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:MADRAS HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE M.M. Sundresh & Krishnan Ramasamy JAYANTHI Vs. SARAVANAN Law Point: Both children of parties stated that only appellant-mother deserted respondent-father and only father is taking care of them — Though appellant filed petition for restitution of conjugal rights and same was dismissed — Appellant filed appeal only against order, granting […]
Court: Chhattisgarh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Sunil Kumar Sinha & R.N. Chandrakar Sangeeta Shukla Vs. Ganesh Shukla On 1 January 2014 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Appellant-wife, was not doing any domestic work and used to quarrel with him and go to her parents’ place — She lodged […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Manmohan Singh Sardar Avtar Singh Vs. Amarjeet Kaur Gandhi On 16 December 2013 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), 13(1)(ib) — Cruelty — Desertion by wife — Irretrievable break down of marriage — Vague allegations of cruelty are not sufficient to grant divorce and onus to […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pratibha Rani & Pradeep Nandrajog Rajender Kumar Vs. Nandini & Anr. On 21 October 2016 Law Point: Mental Cruelty — Illicit relationship — Threat to commit suicide — Appellant-husband suggested divorce by mutual consent in the backdrop of respondent-wife’s illicit relationship, but she preferred not to even respond to […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICE Dr. AR. Lakshmanan & Tarun Chatterjee Rishikesh Sharma Vs. Saroj Sharma On 21 November 2006 Law Point: Wife living separately and filing cases against Husband which cannot be substantiated. Divorce Decreed. JUDGEMENT Leave granted. 2. The husband is the appellant before us. The respondent is his wife. They […]