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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MADRAS HIGH COURT C.R.P.PD.No.776 of 2006 HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.ASHOK KUMAR V.K.Bhuvaneswari vs N.Venugopal on 15/12/2006 Mr.M.Sathyanarayanan, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.Hemalatha, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Scientific test like DNA and RNA would bring a conclusive proof with regard to the paternity and maternity of the child. JUDGEMENT Aggrieved over the fair and decreetal orders made in I.A.No.17 of 2003 in H.M.O.P.No.27 […]
Court: Bombay High Court Equivalent citations: AIR 1995 Bom 246, 1995 (1) BomCR 47, (1994) 96 BOMLR 592, I (1995) DMC 532 Bench: A Agarwal, A Savant Rajan Vasant Revankar vs Mrs. Shobha Rajan Revankar on 24 March, 1994 Law Point: Pleadings events subsequent to the law suit can be also taken into account as […]
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA B. Sudershan Reddy, Aftab Alam Neelam Kumar vs Dayarani on 6 July, 2010 Law Point: No Divorce for own misdeeds. JUDGEMENT This appeal, by the husband, is filed against the judgment and order dated September 14, 2005 passed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court (at Jabalpur) in F.A.O. 462 of 2003. […]
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY Equivalent citations: FAMILY COURT APPEAL NO. 148 OF 2004 FAMILY COURT APPEAL NO. 98 OF 2006. CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 291 OF 2007. A.P.DESHPANDE and SMT.R.P. SONDURBALDOTA Smt.Kalpana Bharat Ruparel vs Bharat Ratanshi Ruparel on 31-01-2005 Mr.K.M.Savla i/by Mr.Manish P. Jogani, Adv. For the appellant. Smt.B.P.Jakhadi, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Dissolution of the marriage on the […]
ANDHRA HIGH COURT HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S. RAO Mrs. Snehalatha vs Dr. S. Ramakrishna Reddy on 5 October 2001 Law Point: Transfer petition decided in favor of husband JUDGEMENT The petitioner invoked the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (‘CPC’ for brevity). She prays this Court to […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICE Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud Sonu @ Subhash Kumar vs The State Of Uttar Pradesh on 1 March, 2021 Law Point: The parties were in the relationship for about a period of one and a half years; and the relationship between the appellant and the second respondent was of a […]
MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT D Dharmadhikari Smt. Kanta Sachdev vs Devidas on 5/3/1998 Law Point: False cases and Involving Married Sisters of Husband in Police Complaint amount in cruelty leads to Divorce JUDGEMENT This appeal preferred by the wife under Section 28 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’) against grant of […]
PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT V.M. Jain Bhupinder Kumar vs Smt. Versha Rani on 6/10/2004 Law Point: Wife got the petitioner arrested in the proceedings under Section 107/151 Cr.P.C. caused mental cruelty to the husband. Husband entitled to divorce JUDGEMENT This appeal has been filed by the husband against the judgment and decree dated 6.1.1995 […]
Court: SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Bench: G.S. Singhvi, V. Gopala Gowda Ranjana Kumari vs State Of Uttaranchal & Ors on 23 September 2013 Law Point: JUDGEMENT G.S. SINGHVI, J. 1. Leave granted. 2. The appellant has questioned correctness of order dated 29.8.2011 by which the Uttarakhand High Court dismissed the writ petition filed by her […]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: Sreedevi, J. P.K. Vijayappan Nair vs J. Ammini Amma on 30 January 1997 Law Point: Filling Many Cases; Beating Children, Scratching Face etc Lead to Divorce. JUDGEMENT This appeal is filed against the decree and judgment in H.M.O.P. No. 85 of 1985 on the file of the Sub Court, Ernakulam. […]