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1 week ago | lawbeat.in | Salil Tiwari

The Chhattisgarh High Court recently upheld disciplinary action taken against a State Bank of India employee for charges including sexual harassment and misbehavior with customers and colleagues. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Arvind Kumar Verma dismissed the appeal filed by Ram Krishna Soni, who had challenged the penalty imposed upon him following an internal inquiry.

1 week ago | lawbeat.in | Salil Tiwari

The Allahabad High Court on May 26, 2025, granted bail to a Jhansi-based lawyer who was arrested earlier this year following allegations of sexual assault, molestation and intimidation made by his minor daughter and niece. The bench of Justice Krishan Pahal noted significant inconsistencies in the testimonies of the alleged victims, absence of forensic evidence, and unexplained delay in lodging the FIR.

1 week ago | lawbeat.in | Salil Tiwari

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a woman who has been granted divorce on the proven ground of adultery is not entitled to maintenance under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). The court quashed the Rs. 4,000 monthly maintenance awarded to the wife by the family court, stating she was disqualified under law.

1 week ago | lawbeat.in | Salil Tiwari

The Calcutta High Court recently set aside a 2018 judgment of a trial court that had dismissed a husband’s plea for divorce, citing not only a complete lack of legal reasoning but also an excessive reliance on “literary jargon” and patriarchal commentary. A division bench of Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Uday Kumar allowed the appeal filed by the husband, granting him divorce on the ground of cruelty. The high court found the trial court’s decision to be "perverse".

1 week ago | lawbeat.in | Salil Tiwari

The bench of Justices J. Nisha Banu and R. Sakthivel made this observation while deciding a husband’s appeal challenging the family court’s rejection of his divorce petition. The husband had sought dissolution of marriage under Section 13(1)(i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, claiming that his wife’s conduct—especially her decision to study in the United States without his consent—amounted to mental cruelty. The couple married in July 2014 and lived briefly together in Hyderabad and Puducherry.