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: Gauhati High Court Bench: JUSTICE B.P. Katakey, P.K. Saikia Smt. Bichitra Bharali Kalita Vs. Dipak Chandra Kalita on 12 March 2014 Law Point: Wife lodged false criminal proceeding and threatened to commit suicide. Levelling such serious allegations, in absence of any proof thereof, itself amounts to cruelty. Divorce granted on the ground of cruelty. […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE D.M. Dharmadhikari Pushpa Datt Mishra vs. Smt. Archana Mishra alias Premvati Choubey On 08 May 1991 Law Point: Reckless allegation of wife in her pleadings and in her testimony before Court alleging adultery against husband furnishes a ground to grant a decree of divorce in favour of husband […]
Delhi High Court JUSTICE Najmi Waziri Mrs. Anil Singh vs Dr. Narender Singh On 21 August 2014 Law Point: Allegations of adultery – Burden of Proof – Allegations of adultery made by wife. Allegations of adultery have a consequence of damaging one’s reputation, taking away the dignity of that person in the eyes of his […]
Court: Bomaby High Court Bench: JUSTICE P.R. Bora Vivek Vs. Minal On 11 September 2017 Law Point: Sufficient proof of allegation of cruelty by husband on part of wife — No reason to refuse decree of divorce. JUDGEMENT 1. Aggrieved by the Judgment and decree passed in Special Marriage Petition No. 06 of 2009 by […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Mahinder Narain Sushil Kumar Verma Vs. Usha 12.2.1986 Law Point: Wife got the pregnancy terminated without the consent of the Husband and thus caused mental cruelty to him. termination of pregnancy without the consent of the husband amounts to cruelty. JUDGEMENT 1. This is a husband’s appeal against the […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Najmi Waziri Mrs. Anil Singh vs Dr. Narender Singh On 21 August 2014 Law Point: Divorce on ground of cruelty – Allegations of adultery – Burden of Proof – Allegations of adultery made by wife. Allegations of adultery have a consequence of damaging one’s reputation, taking away the dignity […]