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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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Divorce

High Court Corrects Trial Court mistake: Husband’s Plea of Cruelty Finally Heard

Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: Hon’ble Shri Justice Vishal Dhagat & Hon’ble Smt. Justice Anuradha Shukla xxxxx vs yyyyy On 26 August 2025 Law Point: Self-immolation attempt by spouse constitutes mental cruelty, sufficient ground for granting divorce under law. JUDGEMENT 1. Appellant/husband is assailing the impugned judgment and decree dated 08.11.2006 passed in Hindu Matrimonial Case […]

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SUNDER LAL SAINI Vs. MEENA SAINI

Court: DELHI HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE Subramonium Prasad SUNDER LAL SAINI Vs. MEENA SAINI on 9 November 2021 Law Point: (i) Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 125 — Maintenance — Grant of ‘wife’ — Section 125 Cr.P.C. is a tool for social justice enacted to ensure that women and children are protected from a […]

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Wife making allegations of lack of Manliness and Impotency is Cruelty

BOMBAY HIGH COURT JUSTICE A.V. Savant Nirmala Manohar Jagesha Vs. Manohar Shivram Jagesha On 13 Dec 1990 Law Point: Wife making irresponsible, baseless and wild allegations of lack of manliness and impotency of the Husband — Whether would amount to mental cruelty ?  – Yes. JUDGEMENT What is meant by the word “cruelty” in matrimonial […]

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Madhya Pradesh High Court Upholds Divorce for Husband

Court: High Court Of Madhya Pradesh Bench: Hon’ble Shri Justice Vivek Rusia & Hon’ble Shri Justice Gajendra Singh xxxxx vs xxxxx on 5 March 2025 Law Point: Indecent chats with male friends after marriage, despite objections, amounts to mental cruelty and valid ground for divorce under HMA.  JUDGEMENT 1. Appellant-wife has filed this appeal under Section […]

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Shri Rakesh Raman vs Smt. Kavita

Court: SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Bench: SUDHANSHU DHULIA Shri Rakesh Raman vs Smt. Kavita on 26 April 2023 Law Point: Irretrievably Broken Down Marriage Can Be Dissolved On Ground Of ‘Cruelty’ JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal arises out of a divorce proceeding initiated by the appellant under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, (hereinafter […]

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Prabhavathi @ Prabhamani Vs Lakshmeesha M.C

Court: Supreme Court Bench: Justice Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan Prabhavathi @ Prabhamani Vs Lakshmeesha M.C on 12 August, 2024 Law Point: A party causing marital breakdown cannot seek divorce on irretrievable breakdown grounds, as benefiting from misconduct is unjust, ruled SC. JUDGEMENT 1. Leave granted. 2. The challenge herein is to an order dated 14.07.2023 […]

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Kiran Jyot Maini vs Anish Pramod Patel

Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, Vikram Nath Kiran Jyot Maini vs Anish Pramod Patel on 15 July, 2024 Law Point: Marriage was beyond repair, so the court granted divorce and ordered ₹2 crores as a fair one-time settlement for maintenance. JUDGEMENT 1. Leave granted. 2. The present appeals arise out of […]

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Raj Talreja vs Kavita Talreja

Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Justice Deepak Gupta, Adarsh Kumar Goel Raj Talreja vs Kavita Talreja on 24 April, 2017 Law Point: Conduct of a spouse levelling false accusations against other spouse is cruelty JUDGEMENT 1. Parties to the appeal got married in 1989 according to Hindu rites. Out of this wedlock a son was born […]

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K. Srinivas Rao vs D.A. Deepa

Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, Aftab Alam K. Srinivas Rao vs D.A. Deepa on 22 February, 2013 Law Point:  JUDGEMENT 1. Leave granted. 2. This appeal, by special leave, has been filed by the appellant- husband, being aggrieved by the judgment and order dated 8/11/2006 passed by the Andhra Pradesh […]

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Samar Ghosh vs Jaya Ghosh

Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Justice B.N. Agrawal, P.P. Naolekar & Dalveer Bhandari Samar Ghosh vs Jaya Ghosh on 26 March, 2007 Law Point:  JUDGEMENT This is yet another unfortunate matrimonial dispute which has shattered the twenty two year old matrimonial bond between the parties. The appellant and the respondent are senior officials of […]

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