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.
CONSULTATION
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Vipin Sanghi AS Vs. SNS On 7 January 2016 Law Point: Cruelty — Desertion — Appellant-wife failed to lead cogent evidence to establish respondent-husband created such circumstances that it was not possible for her to reside in matrimonial home — Wife made reckless allegations against husband of being womanizer […]
Court: Punjab and High Court Bench: JUSTICES M. Jeyapaul & Raj Rahul Garg Sawaranjit Kaur Vs. Lt. Col. Avtar Singh & Ors. On 3 August 2015 Law Point: Void Marriage — Wife contracted second marriage when first husband very much alive — Such a marriage patently illegal and is null and void. JUDGEMENT […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Kailash Gambhir Shashi Bala Vs. Rajiv Arora On 21 March 2012 Law Point: Denial of sexual intercourse after marriage — Refusal to perform customary rituals — Sex is the foundation of marriage and marriage without sex is an anathema — Wilful denial of sexual intercourse without reasonable cause would […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE R.P. Misra & Krishna Murari Sadhana Srivastava Vs. Arvind Kumar Srivastava On 6 September 2005 Law Point: Mental and Physical Cruelty: Allegations of having an illicit relationship and extramarital affairs made by wife against husband amounted to cruelty: Various criminal proceedings initiated against husband found to be a false […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICE Shiv Kumar Sharma & Harbans Lal Indu Mishra Vs. Kovid Kumar Gaur & Anr. On 20 December 2005 Law Point: Totally false and baseless allegation leveled against Husband by Wife about having illicit relations with his Bhabhi, clearly tantamounts to cruelty on her part to respondent-husband — Respondent-husband entitled […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Vipin Sanghi SA Vs. AA On 22 March 2016 Law Point: Mental Cruelty — Wife taunted Husband for not being able to satiate her sexual desire on account of his being heavy weight — Calling of names and hurling of abuses. Incidents are grave and weighty matrimonial offences by […]
Court: Uttarakhand High Court Bench: JUSTICE Prafulla C. Pant & V.K. Bist Pradeep Kumar Juyal Vs. Kanti Devi Law Point: Divorce, Cruelty, Desertion — Husband and wife not living together — Testimony of husband reliable — Wife told him not to come back, so that she may have pension — Trial Court committed error of […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog & Pratibha Rani Geeta Pandey Vs. Shekhar Pandey On 6 September 2016 Law Point: Threat to commit suicide by consuming acid — By said act, wife alleged to be pregnant created fear in the mind of husband and his family. Fear in the mind of husband and […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog & Pratibha Rani Nirmala Vs. Manoj Kumar On 14 September 2016 Law Point: Illicit relations — Baseless allegations by wife — Wife suffering from delusion and continuously under treatment — Appellant-wife living with her parents most of the time after her marriage and she had been under […]