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.
CONSULTATION
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 […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog and Pratibha Rani Aarti Manchanda Vs. Chander Shekhar Manchanda On 12 August 2016 Law Point: Conduct of wife of leaving her matrimonial home and never returning back or even making enquiry of her children was enough to lead to irresistible conclusion that she left to bring co-habitation […]
Punjab & Haryana High Court JUSTICES S.S. Saron & Navita Singh Shikha Vs. Jasvinder Singh & Anr. On 8 July 2014 Law Point: The charge can be established by circumstantial evidence — It is not always possible that witnesses would see one of the spouses with paramour in objectionable posture to prove charge of adultery. […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE J.G. Chitre Prafulla Kumar Tongya Vs. Smt. Sarla On 18 November 1997 Law Point: Wife taken away marriage gifts. Proved by husband that respondent deserted him for continuous period of more than two years. Decree of divorce granted. JUDGEMENT 1. The appellant Prafulla Kumar is hereby assailing correctness, […]
Court: Uttarakhand High Court Bench: JUSTICE Rajesh Tandon Pramod Bijalwan Vs. Satendra Dutt On 6 July 2007 Law Point: Cruelty, Desertion — Both grounds proved by respondent — False allegation of adultery against husband or wife is mental cruelty and is ground for divorce — Vague allegations made to defame by petitioner amounts to cruelty […]
Court: Punjab & Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Dr. Sarojnei Saksena Rama Kanta Vs. Mohinder Laxmidas Bhandula On 7 February 1995 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sec. 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Meaning of Cruelty — Conduct of appellant in matrimonial home — Her threats and attempts to commit suicide — Act of lodging […]