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Court Rules: No Maternal Family Pension Eligibility for Women Divorced After Father's Death
Nov 25, 2025 05:30 pm CST
The Calcutta High Court has ruled that women who divorce after their father's death are not entitled to maternal family pension benefits. This significant judgment clarifies that pension eligibility requires financial dependency on the father at the time of his death, overturning a previous Central Administrative Tribunal decision that had granted such pension rights to divorced women.
Kerala High Court Rules Broken Marriage Promises Don't Always Constitute Rape: Legal Clarification on Consent and Relationships
Nov 18, 2025 11:39 pm CST
The Kerala High Court has ruled that ending a relationship or marrying someone else does not automatically transform past consensual sexual relationships into rape cases. Justice G Girish clarified that for such charges to stand, it must be proven that deception existed from the beginning of the relationship, emphasizing the importance of distinguishing between genuine relationship breakdowns and fraudulent intent in legal proceedings.
Karnataka High Court Denies Bail in Rape Case Citing Ancient Wisdom and Gandhi's Philosophy on Women's Dignity
Sep 29, 2025 04:06 pm CST
The Karnataka High Court rejected bail for a rape suspect, invoking both Manusmriti and Mahatma Gandhi's teachings on respecting women. The case involves a 19-year-old Scheduled Tribe woman assaulted at Bengaluru's railway station, with Justice S Rachaiah emphasizing the survivor's trauma and the societal importance of protecting women's dignity and safety.
Suspicion, However Strong, Cannot Take Place Of Proof: Mumbai Court
Sep 25, 2025 02:31 am CST
A court in Mumbai has ruled that suspicion, however strong, cannot take the place of proof, as it acquitted a 25-year-old man in a 2022 murder case of a woman, whose body was found in a bag at Versova beach here.
Muslim Man Can't Have Multiple Wives If He Can't Maintain Them: Kerala High Court
Sep 20, 2025 04:10 pm CST
The Kerala High Court has observed that it cannot accept multiple marriages of a Muslim man when he has no capacity to maintain his wives, and one of them approaches the court claiming maintenance.
No Criminal Offence In Merely Supporting Pakistan: Allahabad High Court
Jul 12, 2025 01:44 am CST
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that merely showing support to Pakistan, without referring to any incident or mentioning the name of India.