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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Supreme Court of India JUSTICE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA Atul Shukla Vs. The State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr. On 20 August 2018 Law Point: No Criminal Court can alter, modify or review it’s own order. JUDGEMENT Leave granted. A First Information Report being FIR No. 575/2016 was registered at […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES Dr. Arijit Pasayat and D.K. Jain Shivanand Mallappa Koti Vs. The State of Karnataka On 05 June 2007 Law Point: Conviction for offence under Section 498 cannot be sustained in absence of unlawful demand for property and valuable articles. JUDGEMENT 1. In the present appeal, challenge is to […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE D Deshpande, S Bobde Kiran Tulshiram Ingale vs Anupama P. Gaikwad And Ors. on 25 July, 2006 Law Point: The criminal proceedings against Husband so also his conviction quashed in view of the mutual understanding, divorce and compromise between Husband and Wife. JUDGEMENT 1. Heard advocates for the petitioner […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE N Dabholkar, A Naik, N Patil N.P. ABU Vs. VELLAM THOTTIL ASMA & ORS. On 26 August 1998 Law Point: No Permanent Alimony in Sec 11, Permanent Alimony may be asked in sec 12. JUDGEMENT 1. While considering Family Court Appeal No. 12/2003, Bhausaheb v. Leelabai, a Division Bench […]
Court:SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Bench: JUSTICE D.P. Mohapatra & Brijesh Kumar PRAVEEN MEHTA Vs. INDERJIT MEHTA On 11 July 2002 Law Point: Denial of sexual intercourse amounts to cruelty. JUDGEMENT 1. What is the meaning and import of the expression ‘cruelty’ as a matrimonial offence is the core question on the determination of which […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF DELHI Equivalent citations: II (2007) DMC 644 Bench: S N Dhingra Kanchan Gulati And Anr. vs The State And Ors. on 12 September, 2007 Law Point: Wife lost divorce proceedings in US, filed 498A complaint against relatives in India, FIR quashed against relatives of NRI JUDGEMENT 1. This writ petition under […]
Court: SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Bench: Chandramauli Kr. Prasad and Pinaki Chandra Ghose Arnesh Kumar VS State of Bihar and Anr. Dated July 2, 2014 JUDGEMENT The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter called as IPC) and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, […]