Some years back, I was sucked into the labyrinth of Indian Matrimonial laws and a false 498a in particular. To be fair, before it hit me, it was difficult for me to fathom the wide spread misuse of dowry laws and specially 498a in India.
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Court: Jharkhand High Court Bench: Justice Shree Chandrashekhar Avinash Kumar vs The State Of Jharkhand on 23 July, 2021 Law Point: No Specific evidence against husband to establish that he contracted second marriage. Conviction revoked. JUDGEMENT 1. The petitioner who was made accused along with his other family members has challenged the judgment dated 08.12.2014 […]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: Justice K.A.ABDUL GAFOOR and Justice K.R.UDAYABHANU S. Prabhu vs Rajani R. on 25 January, 2007 SRI.MOHAN JACOB GEORGE, Adv. For the appellant. SRI.A.BALAGOPALAN, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Child visitation granted to father, jurisdiction explained under GWA JUDGEMENT The appellant and the petitioner is one and the same. He will be described in the judgment as the husband. He […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Raj Kumari vs State Of Punjab And Others on 30 April, 2011 Mr.G.S.Verma, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.P.S. Bajwa, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Transfer petition denied due to suppression of facts JUDGEMENT The petitioner, Raj Kumari, who is the complainant in the case titled “State vs. Prem Pal and others” […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Equivalent citations: 2003 (1) AWC 344 SC, (2003) 2 CALLT 23 SC Bench: P. Sathasivam, B.S. Chauhan Gurbux Singh vs Harminder Kaur on 8 October, 2010 Law Point: Normal Wear and Tear is not a valid ground for Divorce under Hindu Marriage Act JUDGEMENT 1) The appellant, a Principal in […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND Bench: JUSTICE O.P.DWIVEDI Smt. Jaishree vs Sri Arjun Singh on 17 March, 2011 Mr. Ramji Srivastava, Advocate For the appellant. Mr. Sandeep Tandon, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Husband won the divorce on the grounds of Cruelty by wife, divroce granted with limited alimony JUDGEMENT This appeal, preferred under Section 19 of the Family Courts […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: J. Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud & J. Dinesh Maheshwari Veena Mittal vs The State Of Uttar Pradesh on 24 January, 2022 Law Point: No specific allegation against mother and sister of bridegroom under sections 498A, 420, 406, Dowry Prohibition Act FIR quash JUDGEMENT 1 Leave granted. 2 This appeal […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE KAILASH GAMBHIR Smt. Nitu Aggarwal vs Sh Gireesh Gupta on 19 November, 2010 Mr. Rajiv Shukla, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.Gyan Prakash, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Roping in relatives in false cases amounts to cruelty towards husband JUDGEMENT 1. By this appeal filed under Section 28 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 the appellant […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court Equivalent citations: AIR 1986 Raj 13, 1985 (1) WLN 437 Bench: G M Lodha Smt. Shanti Devi vs Raghav Prakash on 29 October, 1984 Law Point: Calling husband impotent, burning his PhD thesis, false allegations amount to cruelty JUDGEMENT 1. An unfortunate feud between the husband & wife has resulted in […]
Court: Mahila Court, Central Distt, Delhi Bench: JUSTICE O.P.DWIVEDI Harpreet Kaur vs Sh. Dilvinder Singh Bedi on 24-05-2011 Law Point: Husband lost job because of complaint,maintenance denied JUDGEMENT Vide this order, I shall dispose off the interim application filed by the complainant u/s 23(2) of D.V. Act filed along with the petition u/s 12 of D.V. […]
