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: High Court Of Uttarakhand Bench: JUSTICE Alok Singh Smt. Archana Gupta & Another vs Sri Rajeev Gupta & Another on 18 November, 2009 Law Point: No Maintenance u/s Crpc 125 if wife deserts husband JUDGEMENT Present revision has been filed by the wife under Sections 397/401 Code of Criminal Procedure read with Section 19(4) […]
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: Supreme Court of India Bench: B. Sudershan Reddy, Surinder Singh Nijjar Monica Bedi vs State Of A.P on 9 November, 2010 Law Point: Double jeopardy applies to same offence, not same facts JUDGEMENT 1. These criminal appeals which are to be disposed of by a common order are directed against 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: Supreme Court of India Bench: Dr. Arijit Pasayat, D.K. Jain Iqbal Bano vs State Of U.P. And Anr on 5 June, 2007 Law Point: Section 125 Cr.P.C.Proceedings under are civil in nature. JUDGEMENT 1. In the present appeal the appellant questions correctness of the order passed by a learned Single Judge of the Allahabad […]
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: 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: 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 […]