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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BOMBAY HIGH COURT JUSTICE V.M. Kanade & P.D. Kode Nitin Ramesh Dhiwar Vs. ROOPALI NITIN DHIWAR On 16 August 2012 Law Point: Filing of false criminal complaint itself amounts to cruelty within meaning of Section 13(1)(ia) of Act — Impugned judgment and order passed by Family Court quashed and set aside. JUDGEMENT Heard the learned […]
Court: RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog, C.J. & Vinit Kumar Mathur Kailash Chandra Vs. Laxmi On 4 May 2018 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ib) — Desertion — Cruelty — By the time parties recorded evidence, respondent had lodged complaint under […]
HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT JUSTICE Vivek Singh Thakur Shashi kala Vs. Pravesh Chandra Angra On 12 January 2018 Law Point: Legal notice received to join company of respondent, not replied by appellant wife — Appellant breathing hot and cold in one breathe JUDGEMENT The appellant was married to respondent herein on 7.12.1994 according to Hindu […]
Court:Andhra Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE L. Narasimha Reddy & S.V. Bhatt Ganti Srinivas Vs. G. Vasantha On 10 June 2013 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19 — Cruelty — Acts and omissions on part of respondent-wife constitute cruelty — Settlement between parties — […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE O.P. Dwivedi Pinki Jain Vs. Sanjay Jain On 31 January 2005 Law Point: Act of Wife in filing false complaint case and getting her Husband and other in-laws arrested clearly amounts to cruelty. Decree of divorce passed. JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal is directed against the order dated 24.12.99 passed […]