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: Calcutta High Court Equivalent citations: AIR 1987 Cal 153, 90 CWN 1060 Bench: A M Bhattacharjee, S Chakravarty Ashit Mukherjee vs Smt. Susmita Mukherjee (Nee Roy) … on 13 May, 1986 Law Point: Maintenance pendente lite- Income of parties- Failure of court to take into consideration such income- Affidavit in support of application […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Dr. Arijit Pasayat, Aftab Alam Chaturbhuj vs Sita Bai on 27 November, 2007 Law Point: Expression “unable to maintain herself” did not mean that wife must be absolutely destitute before she could apply for maintenance under Section 125 Cr.P.C JUDGEMENT 1. Leave granted. 2. Challenge in this appeal is […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES P. Sathasivam & B.S. Chauhan Vinny Parmar vs Paramvir Parmar on 20 July, 2011 Law Point: Court to consider status of parties, their respective needs, capacity of husband to pay, having regard to reasonable expenses for his own maintenance and other legal obligations JUDGEMENT 24.04.2009 passed by the […]
Court: Gujarat High Court Bench: JUSTICE Akil Kureshi Hasmukhbhai vs State on 9 February, 2011 Law Point: Children have to maintain parents. JUDGEMENT 1. Petitioners are sons of respondent No.2. Respondent No.2 father had filed Criminal Miscellaneous Application No.585 of 2008 before the Family Court, Rajkot seeking maintenance from his sons contending that in old […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE R. S. DALVI Ritula Singh vs Lt.Col. Rajeshwar Singh on 26 February, 2010 Law Point: Interim maintenance cannot be increased based on husband’s salary hike to an earning wife JUDGEMENT 1.Rule, returnable forthwith. 2.The parties are wife and husband. They have been married since 22.10.1986. The wife has filed a […]
Court: Chattisgarh High Court Shiv Kumar Yadav vs Smt. Santoshii Yadav on 15 February, 2004 Law Point: No maintenance for a deserting wife. JUDGEMENT The petitioner has preferred this revision under Section 397 read with Section 401 of the Cr.P.C. 1973, being aggrieved by the order dated 18- 10-2003 passed by the 3rd Additional District […]
Court: Andhra High Court Equivalent citations: 1990 CriLJ 2506 Bench: JUSTICE D J Raju Jangam Srinivasa Rao vs Jangam Rajeswari And Anr. on 31 March, 1989 Law Point: Maintenance arrears for 1 year only JUDGEMENT 1. This is a petition filed under Section 482, Cr.P.C. to quash the order D/- 21-7-88 passed by the II […]
Court: Andhra High Court Equivalent citations: 1996 (1) ALD 491, 1996 (1) ALD Cri 436, 1996 (1) ALT Cri 219, 1996 CriLJ 1158, 1996 (1) LS 115 Bench: JUSTICE V R Reddy Oona Gowri Shankara Rao vs Oona Rajeswari And Ors. on 15 November, 1995 Law Point: Maintenance to illegitimate child denied JUDGEMENT 1. First […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE Shiv Narayan Dhingra Ritu Raj Kant vs Anita on 18 September, 2008 Mr. S.K.Tyagi, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.Usman Chaudhari, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Bald allegations of income of husband, who is able-bodied, not teneble in law for maintenace JUDGEMENT 1. With the consent of the Counsel for parties this petition is heard finally […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA Smt. Saritha Rao & Ors. vs Y.Raghunath Rao & Anr. on 4 March, 2010 Law Point: Continuity of Appeal/ revision of the criminal trial finally comes to an end when the last Court i.e. the Supreme Court, give its verdict. JUDGEMENT 1. By way of present […]