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: K.M. Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy, C.T. Ravikumar Joseph Shine vs Union of India on January 31, 2023 Law Point: Armed Forces Personnel Liable To Face Disciplinary Action For Adultery Despite Striking Down Of Section 497 IPC : Supreme Court JUDGEMENT MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION NO. 2204 OF 2020 […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Altamas Kabir, Aftab Alam Satish Sitole vs Ganga on 10 July, 2008 Law Point: Marriage between the parties is dead for all practical purposes and there is no chance of it being retrieved, the continuance of such marriage would itself amount to cruelty JUDGEMENT 1. As far back as […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE R.BANUMATHI AND JUSTICE B.RAJENDRAN Tmt.M.Sundari vs Dr.A.Chandrasekaran on 23 June, 2010 Mr.P.K.Rajagopal, Adv. For the appellant. Ms.R.Gowri, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Judicial Separation granted on application of Divorce JUDGEMENT Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeals in C.M.A.Nos.3839 and 3840 of 2005 are filed under Section 19 of Family Courts Act against the Judgment and decree dated 18.10.2005 in I.D.O.P.Nos.235 of […]
Court: Madras High Court Equivalent citations: 2003 (1) AWC 344 SC, (2003) 2 CALLT 23 SC Bench: JUSTICE S.ASHOK KUMAR Mrs. Sunita vs S.Krishnan on 19 February, 2007 Mr.V.Raghavachari, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.Sathish Rajan, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Transfer application under 23(3) CPC JUDGEMENT This Transfer CMP has been filed to withdraw the O.P.No.1939 of 206 pending on the file of […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE R. BALASUBRAMANIAN and JUSTICE V. DHANAPALAN A. Viswanathan vs G. Lakshmi @ Seetha on 20 November, 2006 Mr. S. Parthasarathy, Senior Counsel for Mr. V. Shankar For the appellant. Mr. S.V. Jayaraman, Senior Counsel for Mr. R. Nandakumar For the respondent. Law Point: Mental Cruelty, husband granted divorce by HC JUDGEMENT (Judgment of the Court […]
Supreme Court of India Altamas Kabir, Aftab Alam Gullipilli Sowria Raj vs Bandaru Pavani @ Gullipili Pavani on 4 December, 2008 Law Point: If a spouse is not Hindu, marriage is invalid under HMA JUDGEMENT 1. The only question which falls for determination in this Civil Appeal by way of Special Leave is whether a […]
Punjab and Haryana High Court Equivalent citations: AIR 1989 P H 310 V Ramaswami, G Majithia Kiran Mandal vs Smt. Mohini Mandal on 10 March, 1989 Law Point: Mental Cruelty defined, husband granted divorce JUDGEMENT 1. This Letters Patent Appeal, under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent, is directed against the judgment of the learned […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: R. S. Dalvi Neelam Dadasaheb Shewale vs Dadasaheb Bandu Shewale on 17-02-2010 Mr. Milind N. Jadhav i/b Mr. Sagar G. Talekar For the appellant. Mr. R. T. Lalwani, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Wife cannot use the husband’s name anywhere including in her bank account after Decree of divorce JUDGEMENT 1. This writ petition challenges three […]
Patna High Court Shiva Kirti Singh, J. and Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J. Anil Kumar vs Smt. Sita Devi on 12 August, 2010 Mr Jitendra Kishore Verma, Adv. For the appellant. M/s Anil Kumar, Smt. Annapurna Gupta and Govind Pd. Sinha For the respondent. Law Point: Arrest of Husband on a complaint of wife, reason for Irretrievable broken down marriage JUDGEMENT 5 […]
Court: Bombay High Court Writ Petition No.1381 of 2010 Bench: R. S. Dalvi Rakesh Harsukhbhai Parekh vs State Of Mah on 23 February, 2010 Mr.Uday Prakash Warunjikar i/by Mr.Pravartak Pathak with Mr.Hitesh Bhutekar For the appellant. Mr.S.N. Bhosale, AGP For the respondent. Law Point: 6 months waiver in Mutual Divorce u/s Section 13(B)(2) HMA JUDGEMENT 1.Rule, returnable forthwith. 2.The […]