Pendency of matrimonial litigation does not grant license to forcibly enter a house without permission and assault the occupants. Even if the incident occurred in the presence of police offi..

Rent escalation clause in an unregistered lease deed is enforceable where the tenant continues to occupy the premises beyond the initial one-year period. An escalation clause operates automa..

The presumption of validity available to documents exceeding thirty years under Section 90 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, does not apply to Wills. A Will must be proved by strict complian..

Mere threats, absent clear intention to cause alarm and vague allegations unsupported by prima facie cogent evidence, cannot sustain a charge under Section 506 IPC. Mere presence of a lawyer..

Prolonged separation of parties amounting to irretrievable breakdown of marriage falls within the ambit of "mental cruelty" under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. Where mar..

Under Section 125 CrPC, a wife cannot claim maintenance if her own acts or omissions, or those of her family members, cause or contribute to the husband's incapacity to earn. Granting mainte..

To establish an offence under Section 498A IPC, the prosecution must prove cruelty beyond reasonable doubt with specific instances of torture inflicted with intent to cause grave injury or d..

Division Bench order granting maternity leave for third child, based on Supreme Court precedent in Umadevi v. Government of Tamil Nadu, operates in rem and establishes a binding legal princi..

Lawyers have no right to go on strike, give a call for boycott, or observe even a token strike. Lawyers abstaining from work hold litigants to ransom and directly violate the constitutional ..

The proviso to Section 14(1), Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, permits waiver of the one-year period under Section 13-B(1) where the marriage was never consummated, parties lived separately since i..

Statement "go away and die" made during a heated quarrel lacks the necessary mens rea to attract Section 306 IPC (Abetment of Suicide). Casual words uttered in the spur of the moment, withou..

Levelling unproven accusations of adultery against a wife constitutes cruelty under Section 13(1)(i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, and negates the husband's claim of desertion. Serious ..