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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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA JUSTICE B.N. Agrawal, P.P. Naolekar & Dalveer Bhandari Samar Ghosh Vs. Jaya Ghosh On 26 March 2007 Law Point: She unilaterally declared her decision not to give birth to child for 2 years and appellant should not be inquisitive about her child and keep himself aloof as far as possible — […]
KERELA HIGH COURT JUSTICE A.M. Shaffique, J. & Anu Sivaraman Ajithakumari R. Vs. A.S. Subhagan On 3 July 2017 Law Point: Respondent-wife alleged to be making scandalous allegations against petitioner husband among neighbours — Allegations against him will amount to his reputation being tarnished JUDGEMENT This appeal is filed by the respondent in OP (HMA) […]
RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog, CJ & Vinit Kumar Mathur Jyotsana Vs. Ravi Khatwal On 12 March 2018 Law Point: Appellant-wife has not proved reasonable cause to withdraw from consortium for reason the only ground pleaded by her to withdraw from consortium was dowry harassment i.e. 498A which she could not prove — No […]
Court: Chhattisgarh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Arvind Singh Chandel Sushil Chandra Sen Vs. Champa Sen On 6 October 2017 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ib) — Desertion — Appreciation of Evidence — Testimony of respondent-wife not reliable — Statement of husband appellant duly supported by his brother DW2 — That he had […]
Court: Hyderabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy, J. & T. Rajani, J. V. Pavanamanjari Vs. V. Manoj Kumar On 14 March 2017 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), 13(1)(ib) — Cruelty — Desertion — Irretrievable breakdown of marriage — Appreciation of evidence — Facts on record show appellant-wife subjected respondent-husband […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICE Manoj Kumar Garg Hanif Khan Vs. State Of Rajasthan On 5 April 2018 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 306, 498A — Abetment of Suicide — Cruelty — Appreciation of Evidence — No offence — Accused-appellant, husband of deceased all the time was away from house, sometimes […]