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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Are You Planning To Settle Down In Your Life? Then Read On A few days ago, I found a news article on this portal about a recent conference held in the Middle East on pre-marital screening for women, which got my immediate attention. Even though it was about medical screening for spinsters to avoid problems […]
To me, feminism is such a simple description: it’s equal rights, economic rights, political rights, and social rights Callie Khouri, a Syrian-American film and television screenwriter, producer, director and a Feminist A gender-equal society would be one where the word ‘gender’ does not exist: where everyone can be themselves Gloria Steinem, a self-styled Feminist You […]
My complaint and Chargesheet do not contain particulars like the date and time of the incidents. Shall I file a Discharge? The law is very clear: CrPC 212 says that if the details of the time and date of the incident are not mentioned in the material on the Chargesheet, the court cannot meet the […]
Rape is an accusation that is hard to be proved, and even harder to be defended by the accused party. A rape allegation gives a disastrous turn to the life of the accused, excluding them socially. Rape is a menace, and many women do not speak about to incidence due to infamy. But point of […]
I find this one of the most challenging posts to write. Child custody battles amongst the warring couples impact the child the most. I have personally fought a bitter struggle for the custody of my minor child, and I can tell you from experience that no judgments, precedents, love, affection, or money matters when it comes […]
The dictionary defines dowry as money or property that a wife or wife’s family gives to her husband when the wife and husband marry in some cultures. Unlike what most people in India think, dowry has Babylonian origins. Dowry was regularly practised in Old Greece and the Roman Empire as well. In contrast, many scholars […]
The subject of cross-examination is one of vital importance in the conduct of law cases because only it has the power to sift the truth from falsehood. According to Section 137 of the Indian Evidence Act, the examination of a witness by the adverse party shall be called his cross-examination. Section 138 of the Indian […]
Legal issues and responsibilities arising out of marriage form the backbone of Legal Counseling. Every individual has the right to know the implications of the decision which he or she takes and when it comes to marriage, it is of utmost importance to understand the intricacies of rights and responsibilities which come as part of […]
Dear Friends, I see a lot of advice about filing RCR (under various matrimonial laws, primarily Sec 9 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955) whenever you face 498a (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty: Proposed Section 84 of The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023) or threat of 498a (Husband or relative of […]
“Law should not sit limply, while those who defy it go free and those who seek its protection lose hope”. (Jennison v. Baker, 1972). “Justice should not only be done but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done” is what was of fundamental importance as per Lord Hewet while explaining what entails Justice. […]