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: Calcutta High Court (Appellete Side) Bench: JUSTICE INDIRA BANERJEE Jayanti Rani Panda vs State Of West Bengal on 31 March, 2015 Law Point: JUDGEMENT Leave is granted to the petitioner to correct the cause title as also the body of the application by rectifying the inadvertent error in the Sessions Trial case number and Police […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH Bench: JUSTICE S. K. Awasthi Manish vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh on 10 January, 2020 Law Point: JUDGEMENT (1). Applicant/accused has preferred this petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in brevity ‘Cr.P.C’), for quashment of FIR dated 03.05.2019 registered as Crime No.572/2019 at Police Station […]
Court: Jammu & Kashmir High Court Bench: JUSTICE Janak Raj Kotwal Tanveer Iqbal vs State & Ors. on 6 March, 2018 Law Point: JUDGEMENT approved for reporting in Press/Media : Yes/No ii. Whether to be reported in Digest/Journal : Yes 1. Petitioner invokes inherent jurisdiction of this Court under Section 561-A Cr. P. C. to seek quashing […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE G.S. Ahluwalia Digvijay @ Ansh vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh Thr on 29 June, 2018 Law Point: JUDGEMENT An information has been sent by the Secretary, the High Court Bar Association, Gwalior to the Principal Registrar, High Court of MP, Bench Gwalior to the effect that the President, Vice […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA Bench: JUSTICE BUDIHAL R.B. Sri Papanna vs State Of Karnataka By on 14 December, 2017 Law Point: JUDGEMENT This is the appeal preferred by the appellant- accused being aggrieved by the judgment and order of conviction dated 22.08.2013 passed by the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Chitradurga in Sessions Case No.135/2010. By […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF KERALA Bench: JUSTICE A.Muhamed Mustaque Ramachandran @ Chandran vs State of Kerala on 30 March 2022 Law Point: JUDGEMENT 1. In what circumstances does sex on a promise to marry become rape? Does the law postulate determination of the criminality of the sexual act in the context of ‘consent’ on the premise of inviolability […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY Bench: JUSTICE MRIDULA BHATKAR Mahesh Balkrishna Dandane vs The State of Maharashtra on 12 March 2014 Law Point: JUDGEMENT 1. Heard. The Application for intervention is allowed. 2. Application No. 27 of 2014 is moved for anticipatory bail under section 438 of Cr. P.C The complainant is a lady who has lodged […]
Court: Patna High Court Bench: JUSTICE Ashutosh Kumar, J Om Prakash Mishra vs The State Of Bihar on 29 March 2018 Law Point: JUDGEMENT HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR CAV JUDGMENT Date: 29-03-2018 The appellant/Om Prakash Mishra has been convicted under Section 376 I.P.C by judgment dated 12.06.2017 passed in Sessions Trial No. 1542 of 2010, arising […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA Sanjay Singh Jethi vs State & Anr on 25 May 2018 Law Point: JUDGEMENT HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA Judgment Date of Judgment: 25/05/2018 Through this miscellaneous petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C, the petitioner Sanjay Singh Jethi has approached this Court for quashing the FIR No.155/2017 lodged at the […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE ANU MALHOTRA Prashant Kumar Singh vs State (Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi) on 15 June 2018 Law Point: JUDGEMENT 1. Vide the present bail application no. 2195/2017, the applicant / petitioner seeks the grant of bail in terms of Section 439 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 in relation to the […]