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: Orissa High Court Bench: JUSTICES Vinod Prasad & S.K. Sahoo Usharani Pradhan Vs. Brajakishore Pradhan On 19 November 2015 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Wife neglected to perform matrimonial duties and obligations and instituted one after another case against her husband — She harassed and humiliated her […]
Court:Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICE G.P. Mathur & A.K. Mathur Sujata Uday Patil Vs. Uday Madhukar Patil On 13 December 2006 Law Point: MATRIMONIAL LAW — Appeal against Decree of Divorce — Cruelty, Desertion — Limitation to file appeal — Amended provision of Section 28(4), Hindu Marriage Act provides period of limitation of 90 […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICES P. Shanmugam & A. Subbulakshmy Sarada Vs. V. Satyamurthy On 13 May 1994 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), (ib) — Cruelty, Desertion : Removal of Mangalsutra by Wife Not at the Instigation of Husband But of her own Accord Shows her Indifferent Attitude : Cruelty […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE V.K. Agarwal Gajendra Vs. Smt. Madhu Mati On 16 March 2001 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13(1)(ia), (ib), 28 — Cruelty, Desertion: Grounds Established by Evidence and Facts and Circumstances of Case — Respondent and her father continuously pressing petitioner/ husband to live with them […]
Court: Chhattisgarh High Court Bench: JUSTICES I.M. Quddusi & N.K. Agarwal Rani Bai @ Shakuntla Verma Vs Chandrashekhar Verma On 8 September 2010 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia), 13(1)(ib) — Mental Cruelty, Desertion — Proof of — Appellant wife deserted her husband without any proper and sufficient reason — Cruelty on […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES Vikramajit Sen & Abhay Manohar Sapre Vinod Kumar Subbiah Vs Saraswathi Palaniappan On 24 April 2015 Law Point: Decree of restitution of conjugal rights in favour of the husband. Interim maintenance should not be endorsed. JUDGEMENT These Appeals assail the Judgment of the learned Single Judge of the […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICES P. Shanmugam & A. Subbulakshmy Sarada Vs V. Satyamurthi On 4 December 2000 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ib) — Desertion : Appreciation of Evidence : No Intention On Part of Husband To Desert Wife and Family : Allegation Not True — Petitioner-wife living with her […]
Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE D.V. Sehgal Bhagwant Kishore Vs. Sheela Devi On 9 February 1987 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 (1)(ia), (ib) — Cruelty — Desertion — Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 — Order 6, Rule 17 — Amendment of pleadings — Petition for divorce by appellant […]
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY Equivalent citations: FAMILY COURT APPEAL NO.68 OF 2005 D.B.BHOSALE AND R.Y.GANOO,JJ. Smt Nita alias Nathi Hitendrakumar Sakariya vs Shri Hitendrakumar Kaluram Sakariya on 12/03/2010 Mr Vishal Thakkar i/b M/s Kiran Jain & co, Adv. For the appellant. Mr V.D.Walawalkar i/b Sameer B Bhalekar. For the respondent. Law Point: Wife wanted husband to procure a separate accommodation, […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE A.S. Oka & S.C. Gupta Mr. M. Vs. Mrs. M On 7 February 2014 Law Point: Cruelty — Desertion — Respondent-wife has not substantiated allegations of cruelty in her evidence — She could not substantiate allegations even in Criminal Court — Appellant and his family members were subjected to […]