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: Rajasthan High Court Equivalent citations: AIR 1986 Raj 13, 1985 (1) WLN 437 Bench: G M Lodha Smt. Shanti Devi vs Raghav Prakash on 29 October, 1984 Law Point: Calling husband impotent, burning his PhD thesis, false allegations amount to cruelty JUDGEMENT 1. An unfortunate feud between the husband & wife has resulted in […]
Court: Mahila Court, Central Distt, Delhi Bench: JUSTICE O.P.DWIVEDI Harpreet Kaur vs Sh. Dilvinder Singh Bedi on 24-05-2011 Law Point: Husband lost job because of complaint,maintenance denied JUDGEMENT Vide this order, I shall dispose off the interim application filed by the complainant u/s 23(2) of D.V. Act filed along with the petition u/s 12 of D.V. […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: V.S. Sirpurkar, T.S. Thakur Ruchi Majoo vs Sanjeev Majoo on 13 May, 2011 Law Point: Husband lost job because of complaint,maintenance denied JUDGEMENT Leave granted. Conflict of laws and jurisdictions in the realm of private international law is a phenomenon that has assumed greater dimensions with the spread […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: MR. JUSTICE A. KULASEKARAN G. Shyamala Ranjini vs M.S. Tamizhnathan on 20 November, 2007 Mr. S.V. Jayaraman, Sr. Counsel for Mr. N.A. Nissar Ahamed For the appellant. Mrs. Hema Sampath, Sr. Counsel for M/s. V.N.S. Law Firms For the respondent. Law Point: Audio CD evidence in matrimonial case JUDGEMENT The respondent in HMOP No. 96 of […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: B.R.GAVAI, VIKRAM NATH P Sivakumar Ors Vs State on 09 Feb 2023 Law Point: Conviction U/S 498A IPC Not Sustainable When Marriage Is Found To Be Null & Void : Supreme Court JUDGEMENT 1. The present appeals challenge the judgment and order passed by the learned Single Judge of […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE R.BANUMATHI AND JUSTICE B.RAJENDRAN Tmt.M.Sundari vs Dr.A.Chandrasekaran on 23 June, 2010 Mr.P.K.Rajagopal, Adv. For the appellant. Ms.R.Gowri, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Judicial Separation granted on application of Divorce JUDGEMENT Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeals in C.M.A.Nos.3839 and 3840 of 2005 are filed under Section 19 of Family Courts Act against the Judgment and decree dated 18.10.2005 in I.D.O.P.Nos.235 of […]
Court: Madras High Court Equivalent citations: 2003 (1) AWC 344 SC, (2003) 2 CALLT 23 SC Bench: JUSTICE S.ASHOK KUMAR Mrs. Sunita vs S.Krishnan on 19 February, 2007 Mr.V.Raghavachari, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.Sathish Rajan, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Transfer application under 23(3) CPC JUDGEMENT This Transfer CMP has been filed to withdraw the O.P.No.1939 of 206 pending on the file of […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE R. BALASUBRAMANIAN and JUSTICE V. DHANAPALAN A. Viswanathan vs G. Lakshmi @ Seetha on 20 November, 2006 Mr. S. Parthasarathy, Senior Counsel for Mr. V. Shankar For the appellant. Mr. S.V. Jayaraman, Senior Counsel for Mr. R. Nandakumar For the respondent. Law Point: Mental Cruelty, husband granted divorce by HC JUDGEMENT (Judgment of the Court […]
Supreme Court of India Altamas Kabir, Aftab Alam Gullipilli Sowria Raj vs Bandaru Pavani @ Gullipili Pavani on 4 December, 2008 Law Point: If a spouse is not Hindu, marriage is invalid under HMA JUDGEMENT 1. The only question which falls for determination in this Civil Appeal by way of Special Leave is whether a […]
Punjab and Haryana High Court Equivalent citations: AIR 1989 P H 310 V Ramaswami, G Majithia Kiran Mandal vs Smt. Mohini Mandal on 10 March, 1989 Law Point: Mental Cruelty defined, husband granted divorce JUDGEMENT 1. This Letters Patent Appeal, under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent, is directed against the judgment of the learned […]