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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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Mental Cruelty

Vijayalakshmi Vs. Vinod Nair

Court: Kerela High Court Bench: JUSTICE A.M. Shaffique, J. & Anu Sivaraman Vijayalakshmi Vs. Vinod Nair On 4 July 2017 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Conduct of appellant-wife is indicative of mental cruelty — During subsistence of valid marriage between parties, respondent-husband suffered major accident — He was […]

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Sardar Avtar Singh Vs. Amarjeet Kaur Gandhi

Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Manmohan Singh Sardar Avtar Singh Vs. Amarjeet Kaur Gandhi On 16 December 2013 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), 13(1)(ib) — Cruelty — Desertion by wife — Irretrievable break down of marriage — Vague allegations of cruelty are not sufficient to grant divorce and onus to […]

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X Husband (Dr.) Vs. Y Wife (Dr.)

Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE R.M. Borde & A.I.S. Cheema X Husband (Dr.) Vs. Y Wife (Dr.) On 21 January 2016 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), 25 — Cruelty — Permanent alimony — Wild allegations in criminal cases one after other — Respondent-wife indulged in various conducts, subjecting petitioner-husband and […]

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Santosh Sahay Vs. Hanuman Sahay

Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog, J. & Pratibha Rani Santosh Sahay Vs. Hanuman Sahay On 7 October 2016 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Mental Cruelty — Illicit relationship — Disgusting accusations by wife — Harm reputation — Acts of cruelty attributed to appellant-wife by respondent-husband proved by […]

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Rajna Choudhary Vs. Raghubir Singh

Court:Himachal Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Surjit Singh Rajna Choudhary vs. Raghubir Singh On 21 October 2010 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), 13(1)(ib) — Cruelty, Desertion — Appellant-wife alleged that respondent-husband was having illicit relations with his brother’s wife, which proved to be false — This allegation amounted to mental cruelty […]

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Lata Verma Vs. Jayant Verma

Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE V.B. Gupta, Lata Verma Vs. Jayant Verma On 20 October 2008 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), 28 — Cruelty — Dissolution of marriage by decree of divorce under Section 13(1)(ia) of Act justified — Conduct of appellant wife not proper towards respondent husband and his […]

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P.S. Kher Vs Kamal Nainjit Kaur

Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE S.P. Goyal P.S. Kher Vs Kamal Nainjit Kaur On 3 June 1981 Law Point: Decree of restitution of conjugal rights in favour of the husband. Interim maintenance should not be endorsed.     JUDGEMENT   1. The parties were married at Jullundur in December 1973 and a […]

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Sanjiv Kumar Jindal Vs Anil Kumari @ Neelam

Court:Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICES Pradeep Nandrajog, J. & Yogesh Khanna Sanjiv Kumar Jindal Vs Anil Kumari @ Neelam On 21 November 2016 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), 13(1)(ib)— Mental cruelty — Desertion — Depression — Suppression of disease — Leaving matrimonial home without informing — Unilateral termination of pregnancy — […]

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Jitendra Kumar Sharma Vs Anita Devi

Court: Jharkhand High Court Bench: JUSTICES Aparesh Kumar Singh, J. & Ratnaker Bhengra Jitendra Kumar Sharma Vs Anita Devi On 12 July 2018 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), (ib) — Mental Cruelty — Desertion — Irretrievable breakdown of marriage — Daughter born out of wedlock — Conduct of respondent-wife in going […]

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A.P. Ranga Rao Vs Vijayalakshmi

Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE K.M. Natarajan, A.P. Ranga Rao Vs Vijayalakshmi On 26 September 1988 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty Meaning of — Several attempts by wife to commit suicide — Acts or ‘conduct of the party charged must be cruel according to the ordinary sense of […]

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