Practical legal writing on 498A, matrimonial disputes, criminal allegations, maintenance, custody and Indian court procedure.
A husband died by suicide after his wife left the matrimonial home, filed an FIR and initiated maintenance proceedings, while his suicide note blamed her family. But can even an allegedly false matrimonial FIR make the wife’s family guilty of abetment when there was no instigation or intentional aid?
What is Section 498A ? IPC 498A is one of the sections of the Indian Penal Code inserted in the year 1986 to protect women from harassment on account of demand of Dowry. As per definition: The statute says that 498A. Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.—Whoever, being the husband […]
What is Mutual Divorce? When both parties to the marriage want to end the marriage and reach an agreement to this effect and, upon satisfying specific other legal requirements, mutually present a petition for divorce in a court having territorial jurisdiction, it is called Divorce by Mutual Consent and is also colloquially called Mutual Divorce. […]
Recently, when, for some specific purposes, I was looking for the exhaustive definition of Stridhan and its distinction with Dowry, I found the material or definitions available on the net mostly wanting. In most places, it is mentioned that a property acquired by a woman before, at the time of marriage and later is Stridhan. […]
Are You Planning to get married? Then Read On A couple of days ago I came across a news article on this portal about a recent conference held in the Middle East on pre-marital screening for women, which got my immediate attention. Even though it was about medical screening for spinsters in order to avoid […]
When Marriage Void under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, A marriage becomes void, if any of the conditions related to Section 5(1), 5(4), 5(5) of HMA is contravened. These conditions hereto are: Either party Has A Spouse Living At the Time Of The Marriage The Parties To the Marriage Fall within The Degrees Of Prohibited Relationship The […]
Communication between Husband and Wife is considered “Privileged Communication” besides being personal and sensitive at most times. As per the Law Dictionary, a conversation that takes place within the context of a protected relationship between an attorney and client, a husband and wife, a priest and penitent, and a doctor and patient is called Privileged […]
So what is Bail? The word Bail is not defined in CrPC but it has to be understood as a concept. Bail means release of a person from custody of police and his delivery to the sureties who undertake to produce him in court upon appointed day. The jurisprudence of bail deals with the procedural […]
If you are reading this, there is a high chance that you or your dear ones are in matrimonial turmoil, and another easy guess would be that you or dear ones are acquainted and users of various technological advancements like the Internet, Smartphones, WhatsApp, Facebook, etc. Today, if there is a marital dispute, there would […]
I have been attached to a few Men’s Rights Groups. Overall, the group mood is that Man should not file for divorce as he is unlikely to get the same and should contest tooth and nail if filed by a wife. So much so that in the cases of Adultery as well, when there are […]
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