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: JUSTICE R.BANUMATHI AND JUSTICE B.RAJENDRAN Tmt.M.Sundari vs Dr.A.Chandrasekaran on 23 June, 2010 Mr.P.K.Rajagopal, Adv. For the appellant. Ms.R.Gowri, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Judicial Separation granted on application of Divorce JUDGEMENT Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeals in C.M.A.Nos.3839 and 3840 of 2005 are filed under Section 19 of Family Courts Act against the Judgment and decree dated 18.10.2005 in I.D.O.P.Nos.235 of […]
Court: Madras High Court Equivalent citations: 2003 (1) AWC 344 SC, (2003) 2 CALLT 23 SC Bench: JUSTICE S.ASHOK KUMAR Mrs. Sunita vs S.Krishnan on 19 February, 2007 Mr.V.Raghavachari, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.Sathish Rajan, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Transfer application under 23(3) CPC JUDGEMENT This Transfer CMP has been filed to withdraw the O.P.No.1939 of 206 pending on the file of […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE R. BALASUBRAMANIAN and JUSTICE V. DHANAPALAN A. Viswanathan vs G. Lakshmi @ Seetha on 20 November, 2006 Mr. S. Parthasarathy, Senior Counsel for Mr. V. Shankar For the appellant. Mr. S.V. Jayaraman, Senior Counsel for Mr. R. Nandakumar For the respondent. Law Point: Mental Cruelty, husband granted divorce by HC JUDGEMENT (Judgment of the Court […]
Punjab and Haryana High Court Equivalent citations: AIR 1989 P H 310 V Ramaswami, G Majithia Kiran Mandal vs Smt. Mohini Mandal on 10 March, 1989 Law Point: Mental Cruelty defined, husband granted divorce JUDGEMENT 1. This Letters Patent Appeal, under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent, is directed against the judgment of the learned […]
Supreme Court of India C.K. Thakker, D.K. Jain Suman Kapur vs Sudhir Kapur on 7 November, 2008 Law Point: Mental Cruelty Defined, termination of pregnancy, calling parents Ghosts is mental cruelty towards husband. JUDGEMENT Leave The present appeal is filed by the appellant-wife being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the decree of divorce dated August 07, […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Appeal (civil) 1473 of 1999 Bench: D.P. Mohapatra, Doraiswamy Raju Hirachand Srinivas Managaonkar vs Sunanda on 20 March, 2001 Law Point: Judicial Separation is not a divorce, doesn’t snap matrimonial ties JUDGEMENT The point that arises for determination in this case is short but by no means simple. The point is this: […]
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY S. A. BOBDE & S. J. KATHAWALLA, JJ Mrs.Sanjivani Bharat Sasane Verus Mr.Bharat Dashrath Sasane and ANR. on NOVEMBER 18, 2009 Mr.Amol Deshpande , Adv. For the appellant. Mrs.Usha Purohit and Mr.Sidharth Ronghe, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Repeated Suicide threats amounts mental cruelty, is valid divorce ground JUDGEMENT This is an Appeal filed against the order […]
Supreme Court of India Tarun Chatterjee, R.M. Lodha Lalit Kishore vs Meeru Sharma & Anr on 4 August, 2009 Law Point: Application for medical assessment of mental condition of wife allowed in a matrimonial dispute at insistence of husband. JUDGEMENT Leave This is an appeal filed against the judgment and order dated 2nd of December, […]
PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT VINOD K. SHARMA Rishi Pal vs Luxmi Devi and another on 27.08.2009 Mr. Vishal Gupta, Adv. For the appellant. None For the respondent. Equivalent citations: FAO No. M−204 of 1998 Law Point: False cases of 498A, 125 CrPC, amount to cruelty against Husband. JUDGEMENT This appeal by the appellant−husband is directed against the judgment and decree […]
MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT D Dharmadhikari Smt. Kanta Sachdev vs Devidas on 5/3/1998 Law Point: False cases and Involving Married Sisters of Husband in Police Complaint amount in cruelty leads to Divorce JUDGEMENT This appeal preferred by the wife under Section 28 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’) against grant of […]