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 Y. V. Chandrachud, R. S. Sarkaria And A. C. Gupta Bhagwan Dutt Vs. Kamla Devi & Anr. On 7 October 1974 Law Point: Separate Income of Wife can be taken into Account in determining the amount of maintenance payable to her. JUDGEMENT 1. Can the income of the wife be […]
DELHI HIGH COURT JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog, J. & Pratibha Rani Kamini Sondhi Vs. Kapil Sondhi On 9 September 2016 Law Point: Non-consummation of marriage — False complaints — Respondent went into depression and had to leave his job — Sufficient instances to dissolve their marriage on ground of cruelty. JUDGEMENT For the reasons stated in […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Subodh Abhyankar Sudhir Gupta vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh on 27 July, 2018 Law Point: JUDGEMENT None appears for respondent No.2, though served. Heard on the present appeal which has been filed by the appellant under Section 14-A of Scheduled Castes and Sched- uled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015 […]
Court: Calcutta High Court (Appellete Side) Bench: JUSTICE INDIRA BANERJEE Jayanti Rani Panda vs State Of West Bengal on 31 March, 2015 Law Point: JUDGEMENT Leave is granted to the petitioner to correct the cause title as also the body of the application by rectifying the inadvertent error in the Sessions Trial case number and Police […]
HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT JUSTICE Sandeep Sharma Indu Bala Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh On 22 May 2018 Law Point: Sections 498A, 304B, 34 — Normal rule is of bail and not jail — Court has to keep in mind nature of accusations, nature of evidence in support thereof, severity of punishment, character of accused, […]
ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT JUSTICE S.V. Maruthi & E. Dharma Rao G. PADMINI Vs. G. SIVANANDA BABU On 11 November 1999 Law Point: Letter Written to Third Party About Impotency of Husband : Amounts to Mental Cruelty — Wife has written letter about impotency of her husband to brother-in-law — Brother-in-law is an outsider to […]
MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT JUSTICE S.K. Gangele, J. & Anjuli Palo State Of Madhya Pradesh Vs. Ramesh Kumar On 15 March 2018 Law Point: Testimony of PW10 creates doubt — He stated that when deceased was brought to hospital, appellant also came with her — As per MLC, his both hand were burnt — It […]
RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT JUSTICE Pankaj Bhandari BASRAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN THR. P.P. On 7 March 2018 Law Point: Section 304B — Bail — Dowry Death — Charge sheet not filed within period of 90 days — Date of remand included in calculating period of 90 days or 60 days — Holiday on last day […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Atul Sreedharan Dr. Nitin Bhargav vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh on 22 February, 2019 Law Point: JUDGEMENT This appeal under section 14A(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act read with section 438 of the Cr.P.C has been filed against the order dated 30.01.2019 passed […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH Bench: JUSTICE S. K. Awasthi Manish vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh on 10 January, 2020 Law Point: JUDGEMENT (1). Applicant/accused has preferred this petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in brevity ‘Cr.P.C’), for quashment of FIR dated 03.05.2019 registered as Crime No.572/2019 at Police Station […]