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: 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: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE J.B. Garg S. Ravindra Bhat & Najmi Waziri Law Point: Divorce — Cruelty by wife — Allegation of illicit relationship with his sister-in-law and niece of respondent itself constitutes cruelty — Respondent was subjected to cruelty after settlement agreement and it continued till impugned judgment was passed — Decree […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia Sadhuram Udhvani and Ors. vs. State of M.P. and Ors. On 03 May 2017 Law Point: Quashing of Proceedings – Abetment of suicide – Nothing on record to show that anything was done by accused from which an inference can be drawn that they had […]
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 […]
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: Uttaranchal High Court Bench: JUSTICE J.B. Garg Smt Sadhna Pandey And Another Vs. State Of Uttarakhand And Another on 3 May 2017 Law Point: Quashing of proceedings – abetment of suicide – Deceased committed suicide being disturbed by family feud and pending cases relating to matrimonial dispute – FIR was lodged by father of […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE Rajiv Sharma and Mahendra Daya Archana Sharma Vs. Mukesh Kumar Sharma On 22 September 2014 Law Point: Divorce on ground of cruelty – Appeal – Cruelty includes not only physical cruelty but also mental cruelty. Sufficient material on record to prove that wife had treated husband with mental cruelty […]
Court: Andhra Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Motilal B. Naik & V. Bhaskara Rao Smt. S. Vijayalakshmi Vs. S. Bheem Reddy On 16 March 1998 Law Point: On complaint lodged by wife, husband arrested and sent to judicial custody — Kept under suspension by his employer — Matter reached point of no return — Any […]