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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BOMBAY HIGH COURT JUSTICE M.L. Tahaliyani DEEPAK @ GAJANAN RAMRAO KANEGAONKAR Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ORS. On 1 July 2015 Law Point: Respondent No. 2-wife knew that applicant was married person and had children from his first wife — Respondent No. 2 was not “aggrieved person” […]
Court:Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE Vijay Lakshmi Nageshwar Prasad Mishra Vs State Of U.p. & Ors. 6 May 2014 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 2(f), 2(g), 2(q), 2(s), 3, 18, 12, 22 — Domestic Violence — Aggrieved Person — Defamation and malicious prosecution alleged by daughter against her […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Mukta Gupta Kusum Lata Sharma Vs. State & Anr. On 2 September 2011 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 2(a), 2(f), 2(q), 12 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — “Aggrieved Person” — […]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE M. Sasidharan Nambiar Surendran Vs. State Of Kerala On 16 July 2009 Law Point: Sections 2(a), 12, 18, 19, 20 — Aggrieved person — Marriage has been declared as null and void at instance of wife, she cannot be an aggrieved person as provided under Section 2(a) of Act […]
Court: CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE Parth Prateem Sahu SHYAM SUNDAR SINGH & ORS. Vs. SULOCHANA DEVI On 23 November 2021 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 2(a), 2(f), 3, 12 — Domestic violence — ‘Domestic relationship’ does not exist between parties — There is severance of relationship of […]