A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking a directive to establish provisions or rules for the mandatory enforcement of protection orders under the... Read more »
A Mumbai court, while hearing a plea filed under the Domestic Violence Act, recently acknowledged the significance of pets in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The case involved a 55-year-old woman seeking maintenance... Read more »
The Bombay High Court recently affirmed that a Muslim woman can seek relief under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act), even after divorce. A single bench of... Read more »
The Supreme Court has recently instructed a couple seeking divorce that they should give their marriage a second try because neither of them could dedicate enough attention to it. A bench of... Read more »
The Bombay High Court has recently held that a transgender person who decides to become a woman through gender reassignment surgery may seek remedy under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act.... Read more »
Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud announced on Wednesday plans for the release of a glossary of inappropriate gender terminology in order to raise awareness about casual and inappropriate allusions to... Read more »
The Supreme Court recently directed the Secretary of the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development to hold a meeting with the Principal Secretaries of all States and Union Territories to address... Read more »
The Delhi High Court on Monday agreed to examine the constitutional validity of Section 19(1)(b) of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005, which prohibits the expulsion of any female from the matrimonial home.... Read more »