The Madras High Court has quashed a criminal case against a woman accused of killing her husband, who allegedly attempted to sexually assault their 21-year-old daughter while in a drunken state. Justice... Read more »
A Kerala court sentenced a 48-year-old man to 14 years in prison for aggravated sexual assault on his 14-year-old daughter. R Rekha, a Thiruvananthapuram Fast Track Special Court Judge, sentenced the man... Read more »
A Delhi court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping his 11-year-old daughter. Special Judge Anu Aggarwal sentenced the man, who was earlier convicted under section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual... Read more »
A special POCSO court in Maharashtra Thane’s district has sentenced a 44-year-old man to five years of imprisonment for repeatedly outraging the modesty of his 15-year-old daughter. V V Virkar, Special Judge... Read more »
The Delhi High Court has held that, while an unmarried or widowed daughter has a legitimate claim in her deceased father’s estate, the same entitlement does not extend to a divorced daughter,... Read more »
The Kerala High Court has recently held that every unmarried daughter regardless of religion, has the right to get reasonable marriage expenses from her father. A division bench of Justice Anil K... Read more »
The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court recently held that even if a daughter is given dowry at the time of her marriage, her entitlement to the family’s possessions does not end... Read more »