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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HIGH COURT OF DELHI Bench: JUSTICE O.P.DWIVEDI Smt. Pinki Jain vs Sh. Sanjay Jain on 31-01-2005 Equivalent citations: 2003 (1) AWC 344 SC, (2003) 2 CALLT 23 SC Mr. Gopal Narain Aggarwal, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.Narinder Kaushik, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: False complaint, family arrest -ground for Divorce JUDGEMENT This appeal is directed against the order dated 24.12.99 passed by […]
ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT Smt. Archana vs Dr. P.K. Tomar on 4/2/2003 Bench: B.K. Rathi Law Point: The lodging of the false F.I.R. for offences under Sections 498A, 323, 506, I.P.C. maliciously amounts to the mental cruelty JUDGEMENT 1. This is an appeal under Section 96 of the C.P.C. against the judgment and order dated 7.2.2002 […]
Court: SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Equivalent citations: 1981 AIR 1972, 1982 SCR (1) 695 Bench: Fazalali, S Murtaza SIRAJMOHMEDKHAN JANMOHAMADKHAN vs HAFIZUNNISA YASINKHAN & ANR. on 14/09/1981 N.N. Keshwan and R.N. Keshwani for the Appellant. Vimal Dave and Miss Kailash Mehta for RespondentNo. 1. S C. Patel and R.N. Poddar for Respondent No. 2 Law Point: […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF DELHI Bench: JUSTICE ARUNA SURESH Mrs. Flora Bose vs Suproti Bose on 20 August, 2010 Mr. Sunil Mittal, Adv. For the appellant. Nemo. For the respondent. Law Point: 2 or 3 incidences sufficient for Divorce on ground of cruelty JUDGEMENT 1. Under challenge in this appeal is the judgment and decree of the learned Additional District Judge dated 8th […]
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPEAL No. 1213 OF 2006 K.SRINIVAS vs K. SUNITA Law Point: Filing a False Criminal Complaint by Either Spouse Would Constitute Matrimonial Cruelty and Entitle the Other Spouse to Claim a Divorce JUDGEMENT VIKRAMAJIT SEN,J. 1. In this Appeal, counsel for the Appellant has sought to draw our attention to […]
BOMBAY HIGH COURT JUSTICE R.D. Dhanuka ANIL YASHWANT KARANDE Vs. MANGAL ANIL KARANDE On 23 Dec 2015 Law Point: False implication of husband and his family members alleging offence under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506, IPC — Amounts to matrimonial cruelty Appellant entitled to divorce under Section 13(1)(ia). JUDGEMENT By these two second appeals, the […]
PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL & MRS. SNEH PRASHAR Dr. Anita Rani Vs. Dr. Suresh Kumar On 26 Feb 2015 Law Point: Wife showing disrespect to the Husband and his family members amounted to cruelty towards the Husband. Irresistible conclusion wife treated husband-respondent with cruelty. JUDGEMENT 1. Feeling aggrieved by the […]
MADRAS HIGH COURT JUSTICE K Natarajan A.P. Ranga Rao vs Vijayalakshmi on 26 September, 1988 Law Point: Wife made suicide attempt as the Husband did not set up the separate house. She threatened husband on several occassions. Divorce granted to husband. JUDGEMENT 1. This second appeal is directed by the petitioner husband challenging the legality […]