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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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Harbhajan Singh Monga Vs Amarjeet Kaur

Court:Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE V.D. Gyani Harbhajan Singh Monga Vs Amarjeet Kaur On 26 April 1985 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 (1)(ia) — Cruelty — Married Feb., 1979 lived together upto September 1979, respondent left for her parents house and rejoined appellant in July, 1980 — Child born — […]

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Sudha Mishra Vs. Surya Chandra Mishra

Court:Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE A.K. Pathak Sudha Mishra Vs Surya Chandra Mishra On 25 July 2014 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Section 17(1) — Shared household — Self-acquired property — Daughter-in-law has no right to continue to occupy self-acquired property of her parents-in-law against their wishes more so […]

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Vijay Verma Vs State Nct Of Delhi & Anr

Court:Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Shiv Narayan Dhingra Vijay Verma Vs State Nct Of Delhi & Anr. On 13 August 2010 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 2(f), 12 — Domestic relationship — Claim by ‘aggrieved person’ — ‘At any point of time’ cannot be defined as ‘at any […]

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Bhupender Singh Mehra Vs. State Nct Of Delhi & Anr.

Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Shiv Narayan Dhingra Bhupender Singh Mehra Vs. State Nct Of Delhi & Anr. On 8 October 2010 Law Point: Before passing an order on application under Section 12 of the PWDVA 2005, Magistrate has to take into consideration domestic incident report received from the Protection Officer. Aggrieved person does […]

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Baljinder Kaur Vs. State Of Punjab

Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES T.S. Thakur & R. Banumathi Baljinder Kaur Vs. State Of Punjab On 19 November 2014 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 498A — Dowry Death — Cruelty — Alleged demand of gold Karra about two months after marriage — Cannot constitute proximate live link with […]

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Nilu @ Pratap Kumar Mohaptra Vs. State Of Orissa

Court: Orissa High Court Bench: JUSTICE M. Papanna Nilu @ Pratap Kumar Mohaptra Vs. State Of Orissa On 16 January 2004 Law Point: Sections 498-A, 304B, 201/34 — Quashing of Order : Cruelty, dowry death, disappearance of evidence, common intention : Appreciation of material on record : Involvement of petitioner in complicity of crime not […]

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Vinod Kumar Arora Vs. State

Court: DELHI HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE Veena Birbal Vinod Kumar Arora Vs. State On 16 May 2014 Law Point: Sections 304B, 498A – no demand of dowry was ever raised by the appellant and his other family members — wife only stated that her father was not happy with the marriage, allegations of dowry demand […]

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Mungeshwar Prasad Chaurasia & Anr. Vs. State Of Bihar

Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES K.T. Thomas, S.N. Variava Mungeshwar Prasad Chaurasia & Anr. Vs. State Of Bihar On 13 September 2001 Law Point: Dowry Death, Disappearance of Evidence, Common Intention, Cruelty: Appellants, Parents of Husband did not Harass Deceased or Demanded Dowry Soon Before Her Death : Said Act can be Attributed […]

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State Of Karnataka Vs. K.S. Manjunathachari & Ors

Court:KARNATAKA HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICES Kumar Rajaratnam & B.K. Sangalad State Of Karnataka Vs. K.S. Manjunathachari & Ors On 16 April 1999 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498-A, 304-B — Cruelty, Dowry Death : Conviction under Cruelty : Justified — Concept of cruelty is much wider than dowry harassment — Sections 498-A […]

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Rajat Taneja Vs. Harmeeta Singh

Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog Rajat Taneja Vs. Harmeeta Singh On 25 July 2007 Law Point: No opportunity granted to Husband to file reply to application filed by respondent under Section 24 of Hindu Marriage Act — Petitioner entitled to setting aside of order granting monthly maintenance to wife under Section 24 […]

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