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: Bombay High Court Bench: A.M. Khanwilkar, Mridula Bhatkar Mr.Prakash Alumal Kalandari vs Mrs.Jahnavi Prakash Kalandari on 6 May, 2011 Ms. S.P. Nanavati, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.Anil Menon with Mr. S.B. Shetty For the respondent. Law Point: Wife gone back on Mutual Divorce, case dismissed with cost JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal takes exception to the Judgment and Decree passed by […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: D.K. Jain, H.L. Dattu Hitesh Bhatnagar vs Deepa Bhatnagar on 18 April, 2011 Law Point: IRBM turned down, infinitesimal chance for the marriage to survive. JUDGEMENT 1) Marriages are made in heaven, or so it is said. But we are more often than not made to wonder what happens […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE P.VELMURUGAN Vijesh vs Arya on 25 January, 2021 Law Point: Case instituted against petitioner husband on sole intention of harassing respondent not established bona fide reason for temporary residence. case dismissed JUDGEMENT 1. The first petitioner is the husband, second and third petitioners are the parents of the first […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: J. Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud & J. Dinesh Maheshwari Veena Mittal vs The State Of Uttar Pradesh on 24 January, 2022 Law Point: No specific allegation against mother and sister of bridegroom under sections 498A, 420, 406, Dowry Prohibition Act FIR quash JUDGEMENT 1 Leave granted. 2 This appeal […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE KAILASH GAMBHIR Smt. Nitu Aggarwal vs Sh Gireesh Gupta on 19 November, 2010 Mr. Rajiv Shukla, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.Gyan Prakash, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Roping in relatives in false cases amounts to cruelty towards husband JUDGEMENT 1. By this appeal filed under Section 28 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 the appellant […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: MR.JUSTICE ELIPE DHARMA RAO and MR.JUSTICE K.K.SASIDHARAN R.Sridharan vs The Presiding Officer on 9 July, 2010 Mr.K.Chandra Mouli, Adv. For the appellant. Mrs.Geetha Ramaseshan, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Husband US citizen, wife invoking Jurisdiction u/s 19(iii)(a) of HMA to file Divoce in India JUDGEMENT The legality of a matrimonial proceeding initiated by the wife before a family […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Equivalent citations: AIR 1996 P H 98 Bench: JUSTICE S Saksena Rama Kanta vs Mohinder Laxmidas Bhandula on 7 February, 1995 Law Point: Threats & attempts to commit suicide & lodging false 498A is ground for divorce JUDGEMENT 1. The appellant wife has assailed the judgment and decree dated […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court Equivalent citations: AIR 1986 Raj 13, 1985 (1) WLN 437 Bench: G M Lodha Smt. Shanti Devi vs Raghav Prakash on 29 October, 1984 Law Point: Calling husband impotent, burning his PhD thesis, false allegations amount to cruelty JUDGEMENT 1. An unfortunate feud between the husband & wife has resulted in […]
Court: Mahila Court, Central Distt, Delhi Bench: JUSTICE O.P.DWIVEDI Harpreet Kaur vs Sh. Dilvinder Singh Bedi on 24-05-2011 Law Point: Husband lost job because of complaint,maintenance denied JUDGEMENT Vide this order, I shall dispose off the interim application filed by the complainant u/s 23(2) of D.V. Act filed along with the petition u/s 12 of D.V. […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: V.S. Sirpurkar, T.S. Thakur Ruchi Majoo vs Sanjeev Majoo on 13 May, 2011 Law Point: Husband lost job because of complaint,maintenance denied JUDGEMENT Leave granted. Conflict of laws and jurisdictions in the realm of private international law is a phenomenon that has assumed greater dimensions with the spread […]