Important court decisions for 498A, maintenance, domestic violence, custody, divorce and related legal strategy.
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog, J. & Pratibha Rani Santosh Sahay Vs. Hanuman Sahay On 7 October 2016 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Mental Cruelty — Illicit relationship — Disgusting accusations by wife — Harm reputation — Acts of cruelty attributed to appellant-wife by respondent-husband proved by […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pramod Kumar Srivastava Manish Gautam Vs. Shikha Gautam On 30 March 2016 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), (ib) — Cruelty — Desertion — Parties living separately — Relationship of parties deteriorated — No possibility of reconciliation — Sufficient ground for divorce — Parties living separately […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE T.V. Nalawade & Indira K. Jain Pramod Uttam Shinde & Ors. Vs. State Of Maharashtra & Anr. On 30 April 2015 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506, 34 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Cruelty — Hurt — Criminal Intimidation […]
Court: Gauhati High Court Bench: JUSTICE T. Vaiphei, ACJ. & Rumi Kumari Phukan Diganta Deka Vs. Upama Deka On 02 February 2016 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Grant of divorce — Respondent-wife left her matrimonial home at her own volition without consent and intimation to appellant-husband — She […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE A.I.S. Cheema Subhash Vs. State Of Maharashtra On 20 April 2016 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 306, 498A — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 32 — Abetment of Suicide — Cruelty — Quarrels on mere suspicion — Dying declaration did not blame husband for burning wife […]
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