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: Uttranchal High Court Bench: JUSTICE J.C.S. Rawat Surendra Singh Vs. Shakuntala Devi & Ors. On 8 June 2006 Law Point: Effective date of payment for maintenance, Date of order in normal circumstances however, in extraordinary circumstances it may be ordered to be paid from date of application. Court below gave no reason for allowing […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICE Sunil Kumar Garg Chhotu Singh & Anr. Vs. Smt. Ramdini On 19 March 2002 Law Point: Increased amount of maintenance shall be taken from the date of passing of order and not from date of application. JUDGEMENT 1. This revision petition has been filed by the petitioners against the […]
Court: Andhra Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE T. Ranga Rao S. Vijaya & Ors. Vs. S. Dharmaraju & Anr. On 16 October 1997 Law Point: In absence of any specific direction to pay maintenance from date of order or application, It should be construed that payment of maintenance is from date of order in view […]