Supreme Court Directs Contempt Action for False Statements in Rape Case: ABCD v. Union of India (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the investigation into a rape allegation was fair and whether false statements made before the court warrant contempt proceedings. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: ABCD v. Union of India Judgment Date: 10 December 2019 Date […]
Supreme Court Clarifies Safeguards Against Misuse of the Atrocities Act LEGAL ISSUE: Safeguards against misuse of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law, Service Law Case Name: Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan vs. The State of Maharashtra and Anr. [Judgment Date]: 20 March 2018 Can a public servant
LEGAL ISSUE: Whether filing false complaints and allegations by one spouse against the other constitutes cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. CASE TYPE: Divorce Law Case Name: Raj Talreja vs. Kavita Talreja Judgment Date: 24 April 2017 Introduction Can making false and defamatory allegations against a spouse amount to cruelty, thereby justifying a divorce?
