Srinagar, March 13 (IANS) Whether or not the discrimination against women in terms of property ownership and other rights was intended or inadvertent in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) till Article 370 remained in force, the irrefutable fact is that gender discrimination was evident and encouraged.Before Article 370 and Article 35A were abrogated by the Parliament of India on August 5, 2019, women had very temporary rights of property ownership in J&K.Once a woman belonging to J&K chose her …
Latest Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act News & Updates
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami on petitions filed by his estranged wife Hasin Jahan seeking transfer of matrimonial proceedings, including her maintenance plea and domestic violence complaint, from West Bengal to Delhi. A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Manmohan passed the order while hearing the petitions moved by Hasin Jahan, who has sought transfer of proceedings pending in Kolkata under the Protection of Women from Dome…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with an order granting Rs 26,000 per month as interim maintenance to a woman under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDV Act), holding that unproven allegations of adultery cannot be a ground to deny such relief at the interim stage. A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma dismissed a criminal revision petition filed by the husband, who had challenged concurrent orders of a magistrate and a sess…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR in a matrimonial dispute, ruling that the allegations of cruelty and breach of trust were “vague, omnibus, and generic” and amounted to an abuse of law. A single-judge Bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna allowed a plea filed by a husband and his father seeking quashing of an FIR registered at Hauz Khas police station under Sections 498A, 406, and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on the basis of a complaint lodged by the wife….