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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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U. Sree Vs. U. Srinivas

Court:Supreme Court Bench: JUSTICE K.S. Radhakrishnan & Dipak Misra U. Sree Vs. U.Srinivas On 11 December 2012 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Divorce — Cruelty by wife — Permanent alimony of Rs. 5 lakh awarded by Family Judge — Husband clearly deposed about constant and consistent ill-treatment meted out to […]

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State Of Gujarat Vs. Gajendrabhai Amrutlal Parmar

Court:Gujarat High Court Bench: JUSTICE K.S. Jhaveri & K.M. Thaker State Of Gujrat Vs. Gajendrahai Amrutlal Parmar & Ors. On 04 July 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 304B, 306 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 114 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 378 — Cruelty — Dowry Death — […]

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Anurag Bajpai Vs. Indira Bajpai

Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE Ashok Bhushan & Abhinava Upadhya Anurag Bajpai Vs. Indira Bajpai On 02 September 2013 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia), (ib) — Family Courts Act, 1984 — Sections 10, 14, 19 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 506 — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — […]

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Conditions when Interim Maintenance can be Challenged

Supreme Court of India JUSTICE R.C. Lahoti & Brijesh Kumar Prasanta Kumar Dey Vs. State of West Bengal & Anr. On 04 Decemer 2000 Law Point: Second Revision Application: Maintainability : Fit Case for Interference, Shorn of Technicalities Under Section 401 r/w Section 482, Cr.P.C. — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Sections 125, 126(2), 397, […]

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Wife and Other Dependent not Entitled for more than One Fifth Income

Calcutta High Court JUSTICE Basudeva Panigrahi Dhananjoy Samanta Vs. Sabitri Samanta On 14 March 2000 Law Point: Wife and Other Dependent Shall Not be Entitled to More Than 1/5th Each From Gross Amount — Petitioner receiving Rs. 5,700/- p.m. as salary as Assistant Teacher — Petitioner liable to pay @ Rs. 1,150/- to opposite party […]

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304B – No Conviction if Dying Declaration not Supported by Medical Certificate

Patna High Court JUSTICE Vinod Kumar Sinha Dileep Rajak & Anr. Vs. State On 6 March 2018 Law Point: Sections 306, 498A — Abetment of Suicide — Cruelty — No iota of evidence in testimony of PWs to support prosecution case with regard to torture or harassment to deceased and forcing her to commit suicide […]

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Savita Soni Vs. Sanjay Soni & Ors.

Court:Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE N.K. Gupta Savita Soni Vs. Sanjay Soni & Ors. On 10 October 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 378(4) — Cruelty — Appeal against acquittal — No illegality or perversity — Complainant left the matrimonial house after 2 […]

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Wife Staying Away w/o Justifiable Reason No Maintenance

Supreme Court of India JUSTICE B.P. Singh & Arun Kumar Ramkaran Vs. Gyarsi & Anr. On 24 January 2005 Law Point: Maintenance rejected to wife as she separated from appellant-husband for no justifiable reason — Father of respondent was demanding sum of Rs. 30,000/- for sending her to house of appellant-husband — Revisional Court confirmed […]

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Avtar Singh Vs. Balbir Kaur

Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Jagdish Chandra Avtar Singh Vs. Balbir Kaur On 27 Nov 1986 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), 13(1)(ib) — Cruelty and desertion — Appellant filed petition for divorce pleading cruelty and desertion since June, 1981 for a continuous period of three years — Trial court dismissed […]

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Interim Maintenance Orders Interlocutory Revision Not Maintainable

Andhra Pradesh High Court JUSTICE K.B. Siddappa Jupally Veeraswamy Vs. Jupally Shantamma & Anr. On 8 April 1996 Law Point: No revision against an interlocutory order, second revision application not maintainable — Exercise of extra-ordinary jurisdiction of High Court u/Sec. 482, Cr.P.C. — To correct the abuse of process of Court — Not to convert […]

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