Important court decisions for 498A, maintenance, domestic violence, custody, divorce and related legal strategy.
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE A.K. Awasthy Kamlakant Joshi Vs. Santoshbai Pandya 28 November 2003 Law Point: Wife guilty of making false, baseless and dirty allegations against her husband concerning his character. Husband bound to suffer mental agony and embarrassment living jointly with his parents and family members : Wife living separately from last more […]
Court: SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Bench: JUSTICE Arun Mishra & Mohan M. Shantanagoudar Varala Bharath Kumar And Another Vs. State Of Telangana And Another On 5 September 2017 Law Point: Wife is only citing incidents of unhappiness with her husband, no useful purpose will be served in continuing prosecution against Husband. There is a total […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE R Misra, K Murari Smt. Sadhana Srivastava Vs Sri Arvind Kumar Srivastava on 6 September, 2005 Law Point: Wife had been in the habit of keeping the husband under mental torture either by teasing his parents or spreading frivolous stories in the family which amounted to cruelty. JUDGEMENT 1. […]
Court: DELHI HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE P.S. Teji Satish Kumar Bhatia Vs. State On 30 March 2017 Law Point: No proof to say that deceased Wife was harassed or meted with cruelty for or in connection with demand of dowry. Husband Acquitted. JUDGEMENT The present appeal has been filed under Section 374, Cr.P.C. against judgment […]
Court:PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE S.D. Anand ROMESH SHARMA Vs. PREM KUMAR SHARMA On 5 May 2009 Law Point: Wife is staying away from matrimonial house without any reasonable cause. She is not at all proved to be willing to resume cohabitation. Petition for divorce of Husband allowed. JUDGEMENT Parmanand Mishra, the husband […]
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