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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Court: Karnataka High Court Bench: JUSTICE Huluvadi G. Ramesh K. Narasimhan Vs. Rohini Devanathan On 24 November 2009 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 – Making certain allegations against respondent by itself would not amount to domestic violence in absence of ingredient of shared household — No proof of petitioner and […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICES B.A. Khan & M.S.A. Siddiqui UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. PATRICIA JEAN MAHAJAN & OTHERS On 13 March 2001 Law Point: Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 149, 170 — Rules of evidence not required to be followed to hilt in adjudication of accident claims — No scope […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES K.S. Radhakrishnan & Vikramajit Sen Mangat Ram Vs. State Of Haryana On 27 March 2014 Law Point: Sections 306, 498A — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113A — Abetment of Suicide — Cruelty — Dowry demand — Presumption — Death of deceased was accidental as she was suffering […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICES Badar Durrez Ahmed & Veena Birbal Shumita Didi Sandhu Vs. Sanjay Singh Sandhu & Ors. On 26 October 2010 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 2(s), 17, 18, 19 — Right of Residence — ‘Matrimonial home’ — ‘Shared household’ — Right of daughter-in-law […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Brij Kishore Dube Meenakshi Jatav & Ors. Vs. Seema Sehar (dr.) & Anr. On 28 January 2013 Law Point: No specific allegations made against petitioners — Petitioners are sisters-in-law of respondent, are residing separately — Marriage of petitioners took place much before marriage of respondent — Relief sought […]