Sisters-in-law compelling woman to show clean house on video call is sadistic: Bombay High Court in Section 498A case


Chambers of Ishaan Garg

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Justices AS Gadkari and Neela Gokhale observed that the three sisters-in-law compelling the complainant to show on a video call that the house was clean was a peculiar and sadistic form of ill treatment.


The Bombay High Court recently refused to quash proceedings under section 498A (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against a man and his family. [Hardik Prakash Shah and Ors. v State of Maharashtra and Anr.]