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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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Manorma Vs. Karan Singh

Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE J.V. Gupta Manorma Vs. Karan Singh On 10 January 1983 Law Point: Section 13(1)(ia) — Husband’s petition for divorce on ground of wife’s cruelty — Husband proving continuous contempt, disrespect and misbehaviour of wife towards him and his family members causing mental agony — Wife even not […]

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Bhagwant Singh Vs. Surjit Kaur

Court:PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICES S.S. Sandhawaliaand S.P. Goyal Bhagwant Singh Vs. Surjit Kaur On 2 December 1980 Law Point: Sections 125 and 127(2) — Magistrate passing order of maintenance under Section 125 enhanced in revision — Wife not satisfied, filing civil suit for maintenance — Civil Court dismissing holding wife not entitled to […]

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Hansaben Ramjibhai Pithwa Vs. State Of Gujarat & Anr.

Court:GUJARAT HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE S.R. Brahmbhatt HANSABEN RAMJIBHAI PITHWA Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR. On 9 April 2012 Law Point: Section 127, Cr.P.C. has no jurisdiction to entertain application on account of inherent lack of jurisdiction and existing order of Civil Court under which maintenance was fixed — Now that maintenance was rightly […]

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Farjanabi Vs. Sk. Ayub Dadamiya

Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE S.P. Bharucha Farjanabi Vs. Sk. Ayub Dadamiya On 15 February 1989 Law Point: Guardians and Wards Act — Section 25 and Mohammedan law — Guardianship — Male children above 7 years of age — Custody — Under Mohammedan law father is entitled. JUDGEMENT The appeal is directed against the […]

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Shaleen Kabra Vs. Shiwani Kabra

Court:Punjab & Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE J.B. Garg Shaleen Kabra Vs. Shiwani Kabra On 8 MAy 2012 Law Point: Custody of Children — Paramount consideration is welfare of child — Separation of two sons, brothers, not just and proper as they are very close to each other — High Court vide impugned judgment permitted […]

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Kailash Chandra Agrawal & Anr. Vs. State Of U.p. & Ors.

Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICE KAILASH CHANDRA AGRAWAL & ANR. Vs. STATE OF U.P. & ORS. Kailash Chandra Agrawal & Anr. Vs. State Of U.p. & Ors. On 16 September 2014 Law Point: Section 406 — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Section 6 — Quashing of Proceedings — Criminal Breach of Trust — […]

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Mohammed Naim Vs. Shaikh Shaziya Farheen & Anr.

Court:BOMBAY HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE Abhay M. Thipsay MOHAMMED NAIM Vs. SHAIKH SHAZIYA FARHEEN & ANR. On 4 February 2014 Law Point: Sections 125, 127 — Maintenance — Cancellation — Change in circumstances — Ground — Wife started earning after initial order passed. This was significant change in circumstances, inasmuch, inability of wife to maintain […]

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Saroja Vs. Janardhanan

Court:Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE M.R. Hariharan Nair Saroja Vs. Janardhanan on 15 June 2001 Law Point: Section 127(2) – Cancellation of order granting maintenance. There is no justification for continuing to provide maintenance to wife and child invoking power under section 125 of CrPC. JUDGEMENT 1. The revision petitioners are another and child, who […]

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Chander Kanta Lamba & Ors. Vs. State & Ors

Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE V.K. Shali Chander Kanta Lamba & Ors. Vs. State & Ors. On 21 December 2009 Law Point: Sections 498A, 34 — Cruelty, Common Intention — Charge against petitioners not prima facie made out nor any grave suspicion raised — It is highly improbable to assume that married sisters of […]

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Myla Sunitha Priyadarshini Vs. Sho Nandyal Iii Town P.s. And State Of A.P. & Anr.

Court: Andhra Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE U. Durga Prasad Rao Myla Sunitha Priyadarshini Vs. Sho Nandyal Iii Town P.s. And State Of A.P. & Anr. On 13 April 2015 Law Point: Section 498A — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3, 4 — Quashing of Proceedings — Cruelty — Dowry Demand — No specific […]

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