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: B. Sudershan Reddy, Surinder Singh Nijjar Monica Bedi vs State Of A.P on 9 November, 2010 Law Point: Double jeopardy applies to same offence, not same facts JUDGEMENT 1. These criminal appeals which are to be disposed of by a common order are directed against the […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: S.B. Sinha, Markandey Katju S.R. Batra And Anr vs Smt. Taruna Batra on 15 December, 2006 Law Point: Wife has no Right on Monther in Law’s Property JUDGEMENT Leave granted. This appeal has been filed against the impugned judgment of the Delhi High Court dated 17.1.2005 in C.M.M. No. […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Dr. Arijit Pasayat, D.K. Jain Iqbal Bano vs State Of U.P. And Anr on 5 June, 2007 Law Point: Section 125 Cr.P.C.Proceedings under are civil in nature. JUDGEMENT 1. In the present appeal the appellant questions correctness of the order passed by a learned Single Judge of the Allahabad […]
Bombay High Court JUSTICE S Mhase, R Mohite Sudha Suhas Nandanvankar vs Suhas Ramrao Nandanvankar on 15 September, 2004 Law Point: Return of Stridhan,Alimony and Hidding past medical history. AIR 2005 Bom 62, 2005 (1) BomCR 591, 2004 (4) MhLj 1052 JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal is directed against the Judgment and Order passed in Misc. […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: G.P. Mathur, R.V. Raveendran Appasaheb And Anr vs State Of Maharashtra on 5 January, 2007 Law Point: Demand for money on account of some financial stringency or for meeting some urgent domestic expenses cannot be termed as a demand for dowry as the said word is normally understood […]
Court: Delhi District Court Bench: Justice Shivani Chauhan Cc No. 316/3/2007 , Ps- N.F.C … vs Neeraj Bhasin on 27 May, 2015 Law Point: Misuse of DV act by wife, 1 lac fine JUDGEMENT 1. This judgment shall dispose off an application u/s 12 of Protection of Woman from Domestic Violence Act (hereinafter called […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: K.T. Thomas, M.B. Shah Satvinder Kaur vs State (Govt. Of N.C.T. Of Delhi) … on 5 October, 1999 Law Point: Investigation material collected by investigating officer cannot be judicially scrutinised for arriving at conclusion that whether particular police station would not have territorial jurisdiction JUDGEMENT JUDGMENT 1999 Supp(3) SCR […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: S.B. Sinha, Markandey Katju Manish Ratan & Ors vs State Of M.P. & Anr on 1 November, 2006 Law Point: Question of territorial jurisdiction of court is to be viewed with regard to continuity of cause of action JUDGEMENT Application of Sections 177 and 178 of Code of […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: K.T. Thomas, S.N. Variava Hemant Dhasmana vs Central Bureau Of Investigation … on 17 August, 2001 Law Point: Further investigationInvestigation into corruption case by C.B.I.Final report exonerating alleged accused and directing prosecution of complainant for giving false information JUDGEMENT Leave granted. A complainant, after investigation, was transposed […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: S.B. Sinha, V.S. Sirpurkar Vimalben Ajitbhai Patel vs Vatslabeen Ashokbhai Patel on 14 March, 2008 Law Point: Cancelling bail, due to violation of a bail condition, is not always mandatory JUDGEMENT JUDGMENT CIVIL APPEAL NO 2003 OF 2008 [Arising out of SLP (Civil) No. 1061 of 2007] WITH […]