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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DANIAL LATIFI VS UNION OF INDIA JUDGEMENT ANALYSIS FACTS The case follows its pursuit from the famous case of Mohd. Ahmed Khan vs Shah Bano Begum, commonly referred as the Shah Bano case. Shah Bano, a 62-year-old Muslim mother of five from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, was divorced by her husband in 1978. She filed a criminal suit under Section […]
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO.8871 OF 2019 (Arising out of SLP(Civil) No.1981 of 2019 CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK BHUSHAN & HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN SINHA DATE- 19/11/2019 In the above case law the husband who got acquitted in the 498A Trial was granted divorce decree on […]
IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(CRL) 2325/2017 and Crl. M.A. No.13146/2017 (stay) Decided on: 5th December, 2018 BENCH: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MUKTA GUPTA The present matter was decided by Single Bench comprising of Mukta Gupta, J. In this matter the criminal writ petition filed by the husband praying quashing […]
BRIEF FACTS: The complainant registered FIR, U/s 493 of IPC, and Sec- 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition act against the appellant herein, the allegations made in the F.I.R. were that complainant/Respondent No.-2 approached Appellants with the proposal of marriage of his daughter Jyoti, thereafter ring ceremony was performed and marriage was finalized. Thereafter appellant […]
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Krishna Bhatacharjee V/s Sarathi Choudhury BRIEF FACTS IN SHORT This is the case of getting the stridhan back that was given in marriage, to the husband by the family of the husband. The marriage between the parties was solemnized on 27.11.2005 As per the allegations, husband and his relatives had demanded […]
V.D. Bhanot Vs Savita Bhanot BRIEF FACTS IN SHORT:- Parties were married in 1980, and lived jointly till 2005. In 2006, Savita Bhanot filed a application before metropolitan magistrate for various reliefs under the PWDVA. She required pecuniary relief from her spouse and the protection of her right to reside in her matrimonial home, both […]
NEHA GROVER ….. Appellant versus OM PRAKASH GROVER ….. Respondent + RFA 381/2019 & C.M. Nos.19599/2019 (for stay), 19601/2019 (for addl. doc.) SNEHA AHUJA ….. Appellant versus SATISH CHANDER AHUJA ….. Respondent RFA 222/2019 & Conn. Page 1 of 66 + RFA 598/2019 & C.M. No.29599/2019 (for stay) RUPALI KHULLAR ….. Appellant versus TARSEM LAL […]
High Court of Gujarat At Ahmedabad BENCH- S.G. SHAH J. Yogesh Anantrai Bhatt & Ors. Vs. State of Gujarat Ors Criminal Revision Application (Against Order Passed by Subordinate Court) No. 611 of 2015 Decided On: 29 July 2016 This case law is about the period of limitation for filing complaint under Section 12 of the Domestic […]
Delhi High Court Date of Decision: 15/05/2018 CORAM: 1. HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE HIMA KOHLI 2. HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE DEEPA SHARMA RAJAT GUPTA VS RUPALI GUPTA BACKDROP OF THE CASE The proceedings have been filed by various litigants and are clubbed together because of being referred to a larger bench by the single bench of the […]
IN THE MATTER OF: @ COL. S.S. DESWAL & ORS. … APPELLANTS VERSUS VIRENDER GANDHI & ANR. … RESPONDENTS FACTS: That the Respondent herein were filed criminal complaints under section 138 N.I. Act against the appellants i.e. (accused in the original complaint). The complaints were decided by Judicial Magistrate vide his judgment dated 30.10.2018 holding […]