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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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Mohanan Vs. Thankamani

Court: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICES M.M. Pareed Pillay & V.V. Kamat Mohanan Vs. Thankamani On 9 September 1994 Law Point: Mental Cruelty — Murder of two minor children — Amounted to cruelty of the worst-sort — Single act of violence against the children establishes the cruel conduct — Amounts to infliction of mental cruelty. […]

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Lella Srinivasa Rao Vs. State Of Andhra Pradesh

Court:Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICE N. Santosh Hegde & B.P. Singh Lella Srinivasa Rao Vs. State Of Andhra Pradesh On 26 February 2004 Law Point: Abetment of Suicide, Cruelty : Inconsistency between two dying declarations : High Court gave acquittal under Section 306, IPC : Witnesses declared hostile by prosecution : Prosecution failed to […]

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Shashi Kumar Vs. Neelam

Court: Himachal Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Dev Darshan Sud Shashi Kumar Vs. Neelam On 8 July 2010 Law Point: Husband was denied sexual access, subjected to abuse, locked out of his room, kicked out of bed, his mother was abused and respondent was not performing any household work — This stands established by evidence […]

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Mangesh Balkrushna Bhoir Vs. Leena Mangesh Bhoir

Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE R.D. Dhanuka Mangesh Balkrushna Bhoir Vs. Leena Mangesh Bhoir On 23 December 2015 Law Point: Cruelty — False complaint by wife — Arrest of Husband and his family members — Taking advantage of one’s own wrong — Respondent-wife filed false complaint alleging offence under Section 498A and other provisions […]

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Mr. M. Vs. Mrs. M

Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE A.S. Oka & S.C. Gupta Mr. M. Vs. Mrs. M On 7 February 2014 Law Point: Cruelty — Desertion — Respondent-wife has not substantiated allegations of cruelty in her evidence — She could not substantiate allegations even in Criminal Court — Appellant and his family members were subjected to […]

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Suresh Gurjar Vs. Usha Gurjar

Court: Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICE Amitava Roy, CJ. & Vijay Bishnoi Suresh Gurjar Vs. Usha Gurjar On 16 May 2014 Law Point: Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Dissolution of Marriage — Respondent wife was adament in her disinclination to discharge her marital obligations including cohabitation — Coupled with this is institution of criminal case […]

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Sushila Agrawal Vs. Ramesh Chandra Agrawal

Court: Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICE Shiv Kumar Sharma & Guman Singh Sushila Agrawal Vs. Ramesh Chandra Agrawal On 1.5.2007 Law Point: Cruelty — Dissolution of Marriage – Children of husband from earlier marriage had to be shifted to Jaipur on account of atrocious behaviour of wife — Wife found to have adopted double standard […]

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Usha Vs. Vimal Kumar

Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE K.L. Shrivastava Usha Vs. Vimal Kumar On 5 January 1987 Law Point: Section 13(1)(ia) — Husband’s petition for divorce on wife’s cruelty — Wife asked to accompany husband and engaged herself in a scuffle with him and also slapped him — Altercation seen by witness — Her behaviour […]

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Rajni Vs. Shantilal

Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE R.K. Verma Rajni Vs. Shantilal On 28 October 1991 Law Point: Section 13 — Cruelty — Husbands petition for divorce — Ground — Cruelty — Marriage took place in 1976 — Wife living with the husband only two or three times — Tried to commit suicide — Wife […]

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Darshna Kumari Alias Worsely Vs. Inder Kumar Arora

Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE N.N. Goswamy Darshna Kumari Alias Worsely Vs. Inder Kumar Arora On 26 August 1982 Law Point: Section 13(1)(ia) — Divorce granted to husband on account of wife’s cruelty — Wife filing criminal complaints against husband and his parents. Beating to husband by wife and her brothers. Aforesaid acts of […]

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