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.
CONSULTATION
JHARKHAND HIGH COURT JUSTICE D.K. Sinha Vineeta Devi Vs. Bablu Thakur & Anr. On 25 April 2011 Law Point: Statutory provision by which “wife” has been defined cannot be liberalized in terms of Section 125, Cr.PC — Statute sanctions an illegitimate child from father is entitled for maintenance but such sanction of maintenance not provided […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES K.S. Radhakrishnan & Pinaki Chandra Ghose Indra Sarma Vs. V.K.V. Sarma On 26 November 2013 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 5, 7 — Marriage and Marital Relationship — Conditions and ceremonies for Hindu Marriage — Law has distinguished between married and unmarried people, which cannot […]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE P. Ubaid Unnikrishnan @ Chandu Vs. State Of Kerala On 17 August 2017 Law Point: Section 498A — Cruelty — Live in relationship – Accused acquitted as parties had not undergone some sort of ceremonies with the object of getting married and they just started living as man and […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Jaishree Thakur Ajay Bhardwaj Vs. Jyotsna & Ors. On 23 November 2016 Law Point: Maintenance — Live-in relationship — No valid marriage between parties. Children born out of this relationship entitled to receive maintenance. JUDGEMENT 1. Aggrieved against the order dated 4.5.2015, passed by the learned District […]