Important court decisions for 498A, maintenance, domestic violence, custody, divorce and related legal strategy.
Court: Karnataka High Court Bench: JUSTICE H.N. Narayan Smt. Sumangala Vs. Laxminarayan Anant Hegde & Anr. On 14 January 2003 Law Point: Father of minor taking away his child from custody of mother even without informing her and who is legally entitled for custody of child : That act does not amount to cruelty to […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Paramjeet Singh Saroj Bala @ Geeta Vs. Ashok Kumar Kalyan On 5 February 2013 Law Point: Divorce by mutual consent — Wife residing separately by mutual consent and accepted lump sum amount of maintenance as full and final settlement as paid — Wife not entitled to maintenance. […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICE G.P. Mathur & Dalveer Bhandari Sanghamitra Ghosh Vs. Kajal Kumar Ghosh On 20 November 2006 Law Point: Obligation of Court that marriage status should, as far as possible, as long as possible and whenever possible, be maintained — However when marriage is totally dead, in that event, nothing […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court JUSTICE Vineet Kothari Sheelu Vs. Amar Singh & Anr. On 27 January 2016 Law Point: Adultery — Grounds well established by Husband — Divorce decree sustained. Not fit case of making efforts through mediation for restoration of matrimonial home. JUDGEMENT 1. The present appeal has been filed by the appellant wife […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE G.S. Ahluwalia Sandeep Singh Bais @ Anshu & Ors. Vs. State Of M.P. & Anr. On 9 March 2017 Law Point: General, vague and omnibus allegations cannot be treated as sufficient material to send other relatives of husband who otherwise, do not have anything to do with family […]
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