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: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES B.P. Singh & B.N. Srikrishna State Of Orissa Vs Niranjan Mohapatra & Ors On 3 Februrary 2015 Law Point: CRIMINAL LAW : Appeal against Acquittal : Cruelty, Dowry death : So far allegations relating to offence under Section 498A concerned, High Court justified that prosecution not able to […]
Court:Andhra Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICES B.S.A. Swamy & Dr. G. Yethirajulu Saritha Vs R. Ramachandra On 9 July 2002 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 — Divorce : Wife alleged she was not Treated Properly by her Mother-in-law during her Stay at House of her In-laws at New Delhi : She […]
Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE D.V. Sehgal Bhagwant Kishore Vs. Sheela Devi On 9 February 1987 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 (1)(ia), (ib) — Cruelty — Desertion — Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 — Order 6, Rule 17 — Amendment of pleadings — Petition for divorce by appellant […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: Faizanuddin Subhash Vs Laxmibai On 24 January 19854 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Divorce petition of husband on account of wife’s mental cruelty and desertion — Wife not allowing cohabitation — Wife threatened to commit suicide by pouring kerosene on herself on two occasions […]
Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Manmohan Singh Liberhan Gurjit Singh Sandhu Vs Rupinder Kaur On 19 September 1988 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(i)(ia) — Divorce — Ground — Cruelty — Appeal by husband against order of trial Court declining relief of divorce — Wife left matrimonial borne and […]
Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Dr. Sarojnei Saksena PREM LATA Vs. MURARI LAL On 9 March 1995 Law Point: Cruelty — Wife resided in matrimonial home only on 3 occasions — Wife and her brother admitted no demand of dowry made by respondent ever. Educated lady, accustomed to amenities of city life, […]
Court:Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Sunil Gaur Mahendra Kumar Sharma Vs Sunita Sharma On 25 November 2014 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Mental Cruelty — Grant of divorce — Reckless allegations against appellant husband of having extra-marital affairs with lady living in same locality — Allegations false and unsubstantiated and […]
Court:Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE V.D. Gyani Harbhajan Singh Monga Vs Amarjeet Kaur On 26 April 1985 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 (1)(ia) — Cruelty — Married Feb., 1979 lived together upto September 1979, respondent left for her parents house and rejoined appellant in July, 1980 — Child born — […]
Court:Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE V.K. Agarwal Badri Narayan Vs. Savitri On 29 January 2000 Law Point: Wife’s behaviour with Husband and his family members was of continuous torture and harassment. Respondent living with her parents most of the time and came intermittently only to matrimonial home for short intervals — She created trouble, […]
Court:Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Avadh Behari Rohatgi Rajinder Singh Joon Vs. Smt. Tara Wati On 10 January 1980 Law Point: The conduct of the wife in refusing to see the husband lying seriously ill, was such that it amounted to cruelty. It can properly and rationally be stigmatised by the word “cruelty” in its […]