Important court decisions for 498A, maintenance, domestic violence, custody, divorce and related legal strategy.
Bombay High Court JUSTICE B.H. Marlapalle Rajashree @ Vanita Rajesh Dixit Vs. Rajesh Nagesh Dixit On 01 April 2005 Law Point: Alteration in allowance : Provision of Section 24, Hindu Marriage Act cannot be given restricted meaning : Subsequent change in employment of husband : Family Court rightly entertained application as change of circumstances in […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Equivalent citations: 2003 (1) AWC 344 SC, (2003) 2 CALLT 23 SC Bench: D.K. Jain, Jagdish Singh Khehar Prashant Bharti vs State Of Nct Of Delhi on 23 January, 2013 Law Point: False rape case, quashed by Delhi High Court JUDGEMENT 1. Leave granted. 2. On 16.2.2007, Priya […]
Court: Delhi District Court Bench: Sh. Gurdeep Saini Narender Kumar vs State (Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi) on 18 August, 2011 Law Point: Poverty and failed marriage is not a crime, commentary on gross misuse of IPC 498A provision JUDGEMENT 1. Vide this order I shall decide this appeal directed against judgment dated […]
Court: Gauhati High Court Bench: JUSTICE Ajit Singh, CJ. & Manojit Bhuyan Hrishikesh Talukdar Vs. Purabi Baishya On 8 February 2018 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Wife repeatedly maligned reputation of appellant-husband in public — She approached Mahila Samity and Media through press conference as well as newspaper […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE L.N. Mittal Jaswinder Kaur & Ors. Vs. State Of Punjab & Anr. On 7 January 2013 Law Point: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Section 12 r/w Sections 18, 19(1), 20, 22, 23 — Quashing of […]
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