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: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICES P. Shanmugam & A. Subbulakshmy Sarada Vs. V. Satyamurthy On 13 May 1994 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), (ib) — Cruelty, Desertion : Removal of Mangalsutra by Wife Not at the Instigation of Husband But of her own Accord Shows her Indifferent Attitude : Cruelty […]
Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICES S.S. Saron & Navita Singh Gurjinder Kaur Vs. Pritpal Singh & Anr. On 4 March 2014 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 125 — Cruelty — Illicit relationship […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE V.K. Agarwal Gajendra Vs. Smt. Madhu Mati On 16 March 2001 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), (ib), 28 — Cruelty, Desertion: Grounds Established by Evidence and Facts and Circumstances of Case — Respondent and her father continuously pressing petitioner/ husband to live with them […]
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 […]
Court: Chhattisgarh High Court Bench: JUSTICES I.M. Quddusi & N.K. Agarwal Rani Bai @ Shakuntla Verma Vs Chandrashekhar Verma On 8 September 2010 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia), 13(1)(ib) — Mental Cruelty, Desertion — Proof of — Appellant wife deserted her husband without any proper and sufficient reason — Cruelty on […]
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: JUSTICES Pradeep Nandrajog, J. & Pratibha Rani Sandhya Kumari Vs Manish Kumar On 21 Otober 2016 Law Point: Decree of restitution of conjugal rights in favour of the husband. Interim maintenance should not be endorsed. JUDGEMENT 1. Sandhya is aggrieved by the decision dated January 31, 2014 dismissing HMA No. […]
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 […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES Vikramajit Sen & Abhay Manohar Sapre Vinod Kumar Subbiah Vs Saraswathi Palaniappan On 24 April 2015 Law Point: Decree of restitution of conjugal rights in favour of the husband. Interim maintenance should not be endorsed. JUDGEMENT These Appeals assail the Judgment of the learned Single Judge of the […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICES P. Shanmugam & A. Subbulakshmy Sarada Vs V. Satyamurthi On 4 December 2000 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ib) — Desertion : Appreciation of Evidence : No Intention On Part of Husband To Desert Wife and Family : Allegation Not True — Petitioner-wife living with her […]