Chennai HC says DV Act (Domestic violence act) is prejudiced and recommends...
Usually my impression is that as far as judicial decisions are concerned, Chennai is a place filled with white knightery, where it is easy to get judgments in favour of women; even based on flimsy...
View ArticleMumbai HC asks divorced father to pay alimony even if by going to jail
A recent judgment by Mumbai HC should be a cautionary tale to those who take the issue of maintenance lightly, and believe that they can get an upper hand by simply not paying and then will see what...
View ArticleSupreme Court makes CCTV mandatory in all police stations
According to this latest news, Supreme court has made video capturing via CCTV mandatory in all police stations. Update Jul 27, 2015: This news has appeared only in few newspapers so far. According to...
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Delhi police stations (and CAW?) to be covered by CCTV as per Supreme Court...
Yesterday I had covered recent news about Supreme Court ordering all locks-ups in police stations (and prisons) to mandatorily have CCTVs installed. While searching for that news, I found that SC has...
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MP HC denies maintenance to wife on her CrPC 125 appeal
Thanks to a reader, we have this very recent judgment of Madhya Pradesh High Court which denied maintenance to wife under CrPC 125 on her appeal to HC since the court agreed with trial court’s...
View ArticleGovernment asks Supreme Court to allow audio-video recording of court...
It must be the season for news about CCTV and audio-video recordings. After I reported on two recent news about Supreme Court ordering CCTV in police lock-ups and prisons, and Supreme Court asking for...
View ArticleDelhi Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) court denies interim maintenance under DV...
Two readers sent copy of this recent Delhi court’s judgment about interim maintenance, and thanks to both! While many people were commenting after reading the newspaper reports of this judgment, I...
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A special message on Independence Day!
On eve of Independence day, a special message for all. Pledge to do the following: 1. Bribe the police every time you go to PS because otherwise they won’t do their work they are supposed to do. 2....
View ArticleIn 498A/406 case, Jharkhand HC rejects lower court’s NBW, and CrPC 82...
Thanks to a reader, we have this interesting judgment on topic of arrest and bail; and it highlights the rot that has become India, and the rot and zombie-hood exists in all branches of official life:...
View ArticlePatna HC acknowledges bail scam in IPC 498A, grants anticipatory bail under...
Thanks to a reader, we have this judgment of Patna High Court on topic of arrest and anticipatory bail. Even though the Supreme Court’s Arnesh Kumar vs State of Bihar & Anr. judgment has been in...
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FREE Live Webinar/Online Meetings for WhatsApp and Facebook members
We have recently started online meetings/webinar where questions from our members are taken in real-time and answered live. These are being conducted on Anymeeting platform: http://anymeeting.com/....
View ArticleMumbai Bandra Family court judgment on joint equally shared custody based on...
This May 2015 judgment of Mumbai Bandra family court is the first in India which in an interim child custody/visitation order, has asked both mother (petitioner) and father (respondent) to make a...
View ArticleAmbala, Haryana court denies interim maintenance under DV Act to woman who...
Basically, I see this judgment in line with another recent one where interim maintenance was denied to a wife qualified as beautician. I think the main thing in both judgments that the child of couple...
View ArticleVideo: Women’s Reservation Bill – A Necessity? Or just going with the trend?
The data, and reports referred to in the video are from below sources: https://standupforacause.wordpress.com/2013/10/02/women-in-work-force/...
View ArticleVideo: Prenuptial agreements in India – Who benefits?
Following are the news and data referred to in the above video. The referred news on proposal by Women and Child Development (WCD) ministry to introduce prenuptial contracts in Indian marriages:...
View ArticleDelhi Sessions Court raises question about dignity of falsely accused men in...
Following recent judgment of Delhi Sessions Court by Justice Nivedita Anil Sharma about dignity of falsely accused man in a rape case, has been much published in print media, and getting shared on...
View ArticleInvoke IPC 209 on those making false complaints – Delhi HC judgment by...
I am beginning to build respect for Justice J R Midha of Delhi High Cout. Few of his previous judgments are already covered on this site. Those refer to his decisions on making filing of income and...
View ArticleVarious HC approve Child Access & Custody Guidelines along with Parenting Plan
An NGO Child Rights Foundation based in Mumbai has been working for shared parenting and reasonable access of children to fathers/both parents; and high courts of Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh, and Himachal...
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Analysis of provisions for punishing false cases/allegations and false...
Lot of the time people who are facing false cases — be it IPC 498A, false domestic violence allegations under DV Act, — tend to make a demand to lawmakers and political leaders, that a provision of...
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How to safeguard from false cases by wife–Part 1
“How should I safeguard myself and my parents from false cases?” – is one of the most common question raised by men — after having given a brief or not so brief write-up of their story of...
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