The Calcutta High Court has ruled that asking an educated and earning wife to contribute to household expenses or pay EMIs for a joint property does not constitute ‘cruelty’ under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. In a significant judgment quashing criminal proceedings against a doctor and his son on September 3, 2025, Justice
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