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.
CONSULTATION
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICES K.K. Tated & Sarang V. Kotwal Shantaram Tukaram Sarfare Vs. Sandhya Shantaram Sarfare On 12 January 2018 Law Point: Cruelty — Sufficient cause — Grant of divorce — Unreasonable criminal proceedings initiated by respondent-wife — Appellant-husband suffered tremendous mental agony — Not possible for him to cohabit with respondent-wife […]
Court: Calcutta High Court Bench: JUSTICE Dilip Kumar Seth & Subhro Kamal Mukherjee Smt. Kakali Das Vs. Dr. Asish Kumar Das On 11 February 2004 Law Point: Cruelty: Mental Cruelty: Wife asserted husband had illicit relationship with many women: It was for wife to prove such allegations: It was not for husband to prove allegations […]
Court: Andhra Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE V. Ramasubramanian & N. Balayogi Soma Ramchandram Vs. Soma Anitha & Anr. On 22 June 2017 Law Point: Cruelty — Illicit intimacy — Allegedly first respondent was living in adultery with second respondent — They have a child also — As per DNA Test, appellant-husband has been held […]
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 […]
Court: High Court Of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE Ms. Veena Birbal Suman Kaushik Vs. N.P. Kaushik Law Point: Divorce on the ground of desertion and cruelty – Parties lived together for 7 months and litigating for 25 years – Husband employed as judicial officer and wife working under government – Wife making various complaints in respect […]