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: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE P.R.SHIVAKUMAR Marimuthu vs Janaki on 22 February, 2008 Law Point: Spouses living separately with mutual consent, maintenance denied JUDGEMENT This revision is directed against the order of the learned Judicial Magistrate No.2, Ponneri dated 2.9.2005 made in M.C.No.4 of 2003 directing the revision petitioner herein (husband) to pay maintenance to the respondent (wife) at […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA Parnab Kumar Chakarborthy vs Ruma Chakarborthy on 5.9.2008 Mr. (Dr.) J.C.Vashist, Adv. For the appellant. Ms. Manali Singhal, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Wife beautician, burden on her to show when she closed down business. Maintenance denied to wife JUDGEMENT The petitioner is aggrieved by an order dated 22.8.2006 passed by the learned ADJ on […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Equivalent citations: 2000 (4) MPHT 457 Bench: J Chitre Smt. Mamta Jaiswal vs Rajesh Jaiswal on 24 March, 2000 Law Point: No Interim/Maintenance for Capable, Working Women JUDGEMENT 1. Heard. The petitioner Mamta Jaiswal has acquired qualification as M.Sc., M.C., M.Ed. and was working in Gulamnabi Azad College of Education, […]
Court: Madras High Court Equivalent citations: AIR 2003 Mad 212, I (2003) DMC 799, (2003) 1 MLJ 752 Bench: P Sathasivam Manokaran @ Ramamoorthy vs M. Devaki on 21 February, 2003 Law Point: No Maintenance For Working Women JUDGEMENT 1. Aggrieved by the order of the Principal Family Court, Madras dated 25-7-2002, made in I.A. […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: K.T. Thomas, M.B. Shah Satvinder Kaur vs State (Govt. Of N.C.T. Of Delhi) … on 5 October, 1999 Law Point: Investigation material collected by investigating officer cannot be judicially scrutinised for arriving at conclusion that whether particular police station would not have territorial jurisdiction JUDGEMENT JUDGMENT 1999 Supp(3) SCR […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: S.B. Sinha, Markandey Katju Manish Ratan & Ors vs State Of M.P. & Anr on 1 November, 2006 Law Point: Question of territorial jurisdiction of court is to be viewed with regard to continuity of cause of action JUDGEMENT Application of Sections 177 and 178 of Code of […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: K.T. Thomas, S.N. Variava Hemant Dhasmana vs Central Bureau Of Investigation … on 17 August, 2001 Law Point: Further investigationInvestigation into corruption case by C.B.I.Final report exonerating alleged accused and directing prosecution of complainant for giving false information JUDGEMENT Leave granted. A complainant, after investigation, was transposed […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: S.B. Sinha, V.S. Sirpurkar Vimalben Ajitbhai Patel vs Vatslabeen Ashokbhai Patel on 14 March, 2008 Law Point: Cancelling bail, due to violation of a bail condition, is not always mandatory JUDGEMENT JUDGMENT CIVIL APPEAL NO 2003 OF 2008 [Arising out of SLP (Civil) No. 1061 of 2007] WITH […]
Court: Kolkata High Court Bench: Justice Ashim Kumar Roy Sri Sri Sadhan Mondal vs The State Of West Bengal & Anr on 2 September, 2009 Mr. Md. Sarwar Jahan, Adv. For the appellant. Mr. Snehasis Jana, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Anticipatory Bail cannot be denied for non payment of maintenance JUDGEMENT The present petitioner apprehending arrest in connection with […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Gurdeep Singh Cheema vs State Of Punjab And Others on 25 September, 2009 Mr. Ranjan Lakhanpal, Adv. For the appellant. Law Point: False complaint, family arrest -ground for Divorce JUDGEMENT Prayer in the present petition is for cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to respondents No. 2 and 3 […]