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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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Asha & Anr. Vs. State Of Uttarakhand

Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICE Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya & V. Gopala Gowda Asha & Anr. Vs. State Of Uttarakhand On 1 November 2013 Law Point: No convincing and cogent evidence produced — Courts below failed to consider relevant fact, viz., appellants were not in house at the time of incident — Judgment and […]

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Monju Roy & Ors. Vs. State Of West Bengal

Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICE T.S. Thakur & Adarsh Kumar Goel Monju Roy & Ors. Vs. State Of West Bengal On 17 April 2015 Law Point: Sections 304B, 306, 498A — Dowry Death — Abetment of Suicide — Cruelty — Benefit of Doubt — Omnibus allegations against family members of husband. Conviction and […]

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Hemant Kumar Patel Vs. Uma Patel @ Toshika Patel

Court: Chhattisgarh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Sharad Kumar Gupta Hemant Kumar Patel Vs. Uma Patel @ Toshika Patel On 20 April 2018 Law Point: Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Cruelty is an act committed with intention to cause sufferings to opposite party and it has become intolerable for other to suffer any longer and to […]

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Daya Wati Vs. Raj Singh

Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE D.K. Kapur Daya Wati Vs. Raj Singh Law Point: Cold indifference like not visiting the hospitalized husband amounts to cruelty. JUDGEMENT 1. The respondent-husband Lt. Raj Singh Mathur has applied for divorce under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, on the ground of cruelty as well as […]

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Benumadhab Padhi Mohapatra Vs. State

Court: High Court Of Orissa Bench: JUSTICE A.S. Naidu Benumadhab Padhi Mohapatra Vs. State On 28 August 2003 Law Point: Prosecution has completely failed to adduce any iota of evidence that the deceased was at any time subjected to harassment by the appellants on demand of dowry – Ingredients of Sec. 498-A not satisfied – […]

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Ramesh & Ors. Vs. State Of Tamil Nadu

The Ratio of This Judgement Has Been OverRuled By SupremeCourt Rupali Devi Vs. State Of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES P. Venkatarama Reddi & A.K. Mathur Ramesh & Ors. Vs. State Of Tamil Nadu On 3 March 2005 Law Point: Quashing of Charge-sheet : Territorial Jurisdiction : Cruelty, Criminal […]

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Rani Vs. Amar Nath

Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Dr. Sarojnei Saksena Rani Vs. Amar Nath On 11 September 1996 Law Point: Section 13(1)(ia) –– Cruelty — Acts of wife proving her incorrigible conduct –– Amounts to cruelty towards her husband –– Wife can’t be allowed to take advantage of her own wrong. JUDGEMENT 1. Wife […]

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Vipin Jaiswal (a-i) Vs. State Of A.P. Rep. By Public Prosecutor

Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICE A.K. Patnaik & Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya Vipin Jaiswal (a-i) Vs. State Of A.p. Rep. By Public Prosecutor On 13 March 2013 Law Point: Sections 304B, 498A — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Section 2 — Dowry Death — Cruelty — Demand of dowry — To hold accused guilty […]

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Biswajit Halder @ Babu Halder & Ors. Vs. State Of West Bengal

Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICE Dr. Arijit Pasayat & S.H. Kapadia BISWAJIT HALDER @ BABU HALDER & ORS. Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL On 19 March 2007 Law Point: Section 304B – No evidence to show any cruelty or harassment for or in connection with demand of dowry — This deficiency in evidence […]

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Alamuri Lalitha Devi & Ors. Vs. State Of Andhra Pradesh

Court: Andhra Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Ranga Reddy Alamuri Lalitha Devi & Ors. Vs. State Of Andhra Pradesh On 22 August 1994 Law Point: Section 498-A — Cruelty — No evidence that death is homicidal or suicide — Evidence suggest, might be natural death — A reasonable nexus has to be established between cruelty […]

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