According to the Supreme Court, the cruelty statute cannot be abused as a "personal tool to unleash vendetta." Referring to one of its earlier rulings (Kiran Jyot Maini v. Anish Pramod Patel), the ...

The cruelty law cannot be misused as a “personal tool to unleash vendetta,” the court observed. "Section 498(A) was introduced to stop the cruelty inflicted on a woman by her husband and his ...

The Court stated that legal provisions should not be used as a "tool to unleash personal vendetta," reported India Today. This observation came as the Supreme Court set aside a cruelty case filed ...