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: Supreme Court of India Bench: Umesh C. Banerjee, K.G. Balakrishnan Arvind Singh vs State Of Bihar on 26 April, 2001 Law Point: Far-fetched assumption without any cogent evidence on record not acceptable JUDGEMENT The appeal in question tell the tale of a young girl dying out of burn injuries. Whereas the learned Sessions Judge […]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE R. BASANT Abdul Kader vs The State Of Kerala on 18 December, 2006 SRI.K.K.MOHAMED RAVUF, Adv. For the appellant. SRI.MUHAMMED SALAHUDEEN, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: All open disputes settled, 498A quashed u/s 482 CrPC JUDGEMENT The petitioner is the accused against whom his sister-in- law i.e., the 2nd respondent herein had filed a complaint under Sec.498A […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: N. Santosh Hegde & Doraiswamy Raju Baburam vs State Of Madhya Pradesh on 29 January, 2002 Law Point: Prosecution evidence needs to be proved beyond reasonable ground JUDGEMENT Deceased Bhagwan Devi was married to one Ram Kumar son of the appellant herein. It is stated by the prosecution that on […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE S N DHINGRA Mohan Lal Jatia vs Registrar General, Supreme Court on 12 August, 2010 Mr. K. K. Sud, Adv. For the appellant. Mr. Vikas Pahwa, Standing Counsel for CBI with Mr. Tarun Verma, Advocate. Law Point: Complaint under Section 340 Cr.P.C. is to be treated as police report, is that of warrant […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE S N DHINGRA Rani vs The State Of Nct Of Delhi on 2 December, 2010 Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv. For the appellant. Mr. O.P. Saxena, Addl. PP for the State. Law Point: Every suicide after marriage cannot be presumed to be a suicide due to dowry demand. JUDGEMENT 1. Present Appeal has […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA Chand Ram & Ors. vs State & Anr. on 15 July, 2010 Nemo For the appellant. Mr. Vivek Choudhary & Mr. Satish, Advocates For the respondent. Law Point: Mutual Divorce granted, 498A pending, Quashed on application by husband JUDGEMENT 1. Present petition has been filed for quashing of FIR No. 33 […]
Court: Jharkhand High Court Cr. Revision No. 137 of 2010 Bench: JUSTICE D.K.SINHA Ram Nandan Jha vs State Of Jharkhand & Anr on 14 February, 2011 Mr. B.M.Tripathy, Adv. and Mr. Navin Kumar Jaiswal For the appellant. Mr. T. Kabiraj, A.P.P. For State M/s N.P.Singh, Bhaiya Vishwajeet Kumar & A.K.Singh, Advocates. For OP2 Law Point: DP3 filed against father […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: S.N.Variava, K.T.Thomas Basavaraj R. Patil And Others vs State Of Karnataka And Others on 11 October, 2000 Law Point: Under CrPC 313, the presence of accused may be exempted JUDGEMENT Leave granted. When a criminal court completes prosecution evidence (other than in summons cases) is it indispensably […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: N Santosh Hegde, B P Singh. Ashok Vishnu Davare vs State Of Maharashtra on 10 February, 2004 Law Point: Dowry Death, improvement in prosecution witness statement, acquittal JUDGEMENT Being aggrieved by the judgment of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, the appellant has preferred this appeal. By the […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: N Santosh Hegde, B P Singh. Nallam Veera Stayanandam & Ors vs The Public Prosecutor, High Court … on 24 February, 2004 Law Point: Accidental death, acquital in 304B. Held guilty u/s 498A JUDGEMENT The appellants before us were charged of offences punishable under section 304B and […]