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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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Maintenance

Wife to Maintain Husband if he is unable to Maintain himself

Delhi High Court JUSTICE G.S. Sistani Rani Sethi Vs. Sunil Sethi On 13 May 1994 Law Point: Purpose of Section 24 of Act is to provide support to a spouse who has no independent source of income and is incapable of maintaining himself/herself — Term ‘support’ is not to be construed in a narrow manner […]

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No Maintenance even after Divorce if RCR Decree in Favor of Husband

Calcutta High Court JUSTICES A.K. Chatterjee & Suddheswar Narayan Rabindra Nath Roy Vs Anjana Roy On 21 July 1994 Law Point: Wife can not claim maintenance u/s 125 CrPC, after the marriage is dissolved by decree of divorce following her refusal to comply with the decree for restitution of conjugal rights ? JUDGEMENT 1. The […]

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D. Velusamy Vs D. Patchaiammal

Court:Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES Markandeya Katju & T.S. Thakur D. Velusamy Vs D. Patchaiammal On 21 October 2010 Law Point: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 125 — Maintenance — Divorced wife is treated as a wife for purpose of Section 125, Cr.P.C. but if a person has not even been married obviously […]

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Chaya Vs. K.G. Channappa Gowda

Court: Karnataka High Court Equivalent citations: 1993 CriLJ 767 Bench: JUSTICE M Mirdhe Chaya vs K.G. Channappa Gowda on 22 September, 1992 Law Point: Women to Prove ligitimacy of child for maintenance. Corroboration is insisted by the court not as a rule of law but as a rule of prudence to satisfy the conscience of […]

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Gurdeep Singh Vs. Daljit Kaur

Court: Punjab & Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE V.K. Jhanji Gurdeep Singh Vs. Daljit Kaur On 7 January 1997 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 25 — Permanent Alimony and Maintenance — Permanent alimony can be granted only when “decree” is passed — Order dismissing divorce petition is not ‘decree’ — After dismissal […]

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Rajat Taneja Vs. Harmeeta Singh

Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog Rajat Taneja Vs. Harmeeta Singh On 25 July 2007 Law Point: No opportunity granted to Husband to file reply to application filed by respondent under Section 24 of Hindu Marriage Act — Petitioner entitled to setting aside of order granting monthly maintenance to wife under Section 24 […]

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Ravi Dutta Vs. Kiran Dutta & Anr.

Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Sunil Gaur Ravi Dutta Vs. Kiran Dutta & Anr. On 11 February 2014 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 12, 28, 23(2) — Interim maintenance — Non-consideration of Domestic Incident Report by trial Court — Court trying cases under D.V. Act cannot bypass mandate […]

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Smt. Swastika Sen Vs. State Of West Bengal & Anr

Court: Calcutta High Court Bench: JUSTICE Malay Kumar Basu Smt. Swastika Sen Vs. State Of West Bengal & Anr. On 3 December 2002 Law Point: Maintenance can only be granted to a wife who is indeed unable to maintain herself. This is the clear dictate of law and cannot be permissible. JUDGEMENT This revisional application […]

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Renu Mittal Vs. Anil Mittal & Ors

Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Shiv Narayan Dhingra Renu Mittal Vs. Anil Mittal & Ors. On 27 September 2010 Law Point: Maintenance — Grant of — Jurisdiction under Criminal Procedure Code and Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act is parallel jurisdiction — If maintenance has been granted under Section 125, Cr.P.C. after taking […]

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Pritam Singh Vs. Nirmala Devi

Court:Himachal Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Rajiv Sharma Pritam Singh Vs. Nirmala Devi On 9 April 2014 Law Point: Section 125 — Maintenance — Enhancement — Compromise was arrived at between parties during pendency of proceedings — Compromise was signed by parties and wife had given up her future maintenance — Husband has given pucca house […]

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