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: Calcutta High Court Bench: JUSTICE Ashis Kumar Chakraborty Tripti Chakraborty Vs. Anjan Chakraborty On 28 July 2017 Law Point: Post held by Husband and monthly salary are important factors to be considered in determination of amount of maintenance. JUDGEMENT This revisional application, at the instance of the respondent wife in the matrimonial suit, is directed against […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA J.L.Goel & Ors. vs Rajesh Kumar Jain & Anr. on 30 August, 2010 Mr. M.A. Khan and Mr. Mir Akhtar Hussain, Adv. For the appellant. Mr. O.P. Saxena, Additional Public Prosecutor For the respondent. Law Point: Commiting forgery with court records, wife changed the FIR with improved version in collusion with record keeper. JUDGEMENT […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog & Yogesh Khanna Manoj Kumar Vs. Pinki Rani On 22 November 2016 Law Point: Respondent-wife failed to establish charge of illegal relationship of appellant-husband with lady concerned. Marriage irretrievably broken, cruelty established. JUDGEMENT 1. The appeal has reached for hearing. 2. None has appeared for the respondent. 3. […]
Court: SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Bench: JUSTICE A Pasayat, D Bhandari Smt. Mayadevi vs Jagdish Prasad on 21/02/2007 Law Point: Cruelty in matrimonial life may be of unfounded variety, may be words, gestures or by mere silence, violent or non-violent JUDGEMENT Leave granted. Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment rendered by a learned Single Judge of […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE P Gaikwad State Of Maharashtra vs Madhu Bhisham Bhatia And Ors. on 16 February, 2004 Law Point: Wife herself contending that presently she is residing with her Husband and other family members including father-in-law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law and that whatever differences between the parties has now settled. Husband Acquitted. JUDGEMENT 1. […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE PRATIBHA RANI Kamini Sondhi vs Kapil Sondhi on 9 September 2016 Law Point: Sexless marriage, Wife made false complaints to husband’s boss, hence Divorce on mental cruelty. JUDGEMENT 1. The appellant/wife has preferred this appeal impugning the judgment and decree dated April 01, 2016 whereby her marriage with the respondent/husband […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH Bench: Meenakshi Jatav V. Seema Sehar on 28 January, 2013 Law Point: JUDGEMENT This petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C is preferred by the petitioners for setting-aside the order dated 17.07.2012 passed by J.M.F.C, Ambah, District Morena in Criminal Case No. 109/12 whereby, the learned Magistrate had issued notices […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Sunil Gaur Vikas Shukla vs Central Bureau Of Investigation & on 20 November, 2014 Law Point: Electronic record only admissible in evidence when it was in accordance with procedure prescribed under section 65B of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 JUDGEMENT 1. In the above captioned two petitions, the challenge is […]
The guidelines laid down in Kusum Sharma v. Mahinder Kumar Sharma (Delhi High Court) have now been superseded by the Supreme Court’s judgment in Rajnesh v. Neha (2020), which provides the uniform framework for determining maintenance across India. Court: High Court Of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE J.R. MIDHA Kusum Sharma vs Mahinder Kumar Sharma on 14 January, 2015 […]
Court: Calcutta High Court Bench: Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul) Sarju Kumar Sarkar & Ors vs The State Of West Bengal & Anr on 19 January, 2023 Law Point: No evidence that complainant subjected to Cruelty of such nature as defined under seciton 498A, IPC Nor any material or evidence to show that there was entrustment and misappropriation […]