Important court decisions for 498A, maintenance, domestic violence, custody, divorce and related legal strategy.
Court: HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH Bench: JUSTICE C.V. Sirpurkar Amit Patel Vs. State of M.P. and another on 9 March 2018 Law Point: No specific allegations about SC AT Act, Physical relations established with consent. Anticipatory Bail granted to Accused JUDGEMENT Shri Anil Khare, senior counsel with Shri Jasneet Singh Hora, counsel for the appellant. Shri [β¦]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: Justice A. Badharudeen Ajith Vs State of Kerala on 13 March, 2025 Law Point: A false promise of marriage, absent inducement or deceit vitiating consent, does not attract the offense of rape under Section 376 IPC. JUDGEMENT This Criminal Miscellaneous Case has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of [β¦]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, Vikram Nath Kiran Jyot Maini vs Anish Pramod Patel on 15 July, 2024 Law Point: Marriage was beyond repair, so the court granted divorce and ordered βΉ2 crores as a fair one-time settlement for maintenance. JUDGEMENT 1. Leave granted. 2. The present appeals arise out of [β¦]
Court: Orissa High Court Bench: Justice G. Satapathy Bhupendra Singh Notey vs Gagandeep Kaur on 30 January, 2025 Law Point: The Orissa High Court criticized educated men who stay jobless to avoid maintenance and rejected the husbandβs plea in this case. JUDGEMENT 1. This writ petition by the petitioner-husband is directed against the impugned order dated [β¦]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Justice Deepak Gupta, Adarsh Kumar Goel Raj Talreja vs Kavita Talreja on 24 April, 2017 Law Point: Conduct of a spouse levelling false accusations against other spouse is cruelty JUDGEMENT 1. Parties to the appeal got married in 1989 according to Hindu rites. Out of this wedlock a son was born [β¦]
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