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: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Badar Durrez Ahmed Bhupinder Singh Vs. Delhi Commission For Women & Ors. On 1 February 2007 Law Point: No power granted to Commission to pass orders and/or directions for maintenance. These powers vested in Courts, both Criminal and Civil — Rights and obligations in respect of maintenance pertaining to Hindus to […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE Vijay Lakshmi Sanjeev Kumar Agarwal Vs. Rashmi Agarwal & Anr. On 9 May 2014 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 12, 22 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 125 — Domestic Violence — Compensation orders — Justification — Wife had not moved […]
[vc_column_text pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”3/4″ el_position=”first”] Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE I.S. Mehta Nihal Singh (Dr.) Vs. Dr. Priyanka Singh Badaliya Baby Harsha On 11 Oct 2017 Law Point:Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Section 12 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Sections 397, 401 — Maintenance — Award of — Statutory […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE I.S. Mehta Avinash Chandra Arora Vs. Anita Arora & Anr. On 21 March 2017 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 12, 23, 29 — Interim Maintenance — Residential accommodation — Husband has no objection to payment of interim monthly maintenance of Rs. 5,000/- […]
PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT JUSTICE Anita Chaudhary Amit Agarwal & Ors. Vs. Sanjay Aggarwal & Ors. On 31 May 2016 Law Point: Provisions of DV Act can be invoked only when domestic relationship is in existence — When domestic relationship ceases, provision under DV Act cannot be invoked — Complaint is abuse of process […]
Court:Supreme Court Bench: JUSTICE P. Sathasivam & Ranjan Gogoi Deoki Panjhiyara Vs. Shashi Bhushan Narayan Azad & Anr. On 12 December 2012 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Section 12 — Special Marriage Act, 1954 — Section 13 — Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 11 — Maintenance — Void […]
Court: Calcutta High Court Bench: JUSTICE J.B. Garg Shabnam Parveen Vs. State Of West Bengal & Ors. On 24 November 2017 Law Point: Interim maintenance — Widow daughter-in-law not entitled to any maintenance from her father-in-law. JUDGEMENT 1. The instant revision has been preferred by the petitioner/widow daughter-in-law of Opposite Party Nos. 2 and 5 […]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE M. Sasidharan Nambiar Shanavas vs Raseena on 10 December, 2010 Law Point: NBW cannot be issued for non payment of maintenance under section 23(1) of DV act JUDGEMENT First respondent, through her mother, filed petition under Section 12 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act before Judicial First Class Magistrate’s Court-II, […]