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: Jammu & Kashmir High Court Bench: Justice Rajnesh Oswal State Of J&K vs Rajesh Kumar on 20 April, 2023 Law Point: In order to convict person for commission of offence under section 306, RPC Prosecution must prove that deceased committed suicide and accused abetted commission of same JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal has been preferred […]
Section 498A: भारत में क्रूरता और दहेज़ के छेड़छाड़ के कानूनी पहलुओं की समझ। 498A क्या है? धारा 498A भारतीय दण्ड संहिता (IPC) में एक प्रावधान है जो पति या उसके रिश्तेदारों द्वारा महिला के प्रति क्रूरता को नियंत्रित करता है। विशेष रूप से, यह दहेज़ के लिए क्रूरता या उत्पीड़न से संबंधित है। इस धारा […]
This is a Sample of Section 482 Quash Template Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) is a provision that vests inherent powers in the High Court to make orders necessary to prevent abuse of process and to secure the ends of justice. One of the common applications of this section is to quash […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Neena Bansal Krishna Devender Govind Ram Ravin vs Rekha on 11 August, 2023 Law Point: Insistence of family of wife for husband to abandon his parents & become ghar jamai & live in their house amounts to cruelty JUDGEMENT 1. The petitioner/appellant (petitioner in […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: Justice Sanjay Dwivedi Umang Singhar vs State of Madhya Pradesh on 21 September, 2023 Law Point: Section 377 – offence of section 377 between husband and wife has no place JUDGEMENT 1. On finding the pleadings being complete and the learned counsel for the rival parties concurred to argue […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: Justice Prem Narayan Singh Smt. Sangeeta Rathore vs Naresh Rathore on 17 August, 2023 Law Point: Wife should be legally wedded wife for claiming maintenance from her husband JUDGEMENT This criminal revision has been filed by the petitioner under Section 19(4) of Family Court Act, 1984 being aggrieved by […]
Ever since the Me Too Movement started, I have alluded to it with one of my favourite stories – Monkey’s Paw. Most of you would have read the story. For those who have not, the brief story is as follows: The story revolves around a couple, Mr. and Mrs. White, who have almost everything an average couple would […]
Introduction Evidences, as one describe in common language, is the material used by the judge or adjudicator to verify the fact, allegation or the person’s identity. In this we are only going to use the evidences that are required in the courts in the criminal or civil proceedings. Evidence means proofs. This document is required […]
In the recent judgment delivered by Justice Rajasekhar Mantha, Calcutta High Court, on 23rd July 2021, the Court gave a landmark decision on the rights of senior citizens. The Court upheld the principle, also followed by Delhi High Court in Sandeep Gulati v. Divisional Commissioner and Punjab & Haryana High Court in Manmohan Singh v. […]
Off with their heads; Off with their heads. Cried the red queen. We would fix the blame later. The above lines from “Alice in Wonderland” ring much too often in my ears whenever I see mob justice and people glorifying it and when the media is satisfied beating drums just to assist the brainwashing of […]