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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Madhya Pradesh High Court Satish Kumar vs Shashi Prabha on 12 November, 1992 Bench: D Dharamadhikari Equivalent citations: II (1994) DMC 406 Law Point: Test of resonableness – Desertion, Conduct of Wife JUDGMENT D.M. Dharamadhikari, J. 1. This appeal has been filed by the husband against the order dated 23-1-1991 of the Trial Court refusing […]
Punjab-Haryana High Court Sh. Brijinder Bir Singh vs Mst. Vinod Alias Parminder on 6 May, 1994 Bench: N Sodhi Equivalent citations: AIR 1995 P H 42, I (1995) DMC 334 Law Point: Misrepresentation in matrimonial advertisement JUDGMENT 1. This first appeal is directed against the judgment and decree dated August 23, 1991 passed by the […]
Allahabad High Court Master Zubeen vs Principal Judge, Family Court, … on 7 May, 1993 Bench: K Bhargava Equivalent citations: AIR 1994 All 147 Law Point: Mother unable to maintain herself seeking maintenance from husband, custody of child to remain with Father ORDER 1. This is a habeas corpus petition under Art. 226 of the […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Kumar V. Jahgirdar vs Chethana Ramatheertha on 29 January, 2004 Justice Shivaraj V. Patil, D.M. Dharmadhikari. Law Point: Mother is to be preferred than father is not correct view Appellant(s) Kumar V. Jahgirdar Respondent(s) Chethana Ramatheertha JUDGMENT Dharmadhikari J. In these two appeals, the subject matter of dispute between the […]
Supreme Court of India G.S. Singhvi, Asok Kumar Ganguly Vikram Vir Vohra vs Shalini Bhalla on 25 March, 2010 Law Point: Welfare of Child is of Paramount importance, Custody Order not rigid and final, can be modified in the interest of child. Appellant(s) Vikram Vir Vohra Respondent(s) Shalini Bhalla GANGULY, J. JUDGEMENT 1. Leave granted. […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE M.V.MURALIDARAN Sathiyamoorthy vs The State Rep. By on 21 February, 2018 Law Point: JUDGEMENT This appeal filed against the order of dismissal, dismissing the Crl.M.P.No.2960 of 2018 in Crime No.83 of 2018, dated 21.02.2018, on the file of the learned Special Judge, Chennai under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Principal […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH Bench: JUSTICE S. K. Awasthi Manish vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh on 10 January, 2020 Law Point: JUDGEMENT (1). Applicant/accused has preferred this petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in brevity ‘Cr.P.C’), for quashment of FIR dated 03.05.2019 registered as Crime No.572/2019 at Police Station […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF KERALA Bench: JUSTICE A.Muhamed Mustaque Ramachandran @ Chandran vs State of Kerala on 30 March 2022 Law Point: JUDGEMENT 1. In what circumstances does sex on a promise to marry become rape? Does the law postulate determination of the criminality of the sexual act in the context of ‘consent’ on the premise of inviolability […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA Sanjay Singh Jethi vs State & Anr on 25 May 2018 Law Point: JUDGEMENT HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA Judgment Date of Judgment: 25/05/2018 Through this miscellaneous petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C, the petitioner Sanjay Singh Jethi has approached this Court for quashing the FIR No.155/2017 lodged at the […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF DELHI Bench: JUSTICE S.P.GARG State vs Sumit Kumar on 6 June, 2017 Law Point: JUDGEMENT 1. The instant appeal has been preferred by the State to impugn the judgment dated 04.01.2013 of learned Additional Sessions Judge in Sessions Case No.172/2011 emanating from FIR No.208/2011 at Police Station Chhawla by which the respondent Sumit […]