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Kanwar Yatra: SC seeks UP government’s response to plea against QR code mandate to food sellers

Secretly recording your spouse’s conversation doesn’t protect ‘dignity’. Supreme Court must understand this

July 17, 2025 6:36 pm

Dignity cannot be a one-way street. It must be available to the person being mocked and the person being watched.

In her complaint, the woman had said that she was subjected to domestic violence from 1998, including physical violence by her husband.

Court enhances compensation in domestic violence case to Rs 1 cr from Rs 5 lakh

June 06, 2025 9:36 pm

In 2020, the Andheri magistrate court had directed that the woman subjected to domestic violence be paid Rs 5 lakh as compensation and a monthly maintenance of Rs 1 lakh.

UK man sedates, rapes wife for years, then confesses to her. 5 years later, he was convicted

May 14, 2025 6:26 pm

For years, sleepwalking or illness had explained mornings when the woman woke to find him having sex with her, acts she could never consent to while unconscious.

Bombay HC flags 'copy-paste' statements in chargesheets, raise doubts over whether police call witnesses at all

May 06, 2025 6:06 pm

Taking suo motu cognisance of the issue, the Bombay High Court says such identical statements are often found in chargesheets filed in domestic violence cases.

Domestic violence, assault among most reported crimes to NCW

May 04, 2025 12:05 pm

Sexual harassment drew 302 complaints, while cybercrimes against women accounted for 110 cases.

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In domestic violence case against ex-Maharashtra minister, court says estranged partner, daughter entitled to same lifestyle as him

April 09, 2025 1:17 pm

Domestic Violence Case Update: On February 4, a Bandra magistrate court had directed the former Maharashtra minister to pay monthly maintenance of Rs 2 lakh to his estranged partner and daughter.

‘False’ dowry cases are not evidence of feminism gone rogue — they only show that India’s justice system is failing

January 14, 2025 7:07 am

Women may be more predisposed to use provisions such the section 498A against fiancés and husbands ‘appropriately’ if they were perceived as rights-bearing citizens whose intentions and motivations were not always suspect. Instead, women and marginalised communities tend to approach the police and courts as a last resort.

Ankit Mittal is an officer of the 2014 batch. (Express photo)

UP IPS officer suspended after wife’s ‘domestic violence’ charge

June 25, 2024 9:06 am

Mittal, born in 1989, holds a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering. He has previously served in Rampur and Chitrakoot districts.

Cassie Ventura has broken her silence after video depicting Sean Diddy Combs physically assaulting her has surfaced (Instagram/cassieventura/seandiddycombs)

Cassie Ventura pens emotional note amid Sean Diddy Combs' physical assault video making the rounds: 'I will always be recovering from my past'

May 23, 2024 10:14 pm

After a video, depicting her then-boyfriend, Sean Diddy Combs, physically assaulting her, surfaced, Cassie Ventura, expressed gratitude for the overwhelming support she has received, in a social media post.

Man behind viral ‘gold-white’ dress debate of 2015 admits to strangling wife; here’s all you need to know

May 12, 2024 12:46 pm

The marriage went down after Keir Johnston stopped his wife Grace from giving a job interview.

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France pledges millions to stop domestic violence after mass protests

November 26, 2019 10:11 am

At least 138 women have been killed by their partners this year in France, according to activists who track the deaths. Many had reported abuse to police.