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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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Sameer Sabharwal & Ors. Vs. State & Anr.

Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Sudershan Kumar Misra Sameer Sabharwal & Ors. Vs. State & Anr. On 16 July 2014 Law Point: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 406 — Quashing of FIR — Cruelty — Criminal breach of trust — Entire controversy risen due […]

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Sangeeta Shukla Vs. Ganesh Shukla

Court: Chhattisgarh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Sunil Kumar Sinha & R.N. Chandrakar Sangeeta Shukla Vs. Ganesh Shukla On 1 January 2014 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Appellant-wife, was not doing any domestic work and used to quarrel with him and go to her parents’ place — She lodged […]

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Failure to Prove Marriage – No Maintenance

Jharkhand High Court JUSTICE H.C. Mishra Bula Roy Vs. State Of Jharkhand & Anr. On 16 July 2014 Law Point: Failure of wife to prove her marriage with husband-OP No. 2 — Witnesses examined by petitioner have not proved rituals of marriage — No relative of petitioner examined — On the other hand, OP No. […]

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Lalit Bhatia Vs. State Of Uttar Pradesh And Anr.

Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE P Srivastava Lalit Bhatia Vs. State Of Uttar Pradesh And Anr. On 27 May 2005 Law Point: Complaint has been filed only with a view to cause harassment to the husband and his family members. Continuation of the proceedings on the basis of complaint impugned in this application is […]

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Respondent not Biological Father Can not be saddled with Maintenance

Jharkhand High Court JUSTICE H.C. Mishra Satrughan Baske Vs. Silsia Kerketta & Anr. On 25 March 2014 Law Point: That OP No. 2 is son born to petitioner and OP No. 1 — No cogent evidence that petitioner is biological father of OP No. 2 — Impugned order passed by Courts below directing petitioner to […]

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Vijayalakshmi Vs. Vinod Nair

Court: Kerela High Court Bench: JUSTICE A.M. Shaffique, J. & Anu Sivaraman Vijayalakshmi Vs. Vinod Nair On 4 July 2017 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Conduct of appellant-wife is indicative of mental cruelty — During subsistence of valid marriage between parties, respondent-husband suffered major accident — He was […]

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Shankar Choudhary & Anr. Vs. State Of Bihar

Court: Patna High Court Bench: JUSTICE Anjana Prakash Shankar Choudhary & Anr. Vs. State Of Bihar On 13 December 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 498A, 306 — Dowry Death — Cruelty — Abetment of suicide — Deceased alleged to have sustained burn injuries and died — She was removed to […]

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Ramesh & Ors. Vs. State Of Maharashtra

Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE Naresh H. Patil & T.V. Nalawade Ramesh & Ors. Vs. State Of Maharashtra On 27 March 2012 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 498A, 34 — Murder — Cruelty — Common Intention — Benefit of doubt — Dying declarations do not inspire confidence to convict all […]

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Sardar Avtar Singh Vs. Amarjeet Kaur Gandhi

Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Manmohan Singh Sardar Avtar Singh Vs. Amarjeet Kaur Gandhi On 16 December 2013 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), 13(1)(ib) — Cruelty — Desertion by wife — Irretrievable break down of marriage — Vague allegations of cruelty are not sufficient to grant divorce and onus to […]

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Santosh Kumar Vs. Asha Budakoti

Court: Uttarakhand High Court Bench: JUSTICE Prafulla C. Pant & V.K. Bist Santosh Kumar Vs. Asha Budakoti On 13 June 2013 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ib) — Desertion — Working wife not joining company of husband for long time, more than 5 years and not coming to husband’s house even during […]

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