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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Delhi High Court JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog & Yogesh Khanna Manoj Kumar Vs. Pinki Rani On 22 November 2016 Law Point: Respondent-wife failed to establish charge of illegal relationship of appellant-husband with lady concerned. Marriage irretrievably broken, cruelty established. JUDGEMENT 1. The appeal has reached for hearing. 2. None has appeared for the respondent. 3. Heard […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Shiv Narayan Dhingra Sharmishtha Vs. Sujoy Mitra On 4 August 2008 Law Point: Foreign Divorce Decree — Not required to be confirmed by Court of this country — However, decree obtained from foreign country must satisfy requirements of Section 13, CPC . JUDGEMENT 1. The respondent/husband […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICE Ajay Rastogi & J.K. Ranka Praveena Tank Vs. Arvind Kumar Tank On 19 November 2014 Law Point: Cruelty — Character assassination — According to husband, wife was having illicit relations with a distant relative before marriage and that persisted thereafter — Parties living separately for more than 14 years […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICE Dr. AR. Lakshmanan & Tarun Chatterjee Rishikesh Sharma Vs. Saroj Sharma On 21 November 2006 Law Point: Wife living separately and filing cases against Husband which cannot be substantiated. Divorce Decreed. JUDGEMENT Leave granted. 2. The husband is the appellant before us. The respondent is his wife. They […]
Court: Andhra High Court Bench: JUSTICES C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY AND G.SHYAM PRASAD Kalapatapu Lakshmi Bharati Vs. Kalapatapu Sai Kumar On 31 August 2016 Law Point: Irretrievable breakdown of marriage. Husband and Wife living separately for a long period of time. JUDGEMENT These two Civil Miscellaneous Appeals arise out of common order, dated 25.11.2005, […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog and Pratibha Rani Aarti Manchanda Vs. Chander Shekhar Manchanda On 12 August 2016 Law Point: Conduct of wife of leaving her matrimonial home and never returning back or even making enquiry of her children was enough to lead to irresistible conclusion that she left to bring co-habitation […]
Andhra Pradesh High Court JUSTICE Umesh Chandra Banerjee, CJ., B. Subhashan Reddy & Chelameswar Kola Emmanuel Vs. Nallipogu Sunanda On 23 February 1998 Law Point: The word ‘impotence’ is not related to a particular gender like male only. Incapability of copulation on the part of either of the spouses either due to structural defects in […]
Court: High Court Of Orissa Bench: JUSTICES Vinod Prasad and S.K. Sahoo Ranjana Rani Panda and Ors. Vs. Sanjay Kumar Panda On 22 December 2015 Law Point: Husband and Wife not interested to live with each other – It would be in interest of parties to sever matrimonial ties since marriage has broken down irretrievably. […]
Court: High Court Of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE Ms. Veena Birbal Suman Kaushik Vs. N.P. Kaushik Law Point: Divorce on the ground of desertion and cruelty – Parties lived together for 7 months and litigating for 25 years – Husband employed as judicial officer and wife working under government – Wife making various complaints in respect […]