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Domestic Violence Law

Sec. 12 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence 2005 (Act) need not be filed within a period of 1 Year of the alleged acts of Domestic Violence.

The Supreme Court on 13/04/2022 held that an application under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act of 2005 (Act) need not be filed within a period of one year of the alleged acts of domestic violence. SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.627 OF 2022 (Arising out
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Legal Reforms

Supreme Court, 5-Judge bench pronounced on August 22, 2017 that Triple Talaq practice was unconstitutional by a 3:2 majority.

Triple Talaq or Talaq-e-Biddat was a practice that allowed a Muslim man to instantaneously and irrevocably divorce his wife by saying the word ‘talaq’ three times successively. Ms Shayara Bano filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the practice. She argued that it violates Muslim women’s right to equality among other constitutional freedoms. This argument was supported by
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Use and Misuse of Section 498A of The Indian Penal Code

Section 498A of IPC Section 498-A: Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty — “Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to
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digital evidence

Navigating Digital Evidence in Family and Criminal Law

In the digital age, evidence no longer solely consists of physical items like documents, weapons, or photographs. Digital evidence, which encompasses emails, text messages, social media posts, digital photographs, GPS data, internet browsing history, chat history, CDR (Call detail record) plays an increasingly crucial role in legal proceedings. However, the complexities of navigating digital evidence
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