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 Appeal (civil) 1473 of 1999 Bench: D.P. Mohapatra, Doraiswamy Raju Hirachand Srinivas Managaonkar vs Sunanda on 20 March, 2001 Law Point: Judicial Separation is not a divorce, doesn’t snap matrimonial ties JUDGEMENT The point that arises for determination in this case is short but by no means simple. The point is this: […]
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY S. A. BOBDE & S. J. KATHAWALLA, JJ Mrs.Sanjivani Bharat Sasane Verus Mr.Bharat Dashrath Sasane and ANR. on NOVEMBER 18, 2009 Mr.Amol Deshpande , Adv. For the appellant. Mrs.Usha Purohit and Mr.Sidharth Ronghe, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Repeated Suicide threats amounts mental cruelty, is valid divorce ground JUDGEMENT This is an Appeal filed against the order […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF DELHI Equivalent citations: 119 (2005) DLT 567, 2005 (82) DRJ 22 Bench: M Mudgal Sh. Tarun Kumar Vaish vs Ms. Meenakshi Vaish on 13 April, 2005 Law Point: Considerations for granting exemption from passage of one year before filing a petition for mutual divorce explained, Mutual Divorce granted JUDGEMENT With the […]
Allahabad High Court Hon’ble Rakesh Tiwari Dr. Vinod Kumar Gupta vs Smt. Deepa Gupta on 12 July, 2010 Law Point: Over 17 years of seperation, no chance of staying together, wife not willing to cohabit, husband granted divorce decree. JUDGEMENT The case peremptorily listed today. List has been revised. Heard learned counsel for the appellant […]
Supreme Court of India Tarun Chatterjee, R.M. Lodha Lalit Kishore vs Meeru Sharma & Anr on 4 August, 2009 Law Point: Application for medical assessment of mental condition of wife allowed in a matrimonial dispute at insistence of husband. JUDGEMENT Leave This is an appeal filed against the judgment and order dated 2nd of December, […]
PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT VINOD K. SHARMA Rishi Pal vs Luxmi Devi and another on 27.08.2009 Mr. Vishal Gupta, Adv. For the appellant. None For the respondent. Equivalent citations: FAO No. M−204 of 1998 Law Point: False cases of 498A, 125 CrPC, amount to cruelty against Husband. JUDGEMENT This appeal by the appellant−husband is directed against the judgment and decree […]
MADRAS HIGH COURT C.R.P.(PD)NO. 857 of 2004 and C.M.P. No. 8162 of 2004 Bench: MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI Umamaheswari vs K. Babu on 21/07/2005 Mr. J. Ramakrishnan, Adv. For the appellant. Ms. P.T. Asha, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Desertion and non-consummation of marriage. Impotency explained. JUDGEMENT This Revision is preferred against the order of the Family Court, Coimbatore made in I.A. […]
HIGH COURT OF DELHI HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KAILASH GAMBHIR Sangeeta vs Preston Gomes on 13 December, 2010 Law Point: Marriage between a Hindu and non-Hindu under HMA not vaild JUDGEMENT By this appeal filed under Section 28 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, r/w Section 151 of the CPC, the appellant seeks to challenge the […]
Court: SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Bench: SUDHANSHU DHULIA Shri Rakesh Raman vs Smt. Kavita on 26 April 2023 Law Point: Irretrievably Broken Down Marriage Can Be Dissolved On Ground Of ‘Cruelty’ JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal arises out of a divorce proceeding initiated by the appellant under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, (hereinafter […]
Court: SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Bench: Rajesh Bindal Charan Singh @ Charanjit Singh vs State of Uttarakhand on 20 April 2023 Law Point: Unnatural Death Of Wife In Matrimonial Home Within 7 Years Of Marriage In Itself Not Sufficient To Convict Husband For Dowry Death JUDGEMENT 1. The appellant, who was husband of the deceased, […]