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.
CONSULTATION
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE D.K. Kapur Daya Wati Vs. Raj Singh Law Point: Cold indifference like not visiting the hospitalized husband amounts to cruelty. JUDGEMENT 1. The respondent-husband Lt. Raj Singh Mathur has applied for divorce under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, on the ground of cruelty as well as […]
Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Dr. Sarojnei Saksena Rani Vs. Amar Nath On 11 September 1996 Law Point: Section 13(1)(ia) –– Cruelty — Acts of wife proving her incorrigible conduct –– Amounts to cruelty towards her husband –– Wife can’t be allowed to take advantage of her own wrong. JUDGEMENT 1. Wife […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICES S.S. SARON and NAVITA SINGH Uma Soni vs Suresh Soni on 3 April 2014 Law Point: Divorce on ground of cruelty – Appeal – Appealant wife misbehaved not only with husband and in-laws but also with guests and visitors – Appealant also filed criminal cases against respondent […]
Court: High Court Of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE S. Muralidhar Darshana Devi Vs. Anil Kumar Saini On 13 June 2007 Law Point: Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Prima facie case made out — Trial Court rightly held respondent wife along with her father caused mental cruelty upon petitioner husband in deserting his matrimonial home, after birth […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICES M. Katju & R.S. Tripathi Vimla Devi Vs. Ram Babu On 6 April 2004 Law Point: Cruelty: What amounts to : False, scandalous, malicious, baseless and unproved allegations made by one spouse amounts to cruelty : Cruelty may consist of single act or series of acts. JUDGEMENT Heard learned […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICES A.B. Rohtagi and Gian Chand Jain Kamini Gupta Vs. Mukesh Kumar Gupta On 22 November 1984 Law Point: Charges of immorality levelled by wife against husband were reckless and entirely baseless. Further, wife’s own evidence before Court led credence to husband’s case that wife insulted and humiliated him by […]
Court: Gauhati High Court Bench: JUSTICE J.N. Sarma Monika Hom Roy Vs. Smaran Roy On 5 June 2000 Law Point: Wife neither having any tolerant attitude nor ready to make even a small sacrifice. Misbehavior of wife at public places and resiling from settlement. Cruelty of wife established. JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal has been filed […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Leila Seth Urmila Devi Vs. Devinder Kumar Parcha On 8 December 1982 Law Point: Husband’s petition for dissolution of Marriage owing to wife’s cruelty — Wife asking husband to live separately due to ill-treatment of her mother-in-law — Wife writing letters to husband threatening him to insult in his […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICES M. Jagannadha Rao, C.J. & Dalveer Bhandari Alka Vs. Dr. R.k. Gautam On 1 March 1996 Law Point: Indifferent behaviour with the husband and his relations––Trying to jump from balcony on the event of marriage in family––Not permitting normal sex to respondent—Indifference to the ailing father-in-law––Cruelty. JUDGEMENT 1. This […]
Court: Himachal Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE R.L. Khurana & M.R. Verma Meenakshi Mehta Vs. Major Atul Mehta On 16 July 1999 Law Point: Cruelty : Legal : False Allegations of Harassment, Physical Assault, Not Providing Maintenance : Amounts to Cruelty — Allegations made by Wife against Husband in application are unfounded, baseless and false […]