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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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Richhpal Kaur Vs. The State of Haryana

Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE G.S. Chahal Richhpal Kaur Vs. The State of Haryana On 23 January 1991 Law Point: With respect to charge under section 498-A, Indian Penal Code, the allegations made in the complaint do not make out an offence. JUDGEMENT 1. Smt. Richhpal Kaur and others have come up […]

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Ravinder Kumar Vs. Smt. Sunita & Anr.

Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Ashutosh Mohunta Ravinder Kumar Vs. Smt. Sunita & Anr. On 21 May 2002 Law Point: Sections 125(4), 482 — Maintenance: Adultery: Wife Living in Adultery not Entitled to Receive any Allowance from her Husband: Order Passed by Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class Quashed. JUDGEMENT 1. This is a […]

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Asit Kumar Barman Vs. Radha Barman @ Bauri

Court: Calcutta High Court Bench: JUSTICE Gitesh Ranjan Bhattacharjee Asit Kumar Barman Vs. Radha Barman @ Bauri On 22 January 1993 Law Point: Section 125 — Sessions Judge granted maintenance after revising the order of Judicial Magistrate — Discrepancy between evidence and original case about time and place — Difference between social and educational level […]

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Ramesh Chand Vs. State of U.P. and Anr.

Court: High Court Of Allahabad Bench: JUSTICE Palok Basu Ramesh Chand vs. State of U.P. and Anr. On 25 November 1991 Law Point: Section 498-A Complaint could succeed only if it can be proved that there was an “unlawful demand” by the husband of some money. Assuming that the husband had asked the wife to […]

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Lekhraj Chunilal Jaisingh Vs. Komal @ Anita & Ors.

Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE V.P. Tipnis Lekhraj Chunilal Jaisingh Vs. Komal @ Anita & Ors. On 4 March 1994 Law Point: Secs. 482, 125 — Quashing Proceedings — Maintenance proceedings — Husband directed lo deposited 75,000/ — Full and final settlement — Whether proceedings liable to be quashed ? — (Yes). JUDGEMENT By […]

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Sukro Devi Vs. State Of Jharkhand & Anr.

Court: Jharkhand High Court Bench: JUSTICE D.G.R. Patnaik Sukro Devi Vs. State Of Jharkhand & Anr. On 19 June 2007 Law Point: Section 125(4) — Maintenance — Adultery — Both Courts below recorded findings of fact and assigned adequate grounds for such findings — Facts of case suggest it was not isolated or solitary instance […]

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Tarsem Singh Vs. State Of Punjab

Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES S.B. Sinha & Cyriac Joseph Tarsem Singh Vs. State Of Punjab On 12 December 2008 Law Point: Nothing on record to show any demand of dowry made soon before her death — High Court failed to notice no evidence brought on record to show cruelty or harassment was […]

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Vimla Bai Vs. Panchu Lal

Court: High Court of Rajasthan Bench: JUSTICE Shiv Kumar Sharma and Vineet Kothari Vimla Bai Vs. Panchu Lal On 05 February 2007 Law Point: Involvement of Appellant wife in a murder case amounts to cruelty and Family Court had rightly granted decree of divorce. JUDGEMENT 1. The relationship between the spouses is a matter concerning […]

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Gurvinder Singh Vs. Murti And Others

Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE S.S. Grewal Gurvinder Singh Vs. Murti And Others On 15 January 1990 Law Point: Nonpayment of Interim Maintenance — Defence struck off — Order challenged — Contention that trial Court has not followed the proper procedure for recovery of maintenance as specifically provided under Sub-section (3) of […]

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Sarla Prabhakar Waghmare Vs. State of Maharashtra and Ors.

Court:HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY Bench: JUSTICE M.M. Qazi PARMANAND MISHRA Vs. REKHA MISHRA On 13 May 1994 Law Point: Section 498-A – Acquittal – Held, it did not appear that applicant had conclusively established that the beating and harassment was with a view to force her to commit suicide or to fulfil the illegal demands […]

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