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Saturday, September 6, 2025
TopicDomestic violence

Topic: domestic violence

Delhi Police sub-inspector alleges abuse by advocate husband, FIR lodged after 3rd complaint

SI Doli Tevathia uploaded 2 security camera footage from 11 December in which her purported husband is seen beating and pushing her to the ground.

Can husband file domestic violence case against wife? Delhi HC to debate law ‘limited to women’

An acrimonious marriage has thrown up a thorny question — can a case be registered by a man against a woman under domestic violence law? According to a lower court in Delhi it can.

Pakistan’s tale of domestic abuse has new entry—actor Feroze Khan’s ex-wife gives proof

A medical report outlining Aliza Sultan's injuries surfaced online, and celebrities, including Osman Khalid Butt, Mushk Kaleem, and Saboor Ali, have come out in support.

Kids not safe with dad, give us custody, plead kin of Sikh woman who died by suicide in US

Mandeep Kaur married Ranjodhbir Singh Sandhu in India in 2015. Last month, she hanged herself at her US home after posting a video about her husband's alleged domestic abuse.

Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial is a good chance to learn nuances of domestic violence

Many have consumed the trial as a form of entertainment to armchair-label either party as the 'real' victim. But it's a story everyone has heard before.

Aussie ex-cricketer Slater, who once made Dravid lose cool, avoids jail for domestic violence

Court dropped the charges of domestic violence on mental health grounds. Last year, Slater had been charged with stalking and intimidating his ex-partner.

Virtual reality could become a big part of attempts to stop domestic violence

The French government has just announced a trial using virtual reality to try to prevent domestic violence.

Pakistanis are divided this week — not over cricket or Taliban, but a slap

A scene from Pakistani serial ‘Laapata’ has gone viral for its portrayal of domestic violence. And its lead actor saying ‘oppression is a choice’.

Delhi court raps Yo Yo Honey Singh for failing to appear in domestic violence case

Shalini Talwar filed a domestic violence case against her husband, Singh, and sought Rs 20 crore as compensation, citing incidents of physical, verbal, mental, and emotional abuse.

Domestic violence valid ground for terminating pregnancy, says Bombay HC

The high court bench allowed the abortion of a 23-week-old healthy foetus, saying the woman had undergone mental trauma and continuation of the pregnancy would add to such trauma.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.