Cruelty to Wife-- Live-in Relationship in the Nature of Marriage -- Applicability of S.498A IPC extended to such relationships
Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.498A -- Cruelty -- Live-in Relationship in the Nature of Marriage -- Applicability of Section 498A IPC extends to live-in relationships qualifying as relationships in the nature of marriage where intent to marry is established. Distinction between married woman and woman in such relationship has no rational nexus with the object of preventing domestic cruelty and is violative of Article 14 of the Constitution. Protection is confined to relationships between two consenting adults, and safeguards against arrest laid down in Arnesh Kumar continue to apply.
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