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- The Karnataka High Court, hearing a petition by a woman's husband's relatives to quash criminal proceedings against them, questioned whether allegations such as being asked to cook dosas and ragi balls, eating after her husband, hair loss, and a forced shampoo change amount to cruelty under Section 498A.
- Justice M Nagaprasanna said such claims are domestic skirmishes that may be raised as grounds in divorce proceedings but cannot be elevated to criminal cruelty.
- The ruling clarifies the court's view on the threshold for domestic cruelty claims under Section 498A, now replaced by Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
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- Whether the court quashes the criminal proceedings against the mother-in-law and other relatives
- Whether the woman pursues the allegations as grounds in divorce proceedings instead
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