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 V. DHANAPALAN Sharli Sunitha vs D. Balson on 20 November, 2006 Mr. R. Subramanian, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.V. Sairam, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Mother is not always right person for custody, Custody of minor girl given to Father JUDGEMENT This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is directed against the judgment and decree dated 06.10.1997 passed by the […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Aruna Suresh Smt. Sushila Devi vs Shri Joginder Kumar on 2 July, 2010 Law Point: It is duty of husband to maintain wife and not of his parents JUDGEMENT 1. Impugned in this petition is the order of the Trial Court dated 8th August 2008, whereby while allowing application […]
Court: Delhi District Court Bench: Ms. Santosh Mann Sh. Anshu Gupta vs State (Nct Of Delhi) on 15 April, 2011 Law Point: Maintenance claim based on Affidavit dismissed, No Cross Examination of evidence, sent back to trial court JUDGEMENT This appeal is filed under Section 29 of the Protection of Woman from Domestic […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE P.D.DINAKARAN and JUSTICE CHITRA VENKATARAMAN S.Chandra vs C.V.Sridharan on 21 February, 2007 Mrs.Geetha Ramaseshan, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.A.S.Balaji, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Claim alimony within 6 Months of Divorce JUDGEMENT (Judgment of the Court was delivered by CHITRA VENKATARAMAN,J.) This appeal is against the order dated 24.10.2002 made in F.C.O.P.No.1236 of 1997 on the file of the […]
Court: Bombay High Court Equivalent citations: 2003 (1) AWC 344 SC, (2003) 2 CALLT 23 SC Bench: JUSTICE Shrihari P. Davare Shriram Munjaji Raut vs The State Of Maharashtra on 14 March, 2011 Law Point: Perjury established u/s 344. Conviction JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal is directed against the judgment and order, dated 29.6.2007, rendered […]
Court: Delhi District Court Equivalent citations: 2003 (1) AWC 344 SC, (2003) 2 CALLT 23 SC Bench: JUSTICE Ms. Veena Rani Smt. Rekha Gupta vs Sh. Dinesh Kumar Gupta (Husband) on 28 July, 2008 Law Point: Vexatious petition, maintenance,relief is declined JUDGEMENT 1. The present application u/s 12 of the Protection of […]
Court: Madras High Court Equivalent citations: (2002) 2 MLJ 760 Bench: A Venkatachalamoorthy Kumaresan vs Aswathi on 21 June, 2002 Law Point: False complaint, family arrest -ground for Divorce JUDGEMENT 1. Petitioner herein, who is the husband of the respondent herein, filed a petition under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 as H.M.C.O.P.54 […]
Court: Bombay High Court Equivalent citations: AIR 2005 Bom 298, 2005 (4) BomCR 672, 2005 (2) MhLj 305 Bench: H Gokhale, R Mohite Mrs. Meena Dinesh Parmar vs Shri Dinesh Hastimal Parmar on 4 February, 2005 Law Point: Maintenance not granted as it is proved that wife wants to reside separately. JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Markandey Katju, Gyan Sudha Misra Manoj Yadav vs Pushpa @ Kiran Yadav on 11 January, 2011 Law Point: State limits of CrPC 125 unconstitutional JUDGEMENT O R D E R Heard learned counsel for the parties. We also wish to express our appreciation of Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, learned counsel, […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: G.P. Mathur, R.V. Raveendran Appasaheb And Anr vs State Of Maharashtra on 5 January, 2007 Law Point: Demand for money on account of some financial stringency or for meeting some urgent domestic expenses cannot be termed as a demand for dowry as the said word is normally understood […]