | | 31 July 2026 5:30 PM IST

Husband Cannot Escape Maintenance Liability By Concealing Income: MP High Court
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Section 125 CrPC | Courts Must Look At Husband's Status, Not Just Disclosed Income, Says MP High Court

- By Himanshi Hans | | 7 July 2026 11:38 AM IST

Patna HC Records Woman’s Consent, Directs Safe Stay With Husband’s Family
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Adult Woman Cannot Be Forced By Family, Free To Join Husband: Patna High Court

- By Himanshi Hans | | 3 July 2026 5:16 PM IST

Woman Denied Maintenance After Identity Fraud Gets Relief From MP High Court
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Section 125 CrPC | Concealed Religious Identity Can't Defeat Woman's Maintenance Claim: MP High Court

- By Himanshi Hans | | 1 July 2026 2:56 PM IST

Madras High Court grants relief to an LL.M student who missed dissertation deadlines due to pregnancy and motherhood responsibilities.
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Pregnancy, Motherhood Cannot Become Barrier to Education: Madras High Court

- By Salil Tiwari | | 20 Jun 2026 1:18 PM IST

Delay In Filing FIR Not Enough To Throw Out Section 354 Case: Bombay High Court
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Sexual Offence FIR Cannot Be Quashed Solely Due To Delay In Complaint: Bombay High Court

- By Himanshi Hans | | 15 Jun 2026 4:13 PM IST

MP High Court Grants Higher Maintenance to Child Marriage Survivor, Fixes Liability on Parents
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Section 125 CrPC | MP High Court Raises Child Marriage Victim's Maintenance, Says Parents Cannot Escape Liability

- By Himanshi Hans | | 4 Jun 2026 2:37 PM IST

Supreme Court judges allow widowed daughter-in-law maintenance from father-in-law’s estate in landmark judgment
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Hindu Widowed Daughter-in-Law Entitled to Maintenance from Father-in-Law’s Estate: Supreme Court

- By Lawbeat News Desk -SC | Edits by Salil Tiwari | | 17 Jan 2026 3:39 PM IST

Forcing Woman To Continue Pregnancy Violates Bodily Integrity And Worsens Mental Trauma: Delhi HC
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Forcing Woman To Continue Pregnancy Violates Bodily Integrity And Worsens Mental Trauma: Delhi HC

- By Ritu Yadav | | 9 Jan 2026 7:20 PM IST

Allahabad High Court sets major woman free from protection home order
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‘Abhorrable’: Allahabad HC Pulls Up UP Police for Treating Woman as ‘Possession’ in Case Diary

- By Salil Tiwari | | 1 Dec 2025 4:51 PM IST

Supreme Court quashes rape case for consensual relationship, condemning criminal misuse
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Supreme Court urges Hindu women to 'make a will'

- By Aishwarya Iyer | | 19 Nov 2025 6:28 PM IST

Delhi High Court building in New Delhi, where Justice Amit Mahajan delivered the ruling on victim responsibility in a sexual assault case.
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Knowing The Accused Or Being Cordial With Him Doesn’t Make Victim Responsible For Assault: Delhi HC

- By Ritu Yadav | | 8 Oct 2025 4:04 PM IST