Important court decisions for 498A, maintenance, domestic violence, custody, divorce and related legal strategy.
Court: Patna High Court Bench: JUSTICE Rajendra Kumar Mishra Jagbandhu Bin & Ors. Vs. State Of Bihar On 12 December 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 201, 34 — Dowry Death — Disappearance of Evidence — Common intention — Benefit of doubt — Ingredients of offence under Section 304B, IPC — […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Mehinder Singh Sullar Rakesh Kumar Vs. Shashi Bala On 19 February 2014 Law Point: Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 9 Rule 13 — Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 — Setting aside ex parte decree of divorce — Production of entire evidence of petitioner-husband is […]
Andhra Pradesh High Court JUSTICE Ashutosh Mohunta & G. Krishna Mohan Reddy Guntamukkala Naga Venkata Kanaka Durga @ Nagamani Vs. Guntamukkala Eswar Sudhakar & Anr. On 19 October 2012 Law Point: Wife alone guilty of desertion of husband — She is not entitled for any maintenance from him — Awarding maintenance to a wife because […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE B.P. Dharmadhikari & A.S. Chandurkar Uttara Praveen Thool Vs. Praveen On 6 January 2014 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), (ib) — Cruelty — Desertion — Appellant-wife failed to prove either ill-treatment or demand of amount of Rs. 4,000 by respondent-husband — She deserted respondent without […]
Court: Jharkhand High Court Bench: JUSTICE Prashant Kumar & Amitav K. Gupta Rabindra Nath Tiwary & Ors. Vs. State Of Jharkhand On 25 February 2014 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 306, 498A — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113A — Abetment of suicide — Cruelty — Presumption — Deceased committed suicide within […]
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