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: HIGH COURT OF DELHI Bench: JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA Sumana Bhasin vs Neeraj Bhasin on 8 February, 2010 Ms. Malvika Rajkotia with Mr. Ranjay N, Adv. For the appellant. Ms. Anu Narula, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Order against mother/wife who doesn’t get childern for visitation JUDGEMENT 1. By present petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India the petitioner has […]
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Equivalent citations: 1991 SCR (2) 821, 1991 SCC (3) 451 Sawant, P.B. Y. Narasimha Rao And Ors vs Y. Venkata Lakshmi And Anr on 9 July, 1991 Law Point: Conditions for validity of Foreign Divorce Decree (NRI). Decree on a ground unavailable under Indian Law is not enforceable in India. ACT: […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF DELHI Bench: JUSTICE ARUNA SURESH Manpreet Singh Talwar vs Sukhwinder Kaur Talwar on 7 May, 2010 Mr. Rajiv Kataria, Adv. For the appellant. Nemo. For the respondent. Law Point: Irretrievable breakdown of marriage u/s 13B HMA JUDGEMENT ARUNA SURESH, J. (Oral) CM (M) 622/2010 and CM APPL Nos.8583-85/2010 1. Petitioner has filed this petition invoking the powers of this […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY Bench: R. S. Dalvi Ms.Kashmira Kale vs Mr.Kishorekumar Mohan Kale on 4 March, 2010 Ms.Kokila Kalra with Mr.Abhijit Sarawate, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.Sanjiv A. Sawant, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: HMA not applicable on NRI domiciled in foreign state. Jurisdiction cannot be made out basis one night stay in Pune/India. JUDGEMENT Rule, returnable This […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Aftab Alam, B.S. Chauhan Poonam vs Sumit Tanwar on 22 March, 2010 Law Point: Advocate on Record is not only responsible for lending name but also for ensuring the conduct of case JUDGEMENT 1. This Writ Petition has been filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India for awarding the […]
Supreme Court of India C.K. Thakker, D.K. Jain Suman Kapur vs Sudhir Kapur on 7 November, 2008 Law Point: Mental Cruelty Defined, termination of pregnancy, calling parents Ghosts is mental cruelty towards husband. JUDGEMENT Leave The present appeal is filed by the appellant-wife being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the decree of divorce dated August 07, […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF DELHI Bench: MS. JUSTICE ARUNA SURESH Mukesh Ashok Gundecha & Anr. vs Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi on 7 January, 2010 Law Point: 6 months waiver in Mutual Divorce u/s Section 13(B)(2) HMA JUDGEMENT 1. Impugned in this petition is the order of the Additional District Judge, North-West dated 05.12.2009 whereby the […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Appeal (civil) 1473 of 1999 Bench: D.P. Mohapatra, Doraiswamy Raju Hirachand Srinivas Managaonkar vs Sunanda on 20 March, 2001 Law Point: Judicial Separation is not a divorce, doesn’t snap matrimonial ties JUDGEMENT The point that arises for determination in this case is short but by no means simple. The point is this: […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF DELHI Equivalent citations: 119 (2005) DLT 567, 2005 (82) DRJ 22 Bench: M Mudgal Sh. Tarun Kumar Vaish vs Ms. Meenakshi Vaish on 13 April, 2005 Law Point: Considerations for granting exemption from passage of one year before filing a petition for mutual divorce explained, Mutual Divorce granted JUDGEMENT With the […]
Supreme Court of India Tarun Chatterjee, R.M. Lodha Lalit Kishore vs Meeru Sharma & Anr on 4 August, 2009 Law Point: Application for medical assessment of mental condition of wife allowed in a matrimonial dispute at insistence of husband. JUDGEMENT Leave This is an appeal filed against the judgment and order dated 2nd of December, […]