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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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Dowry Death

Shindo @ Sawinder Kaur & Anr Vs State Of Punjab

Court:Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES H.S. Bedi & Chandramauli Kr. Prasad Shindo @ Sawinder Kaur & Anr Vs State Of Punjab On 31 March 2011 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304-B, 498-A — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113-B — Dowry Death, Cruelty — Presumption — Dying declarations — Death of […]

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Rakesh Chand & Anr Vs State Of Punjab

Court:Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES H.S. Bedi & C.K. Prasad Rakesh Chand & Anr Vs State Of Punjab On 11 August 2010 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 304B, 201, 34 — Murder, Dowry Death, Disappearance of Evidence, Common Intention — Benefit of doubt — Demand for Rs. 50,000/- has been […]

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Baljinder Kaur Vs. State Of Punjab

Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES T.S. Thakur & R. Banumathi Baljinder Kaur Vs. State Of Punjab On 19 November 2014 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 498A — Dowry Death — Cruelty — Alleged demand of gold Karra about two months after marriage — Cannot constitute proximate live link with […]

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Nilu @ Pratap Kumar Mohaptra Vs. State Of Orissa

Court: Orissa High Court Bench: JUSTICE M. Papanna Nilu @ Pratap Kumar Mohaptra Vs. State Of Orissa On 16 January 2004 Law Point: Sections 498-A, 304B, 201/34 — Quashing of Order : Cruelty, dowry death, disappearance of evidence, common intention : Appreciation of material on record : Involvement of petitioner in complicity of crime not […]

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Vinod Kumar Arora Vs. State

Court: DELHI HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE Veena Birbal Vinod Kumar Arora Vs. State On 16 May 2014 Law Point: Sections 304B, 498A – no demand of dowry was ever raised by the appellant and his other family members — wife only stated that her father was not happy with the marriage, allegations of dowry demand […]

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Mungeshwar Prasad Chaurasia & Anr. Vs. State Of Bihar

Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES K.T. Thomas, S.N. Variava Mungeshwar Prasad Chaurasia & Anr. Vs. State Of Bihar On 13 September 2001 Law Point: Dowry Death, Disappearance of Evidence, Common Intention, Cruelty: Appellants, Parents of Husband did not Harass Deceased or Demanded Dowry Soon Before Her Death : Said Act can be Attributed […]

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State Of Karnataka Vs. K.S. Manjunathachari & Ors

Court:KARNATAKA HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICES Kumar Rajaratnam & B.K. Sangalad State Of Karnataka Vs. K.S. Manjunathachari & Ors On 16 April 1999 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498-A, 304-B — Cruelty, Dowry Death : Conviction under Cruelty : Justified — Concept of cruelty is much wider than dowry harassment — Sections 498-A […]

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Mangat Ram Vs. State Of Haryana

Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES K.S. Radhakrishnan & Vikramajit Sen Mangat Ram Vs. State Of Haryana On 27 March 2014 Law Point: Sections 306, 498A — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113A — Abetment of Suicide — Cruelty — Dowry demand — Presumption — Death of deceased was accidental as she was suffering […]

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Lella Srinivasa Rao Vs. State Of Andhra Pradesh

Court:Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICE N. Santosh Hegde & B.P. Singh Lella Srinivasa Rao Vs. State Of Andhra Pradesh On 26 February 2004 Law Point: Abetment of Suicide, Cruelty : Inconsistency between two dying declarations : High Court gave acquittal under Section 306, IPC : Witnesses declared hostile by prosecution : Prosecution failed to […]

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Ghusabhai Raisangbhai Chorasiya & Ors. Vs. State Of Gujarat

Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES Dipak Misra & Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya Ghusabhai Raisangbhai Chorasiya & Ors. Vs. State Of Gujarat On 18 February 2015 Law Point: There is no allegation of any kind of physical torture — Evidence brought on record with regard to cruelty is absolutely sketchy and not convincing — On […]

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