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:Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE J Chandra Madan Lal vs Sudesh Kumari And Anr. on 5 March, 1987 Equivalent citations: AIR 1988 Delhi 93, 1987 (13) DRJ 167 Law Point: Birth of illegitimate child , divorce granted. JUDGEMENT (1) This is an appeal by appellant Madan Lal (hereinafter to be referred to as the ‘husband’) […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Jeevan Reddy, B.P. V. Bhagat vs D. Bhagat on 19 November 1993 Equivalent citations: 1994 AIR 710, 1994 SCC (1) 337 Law Point: Calling Husband a mental patient amounts to cruelty, divorce granted. JUDGEMENT 1. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by B.P. JEEVAN REDDY, J.- This is […]
Court: Delhi High Court Court Bench: JUSTICE D Khanna Navin Chawla vs Veena Rani Chawla on 25 May, 1995 Law Point: Showing an attitude of disregard to husband’s feelings and self respect amounts to cruelty, decree of judicial separation passed. JUDGEMENT (1) The parties were married on 9-2-1981 under the provisions of the Special Marriage […]