Some years back, I was sucked into the labyrinth of Indian Matrimonial laws and a false 498a in particular. To be fair, before it hit me, it was difficult for me to fathom the wide spread misuse of dowry laws and specially 498a in India.
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Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: Justice Sanjay Dwivedi Umang Singhar vs State of Madhya Pradesh on 21 September, 2023 Law Point: Section 377 – offence of section 377 between husband and wife has no place JUDGEMENT 1. On finding the pleadings being complete and the learned counsel for the rival parties concurred to argue […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: Justice Prem Narayan Singh Smt. Sangeeta Rathore vs Naresh Rathore on 17 August, 2023 Law Point: Wife should be legally wedded wife for claiming maintenance from her husband JUDGEMENT This criminal revision has been filed by the petitioner under Section 19(4) of Family Court Act, 1984 being aggrieved by […]
Ever since the Me Too Movement started, I have alluded to it with one of my favourite stories – Monkey’s Paw. Most of you would have read the story. For those who have not, the brief story is as follows: The story revolves around a couple, Mr. and Mrs. White, who have almost everything an average couple would […]
Introduction Evidences, as one describe in common language, is the material used by the judge or adjudicator to verify the fact, allegation or the person’s identity. In this we are only going to use the evidences that are required in the courts in the criminal or civil proceedings. Evidence means proofs. This document is required […]
In the recent judgment delivered by Justice Rajasekhar Mantha, Calcutta High Court, on 23rd July 2021, the Court gave a landmark decision on the rights of senior citizens. The Court upheld the principle, also followed by Delhi High Court in Sandeep Gulati v. Divisional Commissioner and Punjab & Haryana High Court in Manmohan Singh v. […]
Off with their heads; Off with their heads. Cried the red queen. We would fix the blame later. The above lines from “Alice in Wonderland” ring much too often in my ears whenever I see mob justice and people glorifying it and when the media is satisfied beating drums just to assist the brainwashing of […]
Court: Jharkhand High Court Bench: Justice Shree Chandrashekhar Avinash Kumar vs The State Of Jharkhand on 23 July, 2021 Law Point: No Specific evidence against husband to establish that he contracted second marriage. Conviction revoked. JUDGEMENT 1. The petitioner who was made accused along with his other family members has challenged the judgment dated 08.12.2014 […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: J.J. Munir Reetu And Another vs State Of U.P. And 9 Others on 17 September, 2020 Law Point: Habeas Corpus – Custody of child can certainly be issued where child is in custody of relative or a person, who is not lawful guardian though not an utter stranger JUDGEMENT 1. […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: Justice Bharati Dangre Harshada Tejas Narute vs Tejas Mukund Narute on 8 October, 2021 Law Point: Divorce filed by husband not transferred to wife location JUDGEMENT 1. The Applicant/Wife has sought transfer of proceedings filed byl the Respondent/Husbyand in form of Marriage Petition No.550 of 2002 byefore the learned Civil […]
Court: Chattisgarh High Court Bench: Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal Shankar Prasad vs Radheshyam And Others on 13 July, 2021 Law Point: (i) Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – Sections 5(i), 11 – Valid marriage – Null and void marriage – Scope and ambit of provisions. (ii) Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – Section 5(i) – Monogamy, Spouse […]