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: Gauhati High Court Bench: JUSTICE I.A. Ansari & Dr. Indira Shah Bulbuli Biswas Vs. Khagen Biswas On 17 June 2013 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ib) — Desertion — Animus as well as factum of separation without any just cause proved by husband — Parties are living separately since 1985, almost […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE V.L. Achliya Datta & Ors. Vs. State Of Maharashtra On 13 October 2016 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 306, 498A, 34 — Abetment of Suicide — Cruelty — Common intention — Benefit of doubt — Suicidal death of deceased by burning herself — No cogent, convincing […]
Patna High Court JUSTICE I.A. Ansari, CJ., Nilu Agrawal Rajesh Kumar Vs. Pushpa Rani On 16 September 2016 Law Point: Judicial Separation — Non-resumption of conjugal rights — Divorce — Second marriage — Appeal infructuous — If upon filing of appeal, seeking to set decree for judicial separation set aside, no stay order against decree […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE B.R. Gavai & Z.A. Haq Pradeep Vs. State Of Maharashtra & Anr. On 30 September 2013 Law Point: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 506, 34 — Quashing of FIR — Cruelty — Criminal intimidation — Common intention — Applicant […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE Saeed-Uz-Zaman Siddiqi Kiran Singh Vs. Dr. Shiv Kumar On 26 November 2013 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), 9 — Cruelty — Restitution of Conjugal Rights — Love marriage — Appellant-wife was so much swayed by her emotions that she got her MBBS study transferred to […]
Court: Patna High Court Bench: JUSTICE Rajendra Kumar Mishra Jagbandhu Bin & Ors. Vs. State Of Bihar On 12 December 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 201, 34 — Dowry Death — Disappearance of Evidence — Common intention — Benefit of doubt — Ingredients of offence under Section 304B, IPC — […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY Bench: JUSTICE V.M. Deshpande Chitra Vitthalrao Ade vs Ganesh Dinesh Dixit And Another on 17 February 2018 Law Point: JUDGEMENT 1. This is an appeal filed by the complainant challenging judgment and order dated 8.7.2004 passed by the Court of Assistant Sessions Judge, Yavatmal, in Special Case No. […]
Court: HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Bench: JUSTICE RAJASEKHAR MANTHA, J. Kalam Sk vs The State Of West Bengal on 20 September 2018 Law Point: JUDGEMENT 1. The instant appeal is directed against a judgment and order dated 13th and 14th March 2008 passed by the Additional District and Sessions Judge, 5th Fast Track Court, Malda, […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND Bench: JUSTICE R.R.Prasad, J Anjana Rashmi Minz vs The State Of Jharkhand on 11 December 2014 Law Point: JUDGEMENT Heard learned counsel appearing for the appellant and the learned counsel for the State on this interlocutory […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE G.S.SISTANI, J. State vs Abhinandan Kumar on 15 May 2017 Law Point: JUDGEMENT 1. This is an application seeking condonation of 76 days delay in filing the present leave to appeal. 2. For the reasons stated in the application and since we have considered the leave to appeal on […]