Important court decisions for 498A, maintenance, domestic violence, custody, divorce and related legal strategy.
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICE Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya & V. Gopala Gowda Asha & Anr. Vs. State Of Uttarakhand On 1 November 2013 Law Point: No convincing and cogent evidence produced — Courts below failed to consider relevant fact, viz., appellants were not in house at the time of incident — Judgment and […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE D.B. Deshpande Riyasatbi Shaikh Jani And Another Vs. Shaikh Jani Shaikh Kasam And Another On 8 December 1981 Law Point: Wife not entitled to maintenance as she has not led any evidence to show that husband refused or neglected to maintain her. JUDGEMENT 1. Both these criminal revision applications […]
Court: High Court Of Orissa Bench: JUSTICE A.S. Naidu Benumadhab Padhi Mohapatra Vs. State On 28 August 2003 Law Point: Prosecution has completely failed to adduce any iota of evidence that the deceased was at any time subjected to harassment by the appellants on demand of dowry – Ingredients of Sec. 498-A not satisfied – […]
The Ratio of This Judgement Has Been OverRuled By SupremeCourt Rupali Devi Vs. State Of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES P. Venkatarama Reddi & A.K. Mathur Ramesh & Ors. Vs. State Of Tamil Nadu On 3 March 2005 Law Point: Quashing of Charge-sheet : Territorial Jurisdiction : Cruelty, Criminal […]
Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Dr. Sarojnei Saksena Rani Vs. Amar Nath On 11 September 1996 Law Point: Section 13(1)(ia) –– Cruelty — Acts of wife proving her incorrigible conduct –– Amounts to cruelty towards her husband –– Wife can’t be allowed to take advantage of her own wrong. JUDGEMENT 1. Wife […]
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