Important court decisions for 498A, maintenance, domestic violence, custody, divorce and related legal strategy.
Court: High Court of Kerala Bench: JUSTICE R. Basant Joseph @ Biju George Vs. Mary @ Priya Thomas & Anr. On 30 July 2008 Law Point: Family Courts Act, 1984 – Sec. 13–Family Court Rules, 1989 (Kerala)–Rule 35–Any arrangement by which dispute settled between parties can fall within the ambit of expression “settlement”–Is not restricted […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Vinod K. Sharma Jasjit Singh Bakshi & Ors. Vs. State Of Punjab & Anr. On 8 April 2008 Law Point: Sections 406 and 498A — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Sections 177, 482 — Cruelty, Criminal Breach of Trust — Territorial jurisdiction — Quashing of FIR — […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE P Bakshi Bundoo vs Smt. Mahrul Nisa And Anr. On 22 September 1978 Law Point: Maintenance-Revisional jurisdiction-Failure to prove factum of impotency of Husband-Dismissal of application. JUDGEMENT 1. An application was filed by Shrimati Mahrul Nisa under Section 488, Cr. P.C. claiming maintenance from her husband Bundoo. Her contention […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICE V.S. Kokje & K.S. Rathore Smt. Parvati Vs. Prem Singh On 29 January 2001 Law Point: Section 13 — Cruelty: Wife Practised Cruelty by Her Own Misbehaviour and by Making False Allegations Against Her Husband About His Having Illicit Relations with His Brother’s Wife: Family Court Justified in Passing […]
Court: High Court of Bombay Bench: JUSTICE T.K. Chandra Shekhara Das Daud Mohamad Aga and Ors. Vs. State On 03 March 1995 Law Point: Sections 34, 100, 109 and 498A of Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 – State instituted prosecution against petitioners at instance of complainant – on basis of complaint […]
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