Important court decisions for 498A, maintenance, domestic violence, custody, divorce and related legal strategy.
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICES B.A. Khan & M.S.A. Siddiqui UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. PATRICIA JEAN MAHAJAN & OTHERS On 13 March 2001 Law Point: Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 149, 170 — Rules of evidence not required to be followed to hilt in adjudication of accident claims — No scope […]
Court:Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE V.K. Agarwal Badri Narayan Vs. Savitri On 29 January 2000 Law Point: Wife’s behaviour with Husband and his family members was of continuous torture and harassment. Respondent living with her parents most of the time and came intermittently only to matrimonial home for short intervals — She created trouble, […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE G.P. Mittal Hima Chugh Vs. Pritam Ashok Sadaphule & Ors.On 10 April 2013 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 2(f), 2(s) — “Domestic Relationship” — Protection order — Respondent Nos. 2 to 6 viz., father-in-law, brother-in-law and other near relations of respondent No. […]
Court:Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Avadh Behari Rohatgi Rajinder Singh Joon Vs. Smt. Tara Wati On 10 January 1980 Law Point: The conduct of the wife in refusing to see the husband lying seriously ill, was such that it amounted to cruelty. It can properly and rationally be stigmatised by the word “cruelty” in its […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Mukta Gupta Kusum Lata Sharma Vs. State & Anr. On 2 September 2011 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 2(a), 2(f), 2(q), 12 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — “Aggrieved Person” — […]
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