Important court decisions for 498A, maintenance, domestic violence, custody, divorce and related legal strategy.
Court: Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICE Amitava Roy, CJ. & Vijay Bishnoi Suresh Gurjar Vs. Usha Gurjar On 16 May 2014 Law Point: Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Dissolution of Marriage — Respondent wife was adament in her disinclination to discharge her marital obligations including cohabitation — Coupled with this is institution of criminal case […]
Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE R.C. Kathuria Harsh Vardhan Arora Vs. Smt. Kavita Arora On 19 February 2002 Law Point: Sections 498-A, 406 — Quashing of Proceedings : Cruelty, Criminal Breach of Trust : Omnibus Allegations made against All Accused in Respect of Demand of Dowry, Harassment, Torture and Beating Given to […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Shiv Narayan Dhingra Renu Mittal Vs. Anil Mittal & Ors. On 27 September 2010 Law Point: Maintenance — Grant of — Jurisdiction under Criminal Procedure Code and Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act is parallel jurisdiction — If maintenance has been granted under Section 125, Cr.P.C. after taking […]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE M. Sasidharan Nambiar Surendran Vs. State Of Kerala On 16 July 2009 Law Point: Sections 2(a), 12, 18, 19, 20 — Aggrieved person — Marriage has been declared as null and void at instance of wife, she cannot be an aggrieved person as provided under Section 2(a) of Act […]
Court:Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICE K.R. SOORACHARI Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA K. R. Soorachari Vs. State Of Karnataka On 13 April 2005 Law Point: Cruelty, Demand of Dowry : No material to connect appellant with offence of cruelty : High Court not noticed any such evidence to justify conviction under Section 498A, IPC : […]
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