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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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Sukro Devi Vs. State Of Jharkhand & Anr.

Court: Jharkhand High Court Bench: JUSTICE D.G.R. Patnaik Sukro Devi Vs. State Of Jharkhand & Anr. On 19 June 2007 Law Point: Section 125(4) — Maintenance — Adultery — Both Courts below recorded findings of fact and assigned adequate grounds for such findings — Facts of case suggest it was not isolated or solitary instance […]

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Tarsem Singh Vs. State Of Punjab

Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES S.B. Sinha & Cyriac Joseph Tarsem Singh Vs. State Of Punjab On 12 December 2008 Law Point: Nothing on record to show any demand of dowry made soon before her death — High Court failed to notice no evidence brought on record to show cruelty or harassment was […]

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Vimla Bai Vs. Panchu Lal

Court: High Court of Rajasthan Bench: JUSTICE Shiv Kumar Sharma and Vineet Kothari Vimla Bai Vs. Panchu Lal On 05 February 2007 Law Point: Involvement of Appellant wife in a murder case amounts to cruelty and Family Court had rightly granted decree of divorce. JUDGEMENT 1. The relationship between the spouses is a matter concerning […]

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Gurvinder Singh Vs. Murti And Others

Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE S.S. Grewal Gurvinder Singh Vs. Murti And Others On 15 January 1990 Law Point: Nonpayment of Interim Maintenance — Defence struck off — Order challenged — Contention that trial Court has not followed the proper procedure for recovery of maintenance as specifically provided under Sub-section (3) of […]

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Sarla Prabhakar Waghmare Vs. State of Maharashtra and Ors.

Court:HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY Bench: JUSTICE M.M. Qazi PARMANAND MISHRA Vs. REKHA MISHRA On 13 May 1994 Law Point: Section 498-A – Acquittal – Held, it did not appear that applicant had conclusively established that the beating and harassment was with a view to force her to commit suicide or to fulfil the illegal demands […]

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Joseph @ Biju George Vs. Mary @ Priya Thomas & Anr.

Court: High Court of Kerala Bench: JUSTICE R. Basant Joseph @ Biju George Vs. Mary @ Priya Thomas & Anr. On 30 July 2008 Law Point: Family Courts Act, 1984 – Sec. 13–Family Court Rules, 1989 (Kerala)–Rule 35–Any arrangement by which dispute settled between parties can fall within the ambit of expression “settlement”–Is not restricted […]

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Vijay Kumar Prasad Vs. State Of Bihar & Ors.

Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES Doraiswamy Raju & Arijit Pasayat Vijay Kumar Prasad Vs. State Of Bihar & Ors. On 7 April 2004 Law Point: Maintenance: Territorial jurisdiction – If son was practising at time of presentation of petition in Patna High Court, he could not have been physically present at Siman: Court […]

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Anil Kumar Gupta Vs. State Of U.P.

Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES B. Sudershan Reddy & Surinder Singh Nijjar Anil Kumar Gupta Vs. State Of U.P. On 9 March 2011 Law Point: Sections 304-B, 498-A – Cause of death of victim undoubtedly is on account of consumption of poison but no circumstances available on record to conclude that it was […]

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Manmatha Kumar Jena and Ors. Vs. Smt. Sanjukta Jena

Court: High Court Of Orissa Bench: JUSTICE A.S. Naidu Manmatha Kumar Jena and Ors. vs. Smt. Sanjukta Jena On 18 June 2003 Law Point: Quashing of order – Cognizance of offences under Secs. 498-A/506/34, IPC and Sec. 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act – No FIR lodged at any police station – Complainant-opp. party conceived at […]

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Pradipta Basu Roy Chowdhury Vs. Smt. Babita Basu Roy Chowdhury & Ors.

Court: Calcutta High Court Bench: JUSTICE Asish Baran Mukherjee Pradipta Basu Roy Chowdhury Vs. Smt. Babita Basu Roy Chowdhury & Ors. On 19 September 1996 Law Point: Entrustment with two in-laws and not petitioner-husband –– FIR does not make out prima facie case against petitioner u/Sec. 403 or 406, LP.C. –– Continuance of proceedings –– […]

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