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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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA JUSTICE B.N. Agrawal, P.P. Naolekar & Dalveer Bhandari Samar Ghosh Vs. Jaya Ghosh On 26 March 2007 Law Point: She unilaterally declared her decision not to give birth to child for 2 years and appellant should not be inquisitive about her child and keep himself aloof as far as possible — […]
BOMBAY HIGH COURT JUSTICE M.L. Tahaliyani DEEPAK @ GAJANAN RAMRAO KANEGAONKAR Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ORS. On 1 July 2015 Law Point: Respondent No. 2-wife knew that applicant was married person and had children from his first wife — Respondent No. 2 was not “aggrieved person” […]
Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICE N. Santosh Hegde & B.P. Singh Deb Narayan Halder Vs. Smt. Anushree Halder On 26 August 2003 Law Point: Parties lived happily for many years after marriage — Some misunderstanding resulting is separation — Evidence on record not convincing that respondent subjected to torture and harassment — High Court […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE S. K. AWASTHI Umesh Lilani vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh on 18 July, 2019 Law Point: Madhya Pradesh High Court Consensual Sex Even After Refusal To Marry Does Not Amount To Rape JUDGEMENT 1. Applicant/accused has preferred this petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, […]
PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT JUSTICE Dr. Sarojnei Saksena Rama Kanta Vs. Mohinder Laxmidas Bhandula On 7 February 1995 Law Point: Her threats and attempts to commit suicide — Act of lodging false complaint against her husband — Relations u/Secs. 498-A/34, I.P.C., resulting in acquittal — Are incidents of appellant’s cruel behaviour towards respondent — […]
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA JUSTICE Dipak Misra, J. & Amitava Roy K.V. PRAKASH BABU Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA On 22 November 2016 Law Point: ‘Suspicion’ of ‘extra-marital relationship’ of husband — Extra-marital relationship, per se, or as such would not come within ambit of Section 498A, IPC — It would be an illegal or immoral […]
BOMBAY HIGH COURT JUSTICE S.W. Puranik Ashok Yeshwant Samant Vs. Smt. Suparna Ashok Samant & Anr. On 27 July 1990 Law Point: Default in payment — Wife awarded maintenance of Rs. 500/- per month ex-parte — Husband failed to make the payment — Sentenced to imprisonment twice — Whether sentencing the defaulting party to imprisonment […]
THE RATIO OF THIS JUDGMENT IS OVERRULED. THE SAME IS PUT HERE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY DELHI HIGH COURT JUSTICE Shiv Narayan Dhingra Niraj Trivedi Vs. State of Bihar & Ors. On 4 January 2008 Law Point: Quashing of FIR — This Court can exercise jurisdiction in all those cases where though crime should have […]
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA JUSTICE Ruma Pal, Arijit Pasayat & C.K. Thakker A. Jayachandra Vs. Aneel Kaur On 2 December 2004 Law Point: Constant nagging on various aspects certainly amounted to causing indelible mental agony and amount to cruelty JUDGEMENT Leave granted. Parties to a marriage tying nuptial knot aro supposed to bring about the […]
BOMBAY HIGH COURT JUSTICE A.V. Savant & S.S. Parkar Bhagwan Raoji Dale Vs. Sushma @ Nanda Bhawan Dale & Anr. On 18 April 1998 Law Point: Wife, Divorcee : Extended Definition of Word ‘Wife’ Cannot Be Claimed — Wife withdrew herself from society of her husband without any reasonable cause and without consent of her […]