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: High Court Of Uttarakhand Bench: JUSTICE S.K. Gupta Ashutosh Pandey & Ors vs. Smt. Anupama Pandey & Ors. On 11 November 2011 Law Point: Criminal – Section 406- Quashing of proceedings – Prayer sought to quash entire proceedings of criminal complaint case pending before Court – Held, in view of discussion, Court was of […]
Court: Jammu & Kashmir High Court Bench: JUSTICE B Bhat Jagjit Singh And Anr. vs Ravinder Kour on 1 May 2003 Law Point: Complaint against the petitioner and taking of cognizance by the learned Magistrate under Section 406 RPC and issuance of process being time-barred by law, are quashed because the continuance of the proceedings […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICE S.B. Sinha & Dr. Mukundakam Sharma Harmanpreet Singh Ahluwalia & Ors. Vs. State Of Punjab & Ors. On 5 May 2009 Law Point: Allegations contained in FIR made with an ulterior motive to harass appellants. Continuance of criminal proceedings against them would amount to abuse of process of […]