📘 Legal Battle Won by Husband (or His Relatives) | 2nd Edition (2025)
✒️ A Comprehensive Case Law Digest, this book presents a detailed, unbiased, and legally grounded analysis of matrimonial litigation where reliefs have been granted in favour of the husband or his relatives. Authored with a balanced perspective, it focuses on the misuse of matrimonial laws such as Section 498A IPC, Dowry Prohibition, and Domestic Violence Act, offering legal clarity to both practitioners and litigants.

🔍 Key Highlights:

• ⚖️ Covers Over 1500 Judgments/Orders
  Includes 2000+ Catch-notes from the Supreme Court and High Courts across India

• 📚 Law Journal Citations Included
  Equivalent citations from all major law journals are systematically arranged under each case

• 🔍 Focus on Misuse of Matrimonial Laws
  Explores misuse in false dowry cases, malicious prosecution, and abuse of maintenance provisions

• 💬 Judicial Recognition of Male Victimisation
  Presents case laws recognizing harassment, desertion, cruelty, and false allegations against husbands/in-laws

• 🧠 Lucid & Structured Analysis
  Provides clarity on evolving legal principles, maintenance calculations, and cruelty definitions, retaining the structure of the previous edition with extensive updates

👥 Who Should Read This Book?

• ⚖️ Lawyers & Litigants – A vital reference for matrimonial defence, maintenance challenges, and quashing petitions

• 🧑‍💼 Judges & Legal Academicians – For a balanced view on gender-neutral application of matrimonial laws

• 📖 Researchers & Law Students – Ideal for study of Section 498A misuse, Section 125 CrPC, and evolving gender jurisprudence

• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Affected Families & Rights Groups – To understand their rights, remedies, and precedents in their favour

📖 Coverage Includes:

• 🏛️ Domestic Violence Act & 498A IPC Cases
  Judicial safeguards against misuse and overreach

• 📉 Maintenance & Alimony
  Highlights where courts denied or reduced maintenance considering wife’s independent income

• 👨‍👩‍👦 Cruelty, Custody & Divorce
  Cases where husbands were granted divorce on grounds of mental cruelty, desertion, or false cases

• 🧾 Evidence, Burden of Proof & Mens Rea
  How courts assessed evidence, rebutted presumptions, and addressed intent

• 📑 Catch-note Format
  Each judgment is presented with brief facts, legal principles, and outcome, making it easy to reference

🆕 What’s New in the 2nd Edition?

• ✅ Expanded Coverage with New Judgments (till 2025)
  Includes hundreds of new cases, reflecting latest judicial trends

• 🧾 Updated Citations
  All cases linked with latest citations from SCC, AIR, DMC, CriLJ, etc.

• 🧠 Improved Indexing & Accessibility
  Structured thematically and alphabetically for quick reference

📘 A Must-Have Legal Resource for understanding the other side of matrimonial litigation, promoting judicial fairness and preventing legal abuse, while not undermining genuine grievances of women.