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 Uttarakhand Bench: JUSTICE Dharam Veer Vikas Jain vs Smt. Deepali @ Ayushi Jain on 25 October, 2010 Law Point: No Maintenance u/s125Crpc for working Women JUDGEMENT This criminal revision has been preferred against the judgment and order dated 4.9.2002 passed by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Haridwar in Case No. 66/2002, […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: Shiv Narayan Dhingra Smt. Rampyari & Ors. vs Ms. Kamlesh on 9 March, 2010 Law Point: Heavy fine for delaying tactics by lawyer, directed to be paid to respondent JUDGEMENT By this petition, the petitioner has assailed an order dated 25th March, 2009 whereby an application of the petitioner for […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE H Malhotra Radhika Narang And Ors. vs Karun Raj Narang And Ors. on 16 November, 2004 Law Point: Women to Prove ligitimacy of child for maintenance. Corroboration is insisted by the court not as a rule of law but as a rule of prudence to satisfy the conscience […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE S. Ashok Kumar M.S.Mani vs K.Shyamala on 4 November, 2006 D.Shivakumaran, Adv. For the appellant. None For the respondent. Law Point: Husband to provide proof of his earning else averments of wife to be taken as true JUDGEMENT Aggrieved over the the fair and decreetal order dated 11.07.2005 and 9.5.2006 made in I.A.Nos.6 and 7 of 2005 […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE Sanjay Kishan Kaul Asha Devi vs Pominder Kumar Chhabra on 7 September, 2006 Law Point: Husband was liable to pay maintenance for adjourn period of proceeding. Divorce withdrawn, maintenance to be paid JUDGEMENT 1. Admit. 2. At request of learned Counsel for the appellant and attorney / father of the respondent, […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Equivalent citations: I (1992) DMC 72 Bench: JUSTICE V Kokja Usha Baghel vs Dr. B.B. Singh on 29 August, 1991 Law Point: Interim Maintenance to be decided on basis of Immediate need of the applicant and proved income of the non-applicant. JUDGEMENT 1. This is an application filed by the […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE R. S. Dalvi Shirish H. Garg vs Nidhi S. Garg on 16 November, 2010 Law Point: Income of husband to be taken, not only as an individual but also for the companies he owns JUDGEMENT 1. This Petition is filed by the husband challenging the order of maintenance passed […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: B.H. Marlapalle, S.J. Vazifdar Smt.Manju Kamal Mehra vs Mr.Kamal Pushkar Mehra on 18 July, 2009 Law Point: No Maintenance to Wife if RCR By Husband succeeds JUDGEMENT 1. Both these appeals filed by the respective spouses arise from a common judgment and order dated 31.12.2004 passed by the Family Court […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Shiv Narayan Dhingra Rachna Kathuria vs Ramesh Kathuria on 30 August, 2010 Law Point: Multiple Maintenance petitions are not allowed JUDGEMENT By this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the petitioner has assailed an order dated 22nd October 2009 of learned Additional Sessions Judge passed in appeal whereby the appeal of […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA Amit Khanna vs Priyanka Khanna & Ors. on 1 September, 2010 Law Point: Mere allegations made by the wife that husband was a man of status and had vast movable and immovable properties would not give jurisdiction to the Court to pass an order of maintenance beyond […]