Important court decisions for 498A, maintenance, domestic violence, custody, divorce and related legal strategy.
Court: MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE Sheel Nagu Raju @ Nagendra Singh Chauhan & Anr. Vs. State Of M.P. & Anr. On 24 November 2017 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Cruelty — Allegation of cruelty made in very vague and non-specific manner — Total absence of description of […]
Court:BOMBAY HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE T.V. Nalawade, J. & S.M. Gavhane Rakesh Vs. Vaishali On 13 October 2017 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 9, 13(1)(ia), 13(1)(ib), 13(1)(iii) — Restitution of conjugal rights — Cruelty — Desertion — Mental illness — Unsound mind — Grant of divorce — Respondent-wife alleged to be […]
CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT JUSTICE Goutam Bhaduri Nafisa Anjum & Ors. Vs. State Of Chhattisgarh & Anr. On 26 September 2018 Law Point: Omnibus allegations against petitioners — No averments that petitioners were part of shared household — Petitioners are not residing with husband of complainant/respondent and/or in any part of shared household — Domestic relationship […]
Court: JHARKHAND HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE Aparesh Kumar Singh, J. & B.B. Mangalmurti Ajay Narayan Das Vs. Asha Devi On 2 February 2018 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Mental Cruelty — Implicating family of husband in criminal case knowingly amounts to cruelty — With a view to put pressure upon […]
Court:PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICES JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL AND SNEH PRASHAR Anita Rani vs Suresh Kumar On 26 February 2015 Law Point: Wife files false criminal cases against the husband, breaking & throwing mangal sutra, getting husband arrested, neglecting household and ill-treated husband etc. are cruelty. Divorce granted by the court. JUDGEMENT […]
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