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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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA JUSTICE Ruma Pal, Arijit Pasayat & C.K. Thakker A. Jayachandra Vs. Aneel Kaur On 2 December 2004 Law Point: Constant nagging on various aspects certainly amounted to causing indelible mental agony and amount to cruelty JUDGEMENT Leave granted. Parties to a marriage tying nuptial knot aro supposed to bring about the […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Hima Kohli, J. & Deepa Sharma Rekha Rawat Vs. Yaspal Singh Rawat On 21 August 2017 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 9 Rule 13, Section 151 — Cruelty — Ex parte Judgment — Uncontradicted testimony of witnesses — […]
Madhya Pradesh High Court JUSTICE Dipak Misra Raghubir Yadav Vs. Purnima Kharga (Yadav) On 18 September 2000 Law Point: Income of Husband Fixed on Conjectures: Fact that Wife Worked in Television Serials and Stage Plays and Earned Some Income from said Sources, not Considered by A.D.J.: Trial Judge’s Order does not Withstand Close Scrutiny : […]
Court:Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICE G.P. Mathur & A.K. Mathur Sujata Uday Patil Vs. Uday Madhukar Patil On 13 December 2006 Law Point: MATRIMONIAL LAW — Appeal against Decree of Divorce — Cruelty, Desertion — Limitation to file appeal — Amended provision of Section 28(4), Hindu Marriage Act provides period of limitation of 90 […]
Court:Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICE M.C. Jain Darshan Singh Vs Mst. Daso On 3 August 1979 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, Ss. 9 & 25 — Husband marrying second wife and applying for restitution of conjugal rights against first wife — Court dismissing husband’s application due to his second marriage — Court cannot grant alimony […]
THE SECTION 24 OF HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955 ACT NO. 25 OF 1955 [18th May, 1955.] 1. Short title and extent. (a). This Act may be called the Section 24 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. (b). It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir 1 , and applies also […]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE S. Sankarasubban & A. Lekshmikuty Prabhakaran Nair Vs. Preethy P. Nair On 10 January 2001 Law Point: Any Child, Legitimate or Illegitimate, One of Whose Parents is Hindu by Religion and Who is Brought up as a Hindu is Hindu and Entitled to Claim Maintenance under Act. The Child […]