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: HIGH COURT OF DELHI Bench: JUSTICE KAILASH GAMBHIR Subhash Chander Sharma vs Anjali Sharma on 14 July, 2010 Mr. Rajiv Dewan, Adv. For the appellant. None For the respondent. Law Point: IRBM explained, not granted JUDGEMENT 1. By this appeal filed under Section 28 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 the appellant seeks to challenge the impugned judgment and decree dated 12.05.2003 […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY Bench: R. S. Dalvi Ms.Kashmira Kale vs Mr.Kishorekumar Mohan Kale on 4 March, 2010 Ms.Kokila Kalra with Mr.Abhijit Sarawate, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.Sanjiv A. Sawant, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: HMA not applicable on NRI domiciled in foreign state. Jurisdiction cannot be made out basis one night stay in Pune/India. JUDGEMENT Rule, returnable This […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Aftab Alam, B.S. Chauhan Poonam vs Sumit Tanwar on 22 March, 2010 Law Point: Advocate on Record is not only responsible for lending name but also for ensuring the conduct of case JUDGEMENT 1. This Writ Petition has been filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India for awarding the […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF DELHI Bench: MS. JUSTICE ARUNA SURESH Mukesh Ashok Gundecha & Anr. vs Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi on 7 January, 2010 Law Point: 6 months waiver in Mutual Divorce u/s Section 13(B)(2) HMA JUDGEMENT 1. Impugned in this petition is the order of the Additional District Judge, North-West dated 05.12.2009 whereby the […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF DELHI Equivalent citations: 119 (2005) DLT 567, 2005 (82) DRJ 22 Bench: M Mudgal Sh. Tarun Kumar Vaish vs Ms. Meenakshi Vaish on 13 April, 2005 Law Point: Considerations for granting exemption from passage of one year before filing a petition for mutual divorce explained, Mutual Divorce granted JUDGEMENT With the […]
Allahabad High Court Hon’ble Rakesh Tiwari Dr. Vinod Kumar Gupta vs Smt. Deepa Gupta on 12 July, 2010 Law Point: Over 17 years of seperation, no chance of staying together, wife not willing to cohabit, husband granted divorce decree. JUDGEMENT The case peremptorily listed today. List has been revised. Heard learned counsel for the appellant […]
Court: SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Bench: SUDHANSHU DHULIA Shri Rakesh Raman vs Smt. Kavita on 26 April 2023 Law Point: Irretrievably Broken Down Marriage Can Be Dissolved On Ground Of ‘Cruelty’ JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal arises out of a divorce proceeding initiated by the appellant under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, (hereinafter […]
Court: Bombay High Court Equivalent citations: AIR 1995 Bom 246, 1995 (1) BomCR 47, (1994) 96 BOMLR 592, I (1995) DMC 532 Bench: A Agarwal, A Savant Rajan Vasant Revankar vs Mrs. Shobha Rajan Revankar on 24 March, 1994 Law Point: Pleadings events subsequent to the law suit can be also taken into account as […]
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA B. Sudershan Reddy, Aftab Alam Neelam Kumar vs Dayarani on 6 July, 2010 Law Point: No Divorce for own misdeeds. JUDGEMENT This appeal, by the husband, is filed against the judgment and order dated September 14, 2005 passed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court (at Jabalpur) in F.A.O. 462 of 2003. […]
Punjab-Haryana High Court Pawan Kumar vs Smt. Chanchal Kumari on 27 October, 1998 Bench: J L Gupta, N Khichi Equivalent citations: AIR 1999 P H 108, (1999) 121 PLR 591 Law Point: Spouses staying away from each other for 13 years after few months staying together JUDGMENT Jawahar Lal Gupta, J. 1. The husband’s petition […]