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: Madaras High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pushpa Sathyanarayana K.S. Vimaleswaran Vs. C.P.S. Charumathi On 21 February 2017 Law Point: Section 24 — Maintenance pendente lite — Reduction in amount — Petitioner-husband living outside India and earning about Rs. 2.50 lacs to Rs. 3 lacs p.m. — He cannot be expected to part with entire amount […]
Court: High Court of Kerala Bench: JUSTICE Bhaskaran Pillai Sudheendra Kumar Praveen Vs. Sabitha On 22 March 2017 Law Point: COurt can enforce order of maintenance or interim maintenance only as provided u/s 125(3) Cr.P.C. and not by striking off contentions of Husband. JUDGEMENT 1. The petitioner is the respondent in M.C. No. 215 of […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICE Sunil Kumar Garg Chhotu Singh & Anr. Vs. Smt. Ramdini On 19 March 2002 Law Point: Increased amount of maintenance shall be taken from the date of passing of order and not from date of application. JUDGEMENT 1. This revision petition has been filed by the petitioners against the […]
Court: Andhra Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE T. Ranga Rao S. Vijaya & Ors. Vs. S. Dharmaraju & Anr. On 16 October 1997 Law Point: In absence of any specific direction to pay maintenance from date of order or application, It should be construed that payment of maintenance is from date of order in view […]