Important court decisions for 498A, maintenance, domestic violence, custody, divorce and related legal strategy.
Court:GUJARAT HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE M.R. Shah Payal Mihirbhai Patel Vs. State of Gujarat & 1 On 01 February 2012 Law Point: Section 498A/114 – The petitioner is the sister in law of the complainant. except for vague allegations that the petitioner used to call her parents and instigate them there is no material on […]
Court:SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Bench: JUSTICE Pinaki Chandra Ghose & N.V. Ramana ASHOK Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA On 11 March 2015 Law Point: Section 498A – Proof of offence – Proximity Test – Stale incident cannot be pressed into service by prosecution to prove cruelty. JUDGEMENT 1. This criminal appeal arises from […]
Court: High Court Of Bombay Bench: JUSTICE V.M. Kanade Rajashri Subhash Kamble Vs. Subhash Babanrao Kamble and Ors. On 09 March 2007 Law Point: “The Court cannot convert an order of acquittal into an order of conviction except in exceptional cases particularly when the State has not preferred an appeal against the order of acquittal.” […]
Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Jaishree Thakur Krishan Kumar and Ors. vs. Navneet and Ors. On 21 February 2018 Law Point: Right to reside – Section 2(s) of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act – House being exclusively belonging to father-in-law, it could not be called as a shared household within […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICE Abhay Manohar Sapre & Uday Umesh Lalit Manju Kumari Singh @ Smt. Manju Singh Vs. Avinash Kumar Singh On 25 July 2018 Law Point: Dissolution of Marriage — Power of Supreme Court — Enforcement of order — Parties have been living separately for more than decade — All […]
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