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: Supreme Court of India Bench: Harjit Singh Bedi, Chandramauli Kr. Prasad Subhash vs State Of Haryana on 16 December, 2010 Law Point: Significant omission of witness statement recorded under Section 161 of the Cr.P.C amount to a contradiction JUDGEMENT This appeal arises out of the following facts : 1. The deceased Anuradha, and the […]
Court: Delhi High Court Equivalent citations: 138 (2007) DLT 535 Bench: JUSTICE S N Dhingra Smt. Sangeeta Kalra vs State on 2 March, 2007 Law Point: 498A quashed against sister-in-law on basis of letter written by wife to husband JUDGEMENT 1. This is a petition under Section 482 Cr. P.C. for quashing of FIR No. […]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE R. BASANT Moolavalappil Shukoor vs State Of Kerala on 8 January, 2007 SRI.V.RAMKUMAR NAMBIAR, Adv. For the appellant. Public Prosecutor For the respondent. Law Point: Charges of 376 quashed against father and brother, 498A trial to continue against husband JUDGEMENT The petitioners are accused 1 to 3 in a prosecution interalia under Sections 498A and Section 376 […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA Amit Sharma Vs. State & Ors. on 6 August, 2010 Mr. R.S. Kela, Adv. For the appellant. Mr. Sunil Sharma, APP for State Mr. R.K. Pandhi, Advocate for R-2 Law Point: LOC and FIR quashed in NRI case JUDGEMENT 1. The present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C read with Article […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Equivalent citations: 1989 SCR (1) 560, 1989 SCC (1) 715 Bench: Shetty, K.J. (J) Stree Atyachar Virodhi Parishad … vs Dilip Nathumal Chordia & Anr on 8 February, 1989 Mr. Gopal Narain Aggarwal, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.Narinder Kaushik, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Moral obligation versus legal obligation ACT: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973: ss. 227 & […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA Narender Singh Arora vs State (Govt. Of Nct Delhi) & Ors. on 1 September, 2010 Mr. R.S. Bains and Ms. Parvinder Khatra for revision petitioner Mr. O.P. Saxena, APP for State/ respondent no.1. Mr. Satish Tamta for respondent no.2 Law Point: Difference between a homicide (murder) […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: S.B. Sinha, Lokeshwar Singh Panta Fatma Bibi Ahmed Patel vs State Of Gujarat & Anr on 13 May, 2008 Law Point: Explanation of section 4 of IPC and 188 of CrPC, No NRI to be arrested without permission from Government JUDGEMENT 1. Leave granted. 2. Interpretation of Section 4 […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Arijit Pasayat, Mukundakam Sharma Gopal vs State Of Rajasthan on 13 February, 2009 Law Point: 498 A (a) and (b) explained by SC. For allegations of 498A(b) to suffice, there must be evidence for demand of dowry. JUDGEMENT 1. Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of a […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE K.N. BASHA Nagararajan vs State Rep. By on 22 July, 2010 Mr.T.V.Krishnakumar, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.J.C.Durairaj, GA For the respondent. Law Point: Seeking for Financial Assistance is not a Dowry JUDGEMENT The challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court IV), Chennai dated 18.5.2003 […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: V.S. Sirpurkar, Deepak Verma Neelu Chopra & Anr vs Bharti on 7 October, 2009 Law Point: 406 Requires Dates of Entrurstment and Date of Denial JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal is against the judgment of the Punjab & Haryana High Court whereby the petition for quashing the criminal proceedings against […]