Important court decisions for 498A, maintenance, domestic violence, custody, divorce and related legal strategy.
Court: Chhattisgarh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pritinker Diwaker Sanjay Kumar Manwani (Dr) Vs. State of Chhattisgarh On 21 May 2018 Law Point: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 β Section 438 β Indian Penal Code, 1860 β Sections 498A, 34 β Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 β Section 4 β Anticipatory Bail β Cruelty β Common Intention β [β¦]
Court: Orissa High Court Bench: JUSTICE Satrughana Pujahari Chandra Sekhar Patnaik Vs. State Of Orissa On 4 May 2017 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 Sections 306, 498A β Abetment of Suicide Cruelty Conviction of accused appellant unsustainable on basis of evidence adduced by prosecution Evidence shows that deceased developed sense of fear that her [β¦]
Court: Jharkhand High Court Bench: JUSTICE Aparesh Kumar Singh, J. & Ratnaker Bhengra Meenu Devi Vs. Amit Kumar On 12 March 2018 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Sections 13(1)(ia), (ib) Mental Cruelty Desertion β False implication in criminal case amounts to cruelty Absence of physical relationship for more than 7 years between parties. It [β¦]
Punjab and Haryana High Court JUSTICE Jaishree Thakur Krishan Kumar & Ors. Vs. Naveet @ Seema & Ors. On 21 February 2018 Law Point: Claim for alternative accommodation can only be made against the husband and not against the husbandβs in-laws or other relatives β Instead complainant-wife is held entitled to claim for alternative accommodation [β¦]
Supreme Court of India JUSTICE G.B. Pattanaik & U.C. Banerjee Khemchand Om Prakash Sharma Vs. State Of Gujrat & Anr. On 25 February 2000 Law Point: Second wife not entitled to claim maintenance where first wife is alive and there has been no annulment of marriage by decree of divorce or otherwise : Courts below [β¦]
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