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: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE J.B. Garg Satyawan Vs. Rekha On 30 May 2016 Law Point: Lodging false criminal case — Contracting second marriage — Respondent-wife lodged false criminal case against appellant-husband and his family — No material to frame charges against appellant and his family members — They were acquitted — […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Hima Kohli & Deepa Sharma Santosh Vs. Hori Lal On 4 August 2017 Law Point: Appellant wife failed to substantiate allegations leveled against respondent-husband even on yardstick of preponderance of evidence — Allegations of such a nature that would have lowered image of respondent in eyes of his superiors, […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICE G.P. Mathur & Dalveer Bhandari Sanghamitra Ghosh Vs. Kajal Kumar Ghosh On 20 November 2006 Law Point: Obligation of Court that marriage status should, as far as possible, as long as possible and whenever possible, be maintained — However when marriage is totally dead, in that event, nothing […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court JUSTICE Vineet Kothari Sheelu Vs. Amar Singh & Anr. On 27 January 2016 Law Point: Adultery — Grounds well established by Husband — Divorce decree sustained. Not fit case of making efforts through mediation for restoration of matrimonial home. JUDGEMENT 1. The present appeal has been filed by the appellant wife […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE J.B. Garg Nishi Vs. Jagdish Ram Law Point: False accusation by wife — Acts of cruelty included constant threat by wife to have the husband arrested which caused stress to the husband and his family with the result that it was not possible for him to continue with the […]
Delhi High Court JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog & Yogesh Khanna Manoj Kumar Vs. Pinki Rani On 22 November 2016 Law Point: Respondent-wife failed to establish charge of illegal relationship of appellant-husband with lady concerned. Marriage irretrievably broken, cruelty established. JUDGEMENT 1. The appeal has reached for hearing. 2. None has appeared for the respondent. 3. Heard […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICE Ajay Rastogi & J.K. Ranka Praveena Tank Vs. Arvind Kumar Tank On 19 November 2014 Law Point: Cruelty — Character assassination — According to husband, wife was having illicit relations with a distant relative before marriage and that persisted thereafter — Parties living separately for more than 14 years […]
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: Andhra High Court Bench: JUSTICES C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY AND G.SHYAM PRASAD Kalapatapu Lakshmi Bharati Vs. Kalapatapu Sai Kumar On 31 August 2016 Law Point: Irretrievable breakdown of marriage. Husband and Wife living separately for a long period of time. JUDGEMENT These two Civil Miscellaneous Appeals arise out of common order, dated 25.11.2005, […]