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: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE R. BASANT T.C.Mathew vs State Of Kerala on 16 July, 2007 SRI.S.RAJEEV, Adv. For the appellant. PP For the respondent. Law Point: Antcipatory bail u/s 438 CrPC in 498A JUDGEMENT Application for anticipatory bail. The petitioners are the husband and step-mother of the husband of the de facto complainant. The marriage between the spouses took place on […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE V. K. JAIN Hans Raj Sharma & Ors. vs State Govt. Of N.C.T. Of Delhi on 2 March, 2010 Mr. A.K. Srivastava, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.Jaideep Malik, APP For the State. Law Point: Demand, with no connection with marriage, cannot be construed as Dowry Demand JUDGEMENT 1. This is an appeal […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA Vijay Verma vs State Nct Of Delhi & Anr. on 13 August, 2010 Mr. K.K. Manan, Mr. Tarun Goomber, Mr. Nipun Bhardwaj, Mr. Pankaj Mandiratta and Mr. Ashish George, Advocates.For the appellant. Mr. Sunil Sharma, APP for the State. Mr. Sunil Sethi, Mr. Sumit Sethi & Mr. B.C. […]
Court: Bombay High Court Equivalent citations: 2008 (2) MhLj 856 S Kumar, D Chandrachud, J Devadhar Abasaheb Yadav Honmane And … vs The State Of Maharashtra on 12 March, 2008 Law Point: Compounding and quashing are not synonymous terms.The power to compound can be exercised at the trial stage or even at the appellate stage […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE L.N. MITTAL Bhupinder Kaur And Others vs State Of Punjab And Another on 2 December, 2009 Mr. Deepak Sharma, Adv. For the appellant. Mr. HS Gill, DAG Punjab for respondent Nos. 1 and 2 Mr. HPS Ghuman, Advocate for applicant-GMADA Law Point: 498A on minors, whole family implicated, FIR Quashed qua the […]
Court: Mumbai High Court Bench: JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA Kumari Sri Uma vs The State Of A.P. Rep By on 10 March, 2010 Law Point: Ingredients of 498A not attracted, discharged JUDGEMENT Heard Sri Ramakrishna, learned counsel, representing Sri Hari Haran, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the first respondent and Sri Y.Krishna […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: A. B. Chaudhari Satish @ Rajendra vs State Of Maharashtra on 7 June, 2010 Mr. R.M. Patwardhan, Adv. For the appellant. Mr. D.B. Patel, A.P.P and Mr. J.M. Gandhi, ADV For the respondents. Law Point: 498A is barred by limitation of 3 years as per CrPC 468. Private complaint by lady quashed JUDGEMENT Rule. Heard forthwith finally […]
Court: Andhra High Court Equivalent citations: 2003 (1) AWC 344 SC, (2003) 2 CALLT 23 SC Bench: JUSTICE D VARMA Syed Asgar vs Government Of Andhra Pradesh, … on 8 April, 2005 Law Point: Offences commited outside India to follow CrPC 188 provisions, proceedings are abuse of law, quashed JUDGEMENT 1. Heard both sides. 2. […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Altamas Kabir, Markandey Katju Smt. Pinki Jain vs Sh. Sanjay Jain on 31-01-2005 Law Point: Amicable settlement between parties, proceedings quashed JUDGEMENT 1. Leave granted. 2. The question whether a First Information Report under Sections 420/468/471/34/120-B IPC can be quashed either under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: P. Sathasivam, B.S. Chauhan Sunil Kumar Sambhudayal Gupta & … vs State Of Maharashtra on 11 November, 2010 Law Point: Person shall not convict for an alleged offence, unless it is proved by corroborative evidence JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal has been preferred against the judgment and order […]