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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Punjab-Haryana High Court Sh. Brijinder Bir Singh vs Mst. Vinod Alias Parminder on 6 May, 1994 Bench: N Sodhi Equivalent citations: AIR 1995 P H 42, I (1995) DMC 334 Law Point: Misrepresentation in matrimonial advertisement JUDGMENT 1. This first appeal is directed against the judgment and decree dated August 23, 1991 passed by the […]
Allahabad High Court JUSTICE V.M. Sahai & R.N. Misra Triveni Singh Vs. State Of U.p. & Ors. Law Point: On ground of any disease except mental disease, no marriage can be declared null and void as provided under Sections 5 and 12 of Act — Proceedings quashed. JUDGEMENT 1. The petitioner, widow of deceased Arun […]
Delhi High Court JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog & Yogesh Khanna Manoj Kumar Vs. Pinki Rani On 22 November 2016 Law Point: Respondent-wife failed to establish charge of illegal relationship of appellant-husband with lady concerned. Marriage irretrievably broken, cruelty established. JUDGEMENT 1. The appeal has reached for hearing. 2. None has appeared for the respondent. 3. Heard […]
Allahabad High Court JUSTICE Pramod Kumar Srivastava Smt. Sulekha vs Ashok Kumar On 14 March 2016 Law Point: Annulment of marriage on the grounds of impotency of wife and fraud. JUDGEMENT 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties on admission of second appeal and perused the records. 2. Matrimonial Petition No. 3077/2010, Ashok Kumar v. […]
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. […]