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 Equivalent citations: 2003 (1) AWC 344 SC, (2003) 2 CALLT 23 SC Bench: P. Sathasivam, B.S. Chauhan Gurbux Singh vs Harminder Kaur on 8 October, 2010 Law Point: Normal Wear and Tear is not a valid ground for Divorce under Hindu Marriage Act JUDGEMENT 1) The appellant, a Principal in […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: A.M. Khanwilkar, Mridula Bhatkar Mr.Prakash Alumal Kalandari vs Mrs.Jahnavi Prakash Kalandari on 6 May, 2011 Ms. S.P. Nanavati, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.Anil Menon with Mr. S.B. Shetty For the respondent. Law Point: Wife gone back on Mutual Divorce, case dismissed with cost JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal takes exception to the Judgment and Decree passed by […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: D.K. Jain, H.L. Dattu Hitesh Bhatnagar vs Deepa Bhatnagar on 18 April, 2011 Law Point: IRBM turned down, infinitesimal chance for the marriage to survive. JUDGEMENT 1) Marriages are made in heaven, or so it is said. But we are more often than not made to wonder what happens […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court Equivalent citations: AIR 1986 Raj 13, 1985 (1) WLN 437 Bench: G M Lodha Smt. Shanti Devi vs Raghav Prakash on 29 October, 1984 Law Point: Calling husband impotent, burning his PhD thesis, false allegations amount to cruelty JUDGEMENT 1. An unfortunate feud between the husband & wife has resulted in […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Altamas Kabir, Aftab Alam Satish Sitole vs Ganga on 10 July, 2008 Law Point: Marriage between the parties is dead for all practical purposes and there is no chance of it being retrieved, the continuance of such marriage would itself amount to cruelty JUDGEMENT 1. As far back as […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: R. S. Dalvi Neelam Dadasaheb Shewale vs Dadasaheb Bandu Shewale on 17-02-2010 Mr. Milind N. Jadhav i/b Mr. Sagar G. Talekar For the appellant. Mr. R. T. Lalwani, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Wife cannot use the husband’s name anywhere including in her bank account after Decree of divorce JUDGEMENT 1. This writ petition challenges three […]
Patna High Court Shiva Kirti Singh, J. and Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J. Anil Kumar vs Smt. Sita Devi on 12 August, 2010 Mr Jitendra Kishore Verma, Adv. For the appellant. M/s Anil Kumar, Smt. Annapurna Gupta and Govind Pd. Sinha For the respondent. Law Point: Arrest of Husband on a complaint of wife, reason for Irretrievable broken down marriage JUDGEMENT 5 […]
Court: Bombay High Court Writ Petition No.1381 of 2010 Bench: R. S. Dalvi Rakesh Harsukhbhai Parekh vs State Of Mah on 23 February, 2010 Mr.Uday Prakash Warunjikar i/by Mr.Pravartak Pathak with Mr.Hitesh Bhutekar For the appellant. Mr.S.N. Bhosale, AGP For the respondent. Law Point: 6 months waiver in Mutual Divorce u/s Section 13(B)(2) HMA JUDGEMENT 1.Rule, returnable forthwith. 2.The […]
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Equivalent citations: 1991 SCR (2) 821, 1991 SCC (3) 451 Sawant, P.B. Y. Narasimha Rao And Ors vs Y. Venkata Lakshmi And Anr on 9 July, 1991 Law Point: Conditions for validity of Foreign Divorce Decree (NRI). Decree on a ground unavailable under Indian Law is not enforceable in India. ACT: […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF DELHI Bench: JUSTICE ARUNA SURESH Manpreet Singh Talwar vs Sukhwinder Kaur Talwar on 7 May, 2010 Mr. Rajiv Kataria, Adv. For the appellant. Nemo. For the respondent. Law Point: Irretrievable breakdown of marriage u/s 13B HMA JUDGEMENT ARUNA SURESH, J. (Oral) CM (M) 622/2010 and CM APPL Nos.8583-85/2010 1. Petitioner has filed this petition invoking the powers of this […]