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: Orissa High Court Bench: JUSTICE Dr. B.R. Sarangi Braja Kishore Das & Ors. Vs. State Of Orissa On 02 August 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Section 4 — Cruelty — Dowry demand — Quashing of cognizance of offence — When main accused already […]
Court: Karnataka High Court Bench: JUSTICE Subhash B. Adi Sadiqulla & Ors. Vs. State Of Karnataka & Ors. On 7 June 2012 Law Point: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Quashing of proceedings — Cruelty — Prima facie case against accused No. 1 husband, accused […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE Sheo Kumar Singh & Ramesh Sinha Awadhesh Kumar Vs. State Of U.P. On 2 April 2014 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 306, 498A — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113B — Dowry Death — Abetment of suicide — Cruelty — Presumption — Ingredients of offence […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE M. Venugopal P.K. Nagarajan @ Meenakshisundaram Vs. N. Jeyarani & Ors. On 30 January 2014 Law Point: Revision petitioner/husband and 1st respondent/wife have not adduced any oral and documentary evidence to substantiate their averments and counter averments — Order relating to maintenance claim and Residential protection order passed by […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Mehinder Singh Sullar Rakesh Kumar Vs. Shashi Bala On 19 February 2014 Law Point: Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 9 Rule 13 — Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 — Setting aside ex parte decree of divorce — Production of entire evidence of petitioner-husband is […]
Andhra Pradesh High Court JUSTICE Ashutosh Mohunta & G. Krishna Mohan Reddy Guntamukkala Naga Venkata Kanaka Durga @ Nagamani Vs. Guntamukkala Eswar Sudhakar & Anr. On 19 October 2012 Law Point: Wife alone guilty of desertion of husband — She is not entitled for any maintenance from him — Awarding maintenance to a wife because […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE B.P. Dharmadhikari & A.S. Chandurkar Uttara Praveen Thool Vs. Praveen On 6 January 2014 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), (ib) — Cruelty — Desertion — Appellant-wife failed to prove either ill-treatment or demand of amount of Rs. 4,000 by respondent-husband — She deserted respondent without […]
Court: Jharkhand High Court Bench: JUSTICE Prashant Kumar & Amitav K. Gupta Rabindra Nath Tiwary & Ors. Vs. State Of Jharkhand On 25 February 2014 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 306, 498A — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113A — Abetment of suicide — Cruelty — Presumption — Deceased committed suicide within […]
Court: Patna High Court Bench: JUSTICE Anjana Prakash Lal Mohan Singh Vs. State Of Bihar On 6 December 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 201 — Cruelty — Disappearance of evidence — Testimony of DWs reliable — No positive evidence with regard to cruelty meted out to deceased in the period […]
Court: Himachal Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Dev Darshan Sud Madan Gopal Vs. State Of Himachal Pradesh On 2 March 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 306 — Cruelty — Abetment of Suicide — No evidence on record to show that accused was subjecting deceased to cruelty and constantly threatening and […]