Section 498A IPC Applies To Live-In Relationships Qualifying As ‘Relationships In The Nature Of Marriage’ With Intent To Marry: Supreme Court

In a landmark decision on the scope of matrimonial cruelty laws, a Supreme Court bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh held that Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) applies to women in “live-in relationships” that qualify as “relationships in the nature of marriage,” provided the intent to marry

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