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 […]
PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT JUSTICE Dr. Sarojnei Saksena Rama Kanta Vs. Mohinder Laxmidas Bhandula On 7 February 1995 Law Point: Her threats and attempts to commit suicide — Act of lodging false complaint against her husband — Relations u/Secs. 498-A/34, I.P.C., resulting in acquittal — Are incidents of appellant’s cruel behaviour towards respondent — […]
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA JUSTICE Ruma Pal, Arijit Pasayat & C.K. Thakker A. Jayachandra Vs. Aneel Kaur On 2 December 2004 Law Point: Constant nagging on various aspects certainly amounted to causing indelible mental agony and amount to cruelty JUDGEMENT Leave granted. Parties to a marriage tying nuptial knot aro supposed to bring about the […]
DELHI HIGH COURT JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog, J. & Pratibha Rani Kamini Sondhi Vs. Kapil Sondhi On 9 September 2016 Law Point: Non-consummation of marriage — False complaints — Respondent went into depression and had to leave his job — Sufficient instances to dissolve their marriage on ground of cruelty. JUDGEMENT For the reasons stated in […]
CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT JUSTICE Rajendra Chandra Singh Samant Anandram Vs. Laxmibai On 5 September 2017 Law Point: Adultery — Birth of child while living separately proves Adultery— Respondent-wife alleged to have physical relationship with number of other persons Also non-explanation by respondent-wife as to why she never made any effort to go back to her […]
CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT JUSTICE Prashant Kumar Mishra, J. & Arvind Singh Chandel Som Kumar Bahidar Vs. Jyoti On 13 September 2017 Law Point: Wife has no desire to live with husband and statutory period of more than 2 years is over — Appellant entitled to divorce under Section 13(1)(ib) of Act. JUDGEMENT This is husband’s […]
MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT JUSTICE S.K. Gangele, J. & Anurag Shrivastava Reena Jaggi Vs. Randeep Jaggi On 15 November 2017 Law Point: Appellant-wife lodged criminal complaints against respondent-husband and his family members — They were released on bail subsequently — Not possible for husband and wife to live together — Trial Court rightly granted decree […]
Court:PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICES JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL AND SNEH PRASHAR Anita Rani vs Suresh Kumar On 26 February 2015 Law Point: Wife files false criminal cases against the husband, breaking & throwing mangal sutra, getting husband arrested, neglecting household and ill-treated husband etc. are cruelty. Divorce granted by the court. JUDGEMENT […]