[11] In 2012, along with Judge Pradeep Nandrajog, she established that alimony was not payable if a divorced spouse had the qualifications and ability to earn an income but chose to remain unemployed.
[3][13][14][15] In 2016, Rani also held that the refusal of a woman to consent to sexual intercourse with her husband amounted to "mental cruelty" and was grounds for divorce.
[5] In 2017, she passed an order dismissing a case of rape, and stated in her judgement that "...women use the law as a weapon for vengeance and personal vendetta,” when relationships fail.
[17][18][19][20] The order was widely criticised, with Supreme Court senior counsel Rajeev Dhavan noting for the Indian Express that the order did not contain sufficient reference to the law on bail,[21] legal scholar Usha Ramanathan criticizing the violent imagery of the ruling,[22] Vice-Chancellor Faizan Mustafa of the NALSAR Academy of Law criticizing the use of "majoritarian rhetoric" in the judgment,[23] and Arghya Sengupta, director of the Vidhi Center for Legal Policy, describing the order as being "in equal parts rhetorical, puerile and incomprehensible.
[28][29] Rani completed her graduate education at the University of Delhi, earning an undergraduate degree at Lady Shri Ram College, and an LL.B.