Important court decisions for 498A, maintenance, domestic violence, custody, divorce and related legal strategy.
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Ashutosh Mohunta Ravinder Kumar Vs. Smt. Sunita & Anr. On 21 May 2002 Law Point: Sections 125(4), 482 — Maintenance: Adultery: Wife Living in Adultery not Entitled to Receive any Allowance from her Husband: Order Passed by Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class Quashed. JUDGEMENT 1. This is a […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES S.B. Sinha & Cyriac Joseph Tarsem Singh Vs. State Of Punjab On 12 December 2008 Law Point: Nothing on record to show any demand of dowry made soon before her death — High Court failed to notice no evidence brought on record to show cruelty or harassment was […]
Court: High Court of Rajasthan Bench: JUSTICE Shiv Kumar Sharma and Vineet Kothari Vimla Bai Vs. Panchu Lal On 05 February 2007 Law Point: Involvement of Appellant wife in a murder case amounts to cruelty and Family Court had rightly granted decree of divorce. JUDGEMENT 1. The relationship between the spouses is a matter concerning […]
Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE S.S. Grewal Gurvinder Singh Vs. Murti And Others On 15 January 1990 Law Point: Nonpayment of Interim Maintenance — Defence struck off — Order challenged — Contention that trial Court has not followed the proper procedure for recovery of maintenance as specifically provided under Sub-section (3) of […]
Court:HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY Bench: JUSTICE M.M. Qazi PARMANAND MISHRA Vs. REKHA MISHRA On 13 May 1994 Law Point: Section 498-A – Acquittal – Held, it did not appear that applicant had conclusively established that the beating and harassment was with a view to force her to commit suicide or to fulfil the illegal demands […]
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