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 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: High Court Of Uttarakhand Bench: JUSTICE Dharam Veer Vikas Jain vs Smt. Deepali @ Ayushi Jain on 25 October, 2010 Law Point: No Maintenance u/s125Crpc for working Women JUDGEMENT This criminal revision has been preferred against the judgment and order dated 4.9.2002 passed by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Haridwar in Case No. 66/2002, […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: Shiv Narayan Dhingra Smt. Rampyari & Ors. vs Ms. Kamlesh on 9 March, 2010 Law Point: Heavy fine for delaying tactics by lawyer, directed to be paid to respondent JUDGEMENT By this petition, the petitioner has assailed an order dated 25th March, 2009 whereby an application of the petitioner for […]
Court: Gauhati High Court Equivalent citations: (2004) 3 GLR 405 Bench: JUSTICE P Agarwal Farjana Banu vs Parvez Alam on 23 April, 2004 Law Point: Guardianship applications to be decided within two months JUDGEMENT 1. Heard Mr. A.K. Goswami, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. A. Roy, learned counsel for the respondent/caveator. 2. The […]
Bombay High Court JUSTICE S Mhase, R Mohite Sudha Suhas Nandanvankar vs Suhas Ramrao Nandanvankar on 15 September, 2004 Law Point: Return of Stridhan,Alimony and Hidding past medical history. AIR 2005 Bom 62, 2005 (1) BomCR 591, 2004 (4) MhLj 1052 JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal is directed against the Judgment and Order passed in Misc. […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE H Malhotra Radhika Narang And Ors. vs Karun Raj Narang And Ors. on 16 November, 2004 Law Point: Women to Prove ligitimacy of child for maintenance. Corroboration is insisted by the court not as a rule of law but as a rule of prudence to satisfy the conscience […]