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: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICE J. Chelameswar, J. & S. Abdul Nazeer Prassanna Venkardari Agrahar Vs. State Of Maharashtra On 9 March 2017 Law Point: Anticipatory Bail — Grant of — Death of wife in suspicious circumstances — Appellant-accused is a doctor by profession — He has co-operated with police during investigation — […]
Court: Uttarakhand High Court Bench: JUSTICE Prafulla C. Pant & V.K. Bist Pradeep Kumar Juyal Vs. Kanti Devi Law Point: Divorce, Cruelty, Desertion — Husband and wife not living together — Testimony of husband reliable — Wife told him not to come back, so that she may have pension — Trial Court committed error of […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Atul Sreedharan Jay Prakash and Ors. vs. State of M.P. and Ors. On 21 April 2017 Law Point: Allegation under section 498a against sister in law are peripheral and appear to have been leveled only to put pressure on husband. Quashed. JUDGEMENT 1. The petitioners herein are the […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICE Chandramauli Kr. Prasad & Jagdish Singh Khehar Nandlal Wasudeo Badwaik Vs. Lata Nandlal Badwaik & Anr. On 6 January 2014 Law Point: Interest of justice is best served by ascertaining truth — Court should be furnished with best available science and may not be left to bank upon […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICE G.L. Gupta Bheekha Ram Vs. Goma Devi & Ors. On 22 January 1999 Law Point: Wife not able to establish that she had been neglected by her husband — She is living with her parents of her own accord — Not entitled to maintenance . JUDGEMENT […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog & Pratibha Rani Geeta Pandey Vs. Shekhar Pandey On 6 September 2016 Law Point: Threat to commit suicide by consuming acid — By said act, wife alleged to be pregnant created fear in the mind of husband and his family. Fear in the mind of husband and […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog & Pratibha Rani Nirmala Vs. Manoj Kumar On 14 September 2016 Law Point: Illicit relations — Baseless allegations by wife — Wife suffering from delusion and continuously under treatment — Appellant-wife living with her parents most of the time after her marriage and she had been under […]
Allahabad High Court JUSTICE V.M. Sahai & R.N. Misra Triveni Singh Vs. State Of U.p. & Ors. Law Point: On ground of any disease except mental disease, no marriage can be declared null and void as provided under Sections 5 and 12 of Act — Proceedings quashed. JUDGEMENT 1. The petitioner, widow of deceased Arun […]
Court: Orissa High Court Bench: JUSTICE D.P. Mohapatra Jasholal Agrawala @ Jain Vs. Puspabati Agrawala On 30 August 1993 Law Point: Section 125 — Maintenance — Maintainability — Decree by Civil Court — Divorce on the ground of wife’s desertion — Dismissal of the suit filed by the wife — Whether proceedings claiming maintenance maintainable? […]
Court: Himachal Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Rajiv Sharma and Vivek Singh Thakur State of H.P. vs. Muni Lal On 27 June 2016 Law Point: Medical evidence shows prosecutrix habitual of sexual intercourse. Delay of one day in reporting the matter to police not explained by prosecution – Prosecution failed to prove its case against […]