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
Court: Andhra Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Dr. Motilal B. Naik & A. Gopal Reddy D. Manga @ Mangamma Vs. D. Venkata Ramana On 9 September 1999 Law Point: Cruelty : Sufficient Material Against Wife : Marriage Irretrievably Broken Down — Behaviour of respondent-wife such that it is impossible for petitioner-husband to share marital life […]
Court: High Court Of Kerala Bench: JUSTICE J.B. Garg Mohandas Panicker P. Vs. K.K. Dakshayani and Another On 20 December 2013 Law Point: When wife is living in adultery, she is not entitled to get any amount towards maintenance. JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal is filed against the order passed by the Family Court, Kozhikode in […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES C.K. Thakker and D.K. Jain State of Andhra Pradesh Vs. M. Madhusudhan Rao On 24 October 2008 Law Point: Criminal – Cruelty – Acquittal by HC- Delay in filing FIR – Trial Court found Accused guilty of the offence punishable under Section 498A IPC and accordingly sentenced him […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES T.S. Thakur, C.J.I. and V. Gopala Gowda Tilak Raj Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh On 06 January 2016 Law Point: Prosecutrix was an adult and mature lady aged around 40 years at the time of incident. She admitted that she was in relationship with Appellant for two years […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE S.P. Garg Ajay Kumar Sonar Vs. State On 02 February 2016 Law Point: The prosecutrix was a consenting party and she and her mother opted to exonerate him in their cross-examination, the Sentence Order is modified . JUDGEMENT 1. Challenge in this appeal is to a […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE N.P. Singh Smt. Chandan Agarwal Vs. Mukesh Kumar Agarwal On 18 January 1996 Law Point: Lodging of false criminal report by wife against her husband & his family — Leading to arrest of husband & harassment of his family — Refusal by wife to fulfill sexual desire of […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE S.P. Garg Pradeep @ Balli Vs. State, NCT Of Delhi On 1 December 2015 Law Point: The prosecution failed to bring home any of the charges against appellant beyond reasonable doubt — Prosecutrix‘s post-event conduct is unnatural and unacceptable — Prosecutrix was consenting party — She was aware that […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE S.P. Garg State Vs. Brij Dev Tiwari @ Pandit On 8 December 2015 Law Point: Testimony of baby gives a clear impression that she was coached and tutored before she gave a statement — Medical evidence did not support the commission of rape — Delay in lodging FIR has […]
Court: Calcutta High Court Bench: JUSTICE Ashis Baran Mukherjee Rampada Biswas Vs. Dolly Mitra & Ors. On 22 December 1997 Law Point: Maintenance : West Bengal Amendment : Retrospective Recourse : Sufficient Ground to Be Given — Award of maintenance passed on 24.8.1994 — Such order to be prospective — If Trial Court intends to […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE Indermeet Kaur Malti Chauhan Vs. State Govt. of Nct of Delhi and Ors. On 04.12.2015 Law Point: Attempt to rape. Star witness is the prosecutrix herself – MLC of the victim and the FSL report do not support the version of the prosecution – Testimony of the prosecutrix […]