Important court decisions for 498A, maintenance, domestic violence, custody, divorce and related legal strategy.
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE C.T. Selvam C. Chandramohan & Anr. Vs. Varsha & Anr. On 23 January 2014 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Section 12 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Domestic Violence — Allegation against brother of husband — Quashing of proceeding – […]
Court:UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE Servesh Kumar Gupta BALBEER SINGH & ORS. Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND & ANR. On 9 August 2011 Law Point: Sections 406 — Criminal Breach of Trust — If daughter leaves this mortal world for any reason whatsoever, then dominion over the property will not return to father of that woman […]
Court:Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICE N. Santosh Hegde & B.P. Singh Lella Srinivasa Rao Vs. State Of Andhra Pradesh On 26 February 2004 Law Point: Abetment of Suicide, Cruelty : Inconsistency between two dying declarations : High Court gave acquittal under Section 306, IPC : Witnesses declared hostile by prosecution : Prosecution failed to […]
Court: Himachal Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Dev Darshan Sud Shashi Kumar Vs. Neelam On 8 July 2010 Law Point: Husband was denied sexual access, subjected to abuse, locked out of his room, kicked out of bed, his mother was abused and respondent was not performing any household work — This stands established by evidence […]
Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Madan Mohan Punchhi Ajit Singh & Anr. Vs. The State Of Punjab On 8 December 1982 Law Point: Hindu Succession Act, S. 15 — Hindu female dying leaving property gifted by, and not inherited from parents — Husband in the absence of any son or daughter, alone […]
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