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: Andhra Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE A. Gopal Reddy Yerram Vinod Vs. State Of A.P. & Ors. On 20 January 2011 Law Point: Major children who through some mental or corporal defect or injury are unable to maintain themselves are entitled to maintenance under Section 125(1)(c). JUDGEMENT 1. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 […]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE R. Basant Alora Sundaran Vs. Mammali Sumathi & Anr. On 6 July 2006 Law Point: Magistrate has power to sentence Husband for not more than 1 month if there is default in payment of maintenance. JUDGEMENT 1. Does the decision in Shahada Khatoon v. Amjad Ali, I (2000) DMC […]
Court:Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICE P. Venkatarama Reddi & A.K. Mathur SHANTHA @ USHADEVI AND ANR. Vs. B.G. SHIVANANJAPPA On 6 May 2005 Law Point: Arrears of maintenance : Bar of limitation : Application shall be made within a period of one year of date when amount became due. JUDGEMENT Leave granted. Brief facts […]
Court: GUJARAT HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE D.G. Karia DUDHIBEN MERAKHBHAI Vs. NATHABHAI HAZABHAI & ANR. Decided on 25 April 1996 Law Point: Wife is being supported and maintained by an adulterer — Husband has not sufficient means. Maintenance denied to wife. JUDGEMENT This revision application arises out of the proceedings under Section 24 of the […]
Court:MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE U.L. Bhat PRAMOD KAPLISH Vs. SMT. ALKA KAPLISH Decided on 3 August 1995 Law Point: Circumstances — Statement of assessable income produced by revision petitioner — Proved his income increasing over years — Added circumstance of absence of specific denial in counter — Interim maintenance — Only for future […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE Prabha Sridevan Jayalakshmi Vs. Krishna Padayachi Decided on 04 September 2002 Law Point: Woman marrying person while first marriage is subsisting : In law, woman can be given recognition either as wife of man or as his concubine : There cannot be any intermediary clause described as an “illegitimate […]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE G. Sasidharan Kuttappan Vs. Vijayamma & Ors. On 24 August 2001 Law Point: Maintenance : Non-payment : Application has to be Filed within one Year of Amount Becoming Due. JUDGEMENT 1. This petition is filed by the respondent in M.C. No. 31 of 1994 on the file of the […]
Court: CALCUTTA HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE Nripendra Kumar Bhattacharyya RINA SARKAR Vs. PARITOSH SARKAR AND ANOTHER On 18 May 1994 Law Point: Alleged mal reatment/torture not proved by Wife. Maintenance denied. JUDGEMENT By this revisional application under Article 227 of the Constitution of India read with Section 483 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1983 […]