Important court decisions for 498A, maintenance, domestic violence, custody, divorce and related legal strategy.
Court: Gauhati High Court Bench: JUSTICE B.P. Katakey, P.K. Saikia Smt. Bichitra Bharali Kalita Vs. Dipak Chandra Kalita on 12 March 2014 Law Point: Wife lodged false criminal proceeding and threatened to commit suicide. Levelling such serious allegations, in absence of any proof thereof, itself amounts to cruelty. Divorce granted on the ground of cruelty. […]
Court: Karnataka High Court Bench: JUSTICE M.S. Nesargi Abdulmunaf Vs. Salima on 29 May 1978 Law Point: Wife is capable of earning in view of her being a normal healthy person and educated up to SSLC. Refusal to earning by such wife may be taken into consideration while considering the quantum of maintenance. JUDGEMENT 1. […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE Rajiv Sharma and Mahendra Daya Archana Sharma Vs. Mukesh Kumar Sharma On 22 September 2014 Law Point: Divorce on ground of cruelty – Appeal – Cruelty includes not only physical cruelty but also mental cruelty. Sufficient material on record to prove that wife had treated husband with mental cruelty […]
Court: Karnataka High Court Bench: JUSTICE J.B. Garg Veerashetty and Ors. vs. Suresh On 13 April 2017 Law Point: SECTION 125-Claim for maintenance by an aged father against his two sons-Order passed by the Family Court directing the petitioners/sons to pay maintenance to the respondent/father-Revision against-Sacrosanct duty of children to maintain their parents. JUDGEMENT 1. […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Sanjiv Khanna and R.K. Gauba Shaukat and Ors. Vs. State On 24 November 2015 Law Point: Error free CDRs with data like IMEI number give an equanimous assurance that the mobile phone instrument was used with the particular SIM card. CDRs with IMEI number, when authentic, would conclusively establish […]
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