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:Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE T.V. Nalawade State of Maharashtra Vs. Hanmant & Ors. On 21 January 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 304B, 306, 34 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Sections 113A, 113B — Cruelty — Dowry Death — Abetment of Suicide — Common Intention — Presumption — Appeal against […]
Court:Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICE D.K. Jain & Jagdish Singh Khehar Rajiv Thapar & Ors. Vs. Madan Lal Kapoor On 23 January 2012 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 498A — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Sections 227, 228, 482 — Dowry Death — Cruelty — Discretion vested in High Court […]
Court:Gujarat High Court Bench: JUSTICE K.S. Jhaveri & K.M. Thaker State Of Gujrat Vs. Gajendrahai Amrutlal Parmar & Ors. On 04 July 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 304B, 306 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 114 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 378 — Cruelty — Dowry Death — […]
Patna High Court JUSTICE Vinod Kumar Sinha Dileep Rajak & Anr. Vs. State On 6 March 2018 Law Point: Sections 306, 498A — Abetment of Suicide — Cruelty — No iota of evidence in testimony of PWs to support prosecution case with regard to torture or harassment to deceased and forcing her to commit suicide […]
Court:Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE G.S. Solanki Seshnarayan & Ors. Vs. State Of M.P. On 08 October 2013 Law Point: (i) Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 498A — Dowry Death — Cruelty — Demand of Rs. 50,000 for purchase of expenditure to get Government service of appellant No. 1 — Such demand […]
Court:Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICE Dr. Arijit Pasayat & Asok Kumar Ganguly Bhaskar Ramappa Madar & Ors. Vs. State of Karnataka On 31 March 2009 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 306, 498A r/w Section 34 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Sections 378(1), 378(3) — Dowry Death, Abetment of Suicide, […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES Dipak Misra, J. & Amitava Roy Baijnath & Ors. Vs. State Of M.P. On 18 November 2016 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 304B — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113B — Cruelty — Dowry death — Cruelty or harassment of lady by her husband […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Prathiba M. Singh Ram Parkash @ Bittoo Vs State On 21 December 2018 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 498A, 34 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Sections 32, 113B — Dowry death — Cruelty — Common intention — Dying declarations — Presumption — Unnatural death of […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES B.P. Singh & B.N. Srikrishna State Of Orissa Vs Niranjan Mohapatra & Ors On 3 Februrary 2015 Law Point: CRIMINAL LAW : Appeal against Acquittal : Cruelty, Dowry death : So far allegations relating to offence under Section 498A concerned, High Court justified that prosecution not able to […]
Court:Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya & Dipak Misra Manohar Lal Vs State Of Haryana On 1 July 2014 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 304B — Dowry Death — Death of deceased within 7 years of marriage due to burning i.e. not in normal circumstances — Prosecution miserably failed […]