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: Delhi District Court Bench: Sh. Inderjeet Singh Manish Kapoor vs Charu Kapoor on 28 August, 2010 Law Point: Trial court ordered residence rights in the property of father, Session court overturned. Landmark Judgement in DV. JUDGEMENT 1.1 (Introduction) – The respondent Smt. Charu Kapoor filed an application under section 12 of Protection of […]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE M. Sasidharan Nambiar Shanavas vs Raseena on 10 December, 2010 Law Point: NBW cannot be issued for non payment of maintenance under section 23(1) of DV act JUDGEMENT First respondent, through her mother, filed petition under Section 12 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act before Judicial First Class Magistrate’s Court-II, […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA Harbans Lal Malik vs Payal Malik on 29 July, 2010 Law Point: Family members of NRI husband cannot be accused in DV case. Brother of husband cannot be made to pay maintenace to the wife. JUDGEMENT These petitions arise out of order passed by the […]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR Sunitha vs State Of Kerala on 10 December, 2010 SRI. A. T. ANILKUMAR, Adv. For the appellant. SRI. V. K. SUNIL, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Kerala HC accepts the easy misuse of DV to gain unfair advantage over husband. JUDGEMENT In this Revision filed under Section 397 read with Sec. 401 Cr.P.C. the Revision Petitioner […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: S.B. Sinha, Markandey Katju S.R. Batra And Anr vs Smt. Taruna Batra on 15 December, 2006 Law Point: Wife has no Right on Monther in Law’s Property JUDGEMENT Leave granted. This appeal has been filed against the impugned judgment of the Delhi High Court dated 17.1.2005 in C.M.M. No. […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA Vijay Verma vs State Nct Of Delhi & Anr. on 13 August, 2010 Mr. K.K. Manan, Mr. Tarun Goomber, Mr. Nipun Bhardwaj, Mr. Pankaj Mandiratta and Mr. Ashish George, Advocates.For the appellant. Mr. Sunil Sharma, APP for the State. Mr. Sunil Sethi, Mr. Sumit Sethi & Mr. B.C. […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE RAJIV SAHAI ENDLAW Preetinder Singh vs Gursharan Singh on 15 January, 2010 Ms. Geeta Luthra, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.O.P. Aggarwal, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Costs imposed on wife, eviction of son and his wife, residential rights decided against wife in mother’s property JUDGEMENT 1. This petition under Section 115 of the CPC has been […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: MR. JUSTICE VALMIKI J.MEHTA Ms. Nidhi Kaushik vs Union Of India And Ors. on 4 September, 2013 Mr. Sachin Chauhan, Adv. For the appellant. Ms. Archana Gaur, Advocate for respondent No.1. Mr. J.C. Seth, Advocate for respondent Nos.2 to 4. Law Point: Domestic Violence is no bar for denying promotion, is not a criminal offence […]