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.
CONSULTATION
Supreme Court of India JUSTICE B.P. Singh & Arun Kumar Ramkaran Vs. Gyarsi & Anr. On 24 January 2005 Law Point: Maintenance rejected to wife as she separated from appellant-husband for no justifiable reason — Father of respondent was demanding sum of Rs. 30,000/- for sending her to house of appellant-husband — Revisional Court confirmed […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Jagdish Chandra Avtar Singh Vs. Balbir Kaur On 27 Nov 1986 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), 13(1)(ib) — Cruelty and desertion — Appellant filed petition for divorce pleading cruelty and desertion since June, 1981 for a continuous period of three years — Trial court dismissed […]
Andhra Pradesh High Court JUSTICE K.B. Siddappa Jupally Veeraswamy Vs. Jupally Shantamma & Anr. On 8 April 1996 Law Point: No revision against an interlocutory order, second revision application not maintainable — Exercise of extra-ordinary jurisdiction of High Court u/Sec. 482, Cr.P.C. — To correct the abuse of process of Court — Not to convert […]
Court:Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICE R.S. Chauhan Dinesh Kumar & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. On 13 May 1994 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 406 and 498A — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 177 — Criminal Breach of Trust, Cruelty — Territorial jurisdiction — All acts and omissions were […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE K.K. Adhikari Radheshyam Sharma Vs. Kusum Sharma On 06 September 1988 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia) and (ib) and 28 Husband’s petition for divorce on ground of wife’s cruelty and desertion dismissed by Trial Court — Appeal against — Wife lived for 5 days […]
Court:Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE G.S. Solanki Seshnarayan & Ors. Vs. State Of M.P. On 08 October 2013 Law Point: (i) Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 498A — Dowry Death — Cruelty — Demand of Rs. 50,000 for purchase of expenditure to get Government service of appellant No. 1 — Such demand […]
Court: Chhattisgarh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Sunil Kumar Sinha & R.N. Chandrakar Subhash @ Prakash Vs. Priyanka Subhash Dewangan On 02 July 2013 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), 13(1)(ib) — Family Courts Act, 1984 — Sections 10, 17 — Cruelty — Desertion — Improper Inquiry — Family Court has only taken […]
Court:Gujarat High Court Bench: JUSTICE Bhaskar Bhattacharya, ACJ. & J.B. Pardiwala, Chetankumar Amratlal Naik Vs. Geetaben Kantilal Naik On 08 February 2012 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia), (ib) — Cruelty, Desertion — Grant of divorce — Parties got married in 1997 and stayed together for approximately 6 months — Thereafter they […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE A.M. Badar Salim Abdul Shaikh vs The State Of Maharashtra On 25 September 2019 Law Point: SC/ST Act – To Attract Section 3(1)(s), Incident Must Happen Both In A Public Place And In Presence Of Public. Bail Granted. JUDGEMENT 1. Heard. Admit. 2. Heard finally, considering the fact that […]
Court:Calcutta High Court Bench: JUSTICES Tapan Sen & Mrinal Kanti Sinha Kripa Nath Ganguly & Dibanath Ganguly Vs. State of West Bengal On 24 July 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 306, 34 — Cruelty — Abetment of Suicide — Common Intention — Prosecution case not proved by sufficient reliable evidence […]