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Section 498A Cases
September 22 , 2025
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- The Supreme Court upheld the Allahabad High Court's 2022 guidelines introducing a two-month ‘cooling period’ in Section 498A cases.
- During this cooling period, no coercive action can be taken, and the matter is referred to a Family Welfare Committee (FWC).
- The ruling came in the case Shivangi Bansal vs Sahib Bansal, decided on July 22, 2025.
- Critics say the cooling period delays justice and undermines the autonomy of criminal justice agencies.
- Section 498A was originally enacted to address cruelty against women in matrimonial settings.
- The courts have previously introduced checks like preliminary enquiry, arrest guidelines (Arnesh Kumar, 2014), and bail safeguards (Satender Kumar Antil, 2022).
- A similar FWC model in Rajesh Sharma (2017) was overturned by a three-judge Bench in Social Action Forum for Manav Adhikar (2018).
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