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: Madras High Court Equivalent citations: AIR 2003 Mad 212, I (2003) DMC 799, (2003) 1 MLJ 752 Bench: P Sathasivam Manokaran @ Ramamoorthy vs M. Devaki on 21 February, 2003 Law Point: No Maintenance For Working Women JUDGEMENT 1. Aggrieved by the order of the Principal Family Court, Madras dated 25-7-2002, made in I.A. […]
Court: CALCUTTA HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE Nripendra Kumar Bhattacharyya RINA SARKAR Vs. PARITOSH SARKAR AND ANOTHER On 18 May 1994 Law Point: Alleged mal reatment/torture not proved by Wife. Maintenance denied. JUDGEMENT By this revisional application under Article 227 of the Constitution of India read with Section 483 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1983 […]
Court: ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE Jayashree Tiwari DURG VIJAI YADAV Vs. STATE OF U.P. & ANR. On 29 August 2012 Law Point: Grant of Maintenance — From date of filing application. Express orders are necessary and no special reasons are required to be recorded by Court. JUDGEMENT Case called out in the revised […]