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: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES Altamas Kabir, Cyriac Joseph & Surinder Singh Nijjar Thota Venkateswarlu Vs. State Of A.P. Tr. Princl. Sec. & Anr. On 2 September 2011 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 506 — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3, 4 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — […]
Court: Chhattisgarh High Court Bench: JUSTICES I.M. Quddusi & N.K. Agarwal Rani Bai @ Shakuntla Verma Vs Chandrashekhar Verma On 8 September 2010 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia), 13(1)(ib) — Mental Cruelty, Desertion — Proof of — Appellant wife deserted her husband without any proper and sufficient reason — Cruelty on […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Jarat Kumar Jain Swapnil Kolhe & Ors Vs Kirti Kolhe On 26 August 2014 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 12, 28 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 34, 506 — Domestic […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICES Pradeep Nandrajog, J. & Pratibha Rani Sandhya Kumari Vs Manish Kumar On 21 Otober 2016 Law Point: Decree of restitution of conjugal rights in favour of the husband. Interim maintenance should not be endorsed. JUDGEMENT 1. Sandhya is aggrieved by the decision dated January 31, 2014 dismissing HMA No. […]
Court: Chhattisgarh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Arvind Singh Chandel Shyamlal Vs State Of Madhya Pradesh On 27 March 2018 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 306, 498A — Abetment of Suicide — Cruelty — Suicidal death of deceased after 20 years of marriage — No case of dowry demand — Alleged illicit relationship […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE K.M. Natarajan, A.P. Ranga Rao Vs Vijayalakshmi On 26 September 1988 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty Meaning of — Several attempts by wife to commit suicide — Acts or ‘conduct of the party charged must be cruel according to the ordinary sense of […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES Vikramajit Sen & Abhay Manohar Sapre Vinod Kumar Subbiah Vs Saraswathi Palaniappan On 24 April 2015 Law Point: Decree of restitution of conjugal rights in favour of the husband. Interim maintenance should not be endorsed. JUDGEMENT These Appeals assail the Judgment of the learned Single Judge of the […]
Court: Calcutta High Court Bench: JUSTICES Joymalya Bagchi, J. & Rajarshi Bharadwaj Gobinda Das Vs State Of West Bengal On 3 January 2018 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 306, 498A — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113A — Abetment of suicide — Cruelty — Presumption — Death of deceased by sustaining burn […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICES P. Shanmugam & A. Subbulakshmy Sarada Vs V. Satyamurthi On 4 December 2000 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ib) — Desertion : Appreciation of Evidence : No Intention On Part of Husband To Desert Wife and Family : Allegation Not True — Petitioner-wife living with her […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES B.P. Singh & B.N. Srikrishna State Of Orissa Vs Niranjan Mohapatra & Ors On 3 Februrary 2015 Law Point: CRIMINAL LAW : Appeal against Acquittal : Cruelty, Dowry death : So far allegations relating to offence under Section 498A concerned, High Court justified that prosecution not able to […]