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: Uttarakhand High Court Bench: JUSTICE U.C. Dhyani Narendra Singh Dharamshaktu & Ors. Vs. State Of Uttarakhand & Ors. On 4 February 2016 Law Point: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 173 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3, 4 — Investigation — […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog, J. & Pratibha Rani Pushkar Gupta Vs. Narender Kumar Gupta On 25 October 2016 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 9, 13(1A)(i), 23(1)(a) — Restitution of Conjugal rights — Non-compliance of decree — Dissolution of marriage — Husband not disentitled to divorce — Parties separated […]
Bombay High Court JUSTICE R.M. Savant Deepak L. Bhandare Vs. Durga Deepak Bhandare & Anr. On 23 September 2013 Law Point: Trial Court fixed interim maintenance @ Rs. 5,000 per month as personal expenses for wife and Rs. 7,000 per month for the personal and school expenses of daughter — Trial Court assumed income of […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH Bench: JUSTICE AKHIL KUMAR SRIVASTAVA Shailendra Singh Vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh And Others on 14 February 2018 Law Point: Complainant improved allegations in CrPC 164 Statement and added allegations of SC ST Act etc. Anticipatory Bail granted JUDGEMENT Shri Arubendra Singh Parihar, learned counsel for the appellant. […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH Bench: JUSTICE C.V. Sirpurkar Amit Patel Vs. State of M.P. and another on 9 March 2018 Law Point: No specific allegations about SC AT Act, Physical relations established with consent. Anticipatory Bail granted to Accused JUDGEMENT Shri Anil Khare, senior counsel with Shri Jasneet Singh Hora, counsel for the appellant. Shri […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Gita Mittal, J. & R.K. Gauba State Vs. Vinod Kumar & Anr. Law Point: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 378 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 498A — Appeal against acquittal — Dowry death — Cruelty — General and non-specific allegation — Testimonies of PWs contradictory […]
Court: Patna High Court Bench: JUSTICE Navaniti Prasad Singh SK. Reyaz @ SK. Reyazuddin & Anr., SK. Shabbu @ Sahnawaz Akhtar Vs. State Of Bihar On 6 April 2016 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 34 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113B — Dowry Death — Common Intention — Presumption — […]
Karnataka High Court JUSTICE S. Venkataraman M. Ravishankar Vs. R. Pushpa On 26 November 1996 Law Point: Loans such as F.A., L.I.C. premium, P.F. loan, etc. not to be taken into account — Income tax, P.F. and house building loan can be considered for fixing interim maintenance. JUDGEMENT Though this matter has come up for […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Hari Pal Verma Sukhdeep Kaur & Anr. Vs. State Of Punjab & Anr. On 29 September 2015 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 406, 498A — Criminal Breach of Trust — Cruelty — No specific allegation against sister-in-laws as to what dowry articles entrusted to […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog, J. & Pratibha Rani Jayanti Vs. Rakesh Mendiratta On 27 Oct 2016 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia), 20(2) — Mental Cruelty — Denial of conjugal relationship by wife — False allegation of sexual perversity against husband — Allegations repeatedly made in written statement […]