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: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE P. Sathasivam & A.K. Rajan S. Indrakumari Vs. S. Subbaiah On 13 May 1994 Law Point: Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty : Wilful denial of sexual relationship by spouse, when other spouse anxious for it, would amount to mental cruelty : Family Court rightly granted decree of divorce. JUDGEMENT 1. […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES S. Ratnavel Pandian And K. Jayachandra Reddy Akula Ravinder and others Vs. The State of Andhra Pradesh On 11 January 1991. Law Point: Sections 498A, 302, 201 and 304B – In a case of this nature where the prosecution has failed to establish that it was an unnatural […]
Court:BOMBAY HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE B.U. Wahane Ravindra Haribhau Karmarkar Vs. Shaila Ravindra Karmarkar and Ors. On 17 July 1991 Law Point: Section 125 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 – whether Judicial Magistrate First Class trying application under Section 125 obliged to stay proceedings on ground that Civil Court of competent jurisdiction has seized matter […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE S.K. Gangele & Anurag Shrivastava Neelima Vs. Dhiraj Singh On 13 December 2017 Law Point: Mental Cruelty — Wife lodged complaint under Section 498A, IPC against husband and his family members — They were arrested and subsequently acquitted — Conduct of wife amounts to mental cruelty against husband. […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE R.S. Sodhi Bhawani Devi & Anr. Vs. State On 25 July 2005 Law Point: Section 498A read with Section 34, Section 304B read with Section 34 — Cruelty, Dowry Death, Common Intention : No iota of evidence to show either mother-in-law or sister-in-law treated deceased with cruelty or had […]
Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Nirmal Singh Mukesh Rani Vs. State Of Haryana On 13 August 2001 Law Point: Sections 498-A, 406 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Sections 113-A, 113-B — Quashing of Order : Cruelty, Criminal Breach of Trust : Sister and Brother-in-law of Accused Living Separately in Different Village : […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE N. Sathish Kumar State Vs. Palavesham @ Ranjith & Ors. On 10 July 2017 Law Point: Sections 304B, 498A, 34 — Benefit of Doubt — Suicide committed by deceased within 7 months of marriage — None of the letters written by deceased indicate even slightest doubt about alleged dowry […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE S.K. Gangele, J. & Anurag Shrivatava Vijay Vathvi Vs. Chhaya Vathvi On 14 February 2018 Law Point: Mental Cruelty — Wife left matrimonial home without any cause — Non-compliance of compromise under Section 9 of HMA — Mental cruelty with appellant-husband as not performing marriage obligation — Appellant-husband […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE Suneet Kumar Sanjeev Kumar Singh Vs. Poonam Singh On 13 October 2017 Law Point: Mental Cruelty — Malicious and damaging letters — Adultery not proved — Humiliating words in complaint — Parties living separately for past 14 years — Marriage broken down irretrievably — Criminal cases lodged by respondent-wife […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA Sarita Bakshi Vs. State & Anr. Law Point: Amount Spent By A Man To Support His Divorced Sister Must Be Kept In Mind While Granting Maintenance To His Wife JUDGEMENT The present Revision Petition has been filed, challenging the order dated 04.07.2018, passed by the […]