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: Patna High Court Bench: JUSTICE Birendra Prasad Verma Munna Kuraishi Vs. State of Bihar & Anr. On 31 July 2012 Law Point: Financial condition and income of Husband also required to be properly assessed. JUDGEMENT 1. Heard learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the […]
Court: Uttaranchal High Court Bench: JUSTICE P.C. Verma & Prafulla C. Pant Madhu Kuksal Vs. Anup Kuksal On 7 July 2005 Law Point: Husband successfully proved he was treated with cruelty by his wife, by her acts of hurling abuses at him and beating members of his family : Alleged acts of violence on part […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE U.L. Bhat Sharif Ahmed Vs. Imaman Bi On 20 February 1995 Law Point: Wife has no excuse that her salary was not sufficient for her expenses. Maintenance denied to wife. JUDGEMENT 1. Revision petitioner is the husband of the respondent. They were married in 1976 and a son […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog, Pratibha Rani Jagwati Vs. Gajender Kumar On 1 September 2016 Law Point: Mental Cruelty — Desertion — Restitution of Conjugal Rights — Cruelty committed on respondent-husband and his family by appellant-wife — Animus deserendi proved by respondent-husband to seek divorce on ground of desertion — Appellant-wife is […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE A.K. Awasthy Narendra Kumar Gupta Vs. Mrs. Mamta Gupta On 16 April 2003 Law Point: Cruelty, Adultery : Wife made scandalous statement against appellant/husband about his illicit relation with his elder brother’s wife : Trial Court wrongly held that allegations made by respondent/wife in her written statement and […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE J.D. Kapoor Basant Kaur & Ors. Vs. State (NCT Of Delhi) On 25 November 2002 Law Point: Section 498A — Cruelty : Manifest Abuse and Misuse of Provisions of Section 498A, IPC : Woman Lived with Her Husband for about 24 Years and had Grown Up Children and Tolerated […]
Court: Gujarat High Court Bench: JUSTICE C.K. Buch Pendiyala Suresh Kumar Ramarao Vs. Sompally Arunbindu & Anr. On 29 July 2004 Law Point: Petitioner should be given an opportunity to prove his say in the written reply submitted before the learned JMFC and parties should be relegated to the Trial Court for the purpose. […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE M.M.S. Bedi Mandeep Vs. Kavita On 7 December 2015 Law Point: As sufficient evidence regarding income of petitioner not produced, maintenance reduced. JUDGEMENT 1. This is a revision petition challenging the order dated 01.03.2013 passed by District Judge, Family Court Hisar granting maintenance @ Rs.6,500/- per month […]
Madhya Pradesh High Court JUSTICE Alok Aradhe Jaideep Shah Vs. Rashmi Shah On 18 April 2011 Law Point: Adultery — Addition of party — In a petition seeking dissolution of marriage on ground of adultery, the date and place of the adultery and the name and address of the person with whom the adultery was […]
Punjab and Haryana High Court JUSTICES S.S. Saron & Navita Singh Harkanwalpreet Singh Vs. Harshpreet Kaur On 17 January 2014 Law Point: Respondent had spouse living at the time of her marriage with appellant — Contravention of Section 5(i) of Act — Merely because they have been married for considerable time, no ground for pardoning […]