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 D.K. Sinha Amit Kumar Gupta & Anr Vs State Of Jharkhand & Anr On 11 July 2011 Law Point: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 177, 178 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3, 4 — Territorial Jurisdiction — Cruelty, […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Prathiba M. Singh Ram Parkash @ Bittoo Vs State On 21 December 2018 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 498A, 34 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Sections 32, 113B — Dowry death — Cruelty — Common intention — Dying declarations — Presumption — Unnatural death of […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES P.P. Naolekar & V.S. Sirpurkar Bhura Ram & Ors. Vs State Of Rajasthan & Anr On 13 May 1994 Law Point: CRIMINAL LAW — Territorial Jurisdiction of Court — Criminal Breach of Trust, Cruelty — As per complaint all alleged acts took place in State of Punjab — […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES Altamas Kabir, Cyriac Joseph & Surinder Singh Nijjar Thota Venkateswarlu Vs. State Of A.P. Tr. Princl. Sec. & Anr. On 2 September 2011 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 506 — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3, 4 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Jarat Kumar Jain Swapnil Kolhe & Ors Vs Kirti Kolhe On 26 August 2014 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 12, 28 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 34, 506 — Domestic […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE S.K. Agarwal Sunil Kumar Vs State & Anr On 14 September 2001 Law Point: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Sections 82, 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 406 — Quashing of Order Issuing Proclamation: Cruelty, Criminal Breach of Trust : Court did not Record Satisfaction that […]
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 […]
Court: Chhattisgarh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Arvind Singh Chandel Shyamlal Vs State Of Madhya Pradesh On 27 March 2018 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 306, 498A — Abetment of Suicide — Cruelty — Suicidal death of deceased after 20 years of marriage — No case of dowry demand — Alleged illicit relationship […]
Court: Calcutta High Court Bench: JUSTICES Joymalya Bagchi, J. & Rajarshi Bharadwaj Gobinda Das Vs State Of West Bengal On 3 January 2018 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 306, 498A — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113A — Abetment of suicide — Cruelty — Presumption — Death of deceased by sustaining burn […]
Court:Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICES S.K. Kulshrestha and Mr. Ashok Kumar Tiwari Ramgopal Vs State Of M.P. & Ors On 27 October 2005 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 306, 304-B and 498-A — Abetment of Suicide, Dowry Death, Cruelty — Revision against acquittal — Court would interfere where there is miscarriage […]