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 Bench: JUSTICE A Pasayat, D Bhandari Smt. Mayadevi vs Jagdish Prasad on 21/02/2007 Law Point: Cruelty in matrimonial life may be of unfounded variety, may be words, gestures or by mere silence, violent or non-violent JUDGEMENT Leave granted. Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment rendered by a learned Single Judge of […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE PRATIBHA RANI Kamini Sondhi vs Kapil Sondhi on 9 September 2016 Law Point: Sexless marriage, Wife made false complaints to husband’s boss, hence Divorce on mental cruelty. JUDGEMENT 1. The appellant/wife has preferred this appeal impugning the judgment and decree dated April 01, 2016 whereby her marriage with the respondent/husband […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Neena Bansal Krishna Devender Govind Ram Ravin vs Rekha on 11 August, 2023 Law Point: Insistence of family of wife for husband to abandon his parents & become ghar jamai & live in their house amounts to cruelty JUDGEMENT 1. The petitioner/appellant (petitioner in […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: Justice Bharati Dangre Harshada Tejas Narute vs Tejas Mukund Narute on 8 October, 2021 Law Point: Divorce filed by husband not transferred to wife location JUDGEMENT 1. The Applicant/Wife has sought transfer of proceedings filed byl the Respondent/Husbyand in form of Marriage Petition No.550 of 2002 byefore the learned Civil […]
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: HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND Bench: JUSTICE O.P.DWIVEDI Smt. Jaishree vs Sri Arjun Singh on 17 March, 2011 Mr. Ramji Srivastava, Advocate For the appellant. Mr. Sandeep Tandon, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Husband won the divorce on the grounds of Cruelty by wife, divroce granted with limited alimony JUDGEMENT This appeal, preferred under Section 19 of the Family Courts […]
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: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE KAILASH GAMBHIR Smt. Nitu Aggarwal vs Sh Gireesh Gupta on 19 November, 2010 Mr. Rajiv Shukla, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.Gyan Prakash, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Roping in relatives in false cases amounts to cruelty towards husband JUDGEMENT 1. By this appeal filed under Section 28 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 the appellant […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: MR.JUSTICE ELIPE DHARMA RAO and MR.JUSTICE K.K.SASIDHARAN R.Sridharan vs The Presiding Officer on 9 July, 2010 Mr.K.Chandra Mouli, Adv. For the appellant. Mrs.Geetha Ramaseshan, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Husband US citizen, wife invoking Jurisdiction u/s 19(iii)(a) of HMA to file Divoce in India JUDGEMENT The legality of a matrimonial proceeding initiated by the wife before a family […]