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: Delhi District Court Equivalent citations: 2003 (1) AWC 344 SC, (2003) 2 CALLT 23 SC Bench: JUSTICE Ms. Veena Rani Smt. Rekha Gupta vs Sh. Dinesh Kumar Gupta (Husband) on 28 July, 2008 Law Point: Vexatious petition, maintenance,relief is declined JUDGEMENT 1. The present application u/s 12 of the Protection of […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Equivalent citations: 2003 (1) AWC 344 SC, (2003) 2 CALLT 23 SC Bench: JUSTICE DALVEER BHANDARI and JUSTICE A.K. PATNAIK INES MIRANDA vs SANTOSH K SWAMY on 14/12/2009 Law Point: TRANSFER PETITION – Payment to Husband JUDGEMENT The petitioner is seeking transfer of the case from Chennai to Bangalore. Her contention is […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA Sanjay Bhardwaj & Ors. vs The State & Anr. on 27 August, 2010 Law Point: Court shall not grant maintenance to wife unless there is prima facie proof of husband being employed JUDGEMENT The present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. assails an order of interim maintenance under […]
Court: Madras High Court Equivalent citations: (2002) 2 MLJ 760 Bench: A Venkatachalamoorthy Kumaresan vs Aswathi on 21 June, 2002 Law Point: False complaint, family arrest -ground for Divorce JUDGEMENT 1. Petitioner herein, who is the husband of the respondent herein, filed a petition under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 as H.M.C.O.P.54 […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: V Kingaonkar Sanjay Sudhakar Bhosale vs Khristina W/O Sanjay Bhosale on 8 April, 2008 Law Point: Maintenance not granted as it is proved no reason to leave husbands JUDGEMENT 1. By this revision petition, petitioner seeks immunity from liability to pay maintenance allowance as per Judgment rendered in Criminal Revision […]
Court: Bombay High Court Equivalent citations: AIR 2005 Bom 298, 2005 (4) BomCR 672, 2005 (2) MhLj 305 Bench: H Gokhale, R Mohite Mrs. Meena Dinesh Parmar vs Shri Dinesh Hastimal Parmar on 4 February, 2005 Law Point: Maintenance not granted as it is proved that wife wants to reside separately. JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Markandey Katju, Gyan Sudha Misra Manoj Yadav vs Pushpa @ Kiran Yadav on 11 January, 2011 Law Point: State limits of CrPC 125 unconstitutional JUDGEMENT O R D E R Heard learned counsel for the parties. We also wish to express our appreciation of Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, learned counsel, […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: G.P. Mathur, R.V. Raveendran Appasaheb And Anr vs State Of Maharashtra on 5 January, 2007 Law Point: Demand for money on account of some financial stringency or for meeting some urgent domestic expenses cannot be termed as a demand for dowry as the said word is normally understood […]
Court: Delhi District Court Bench: Justice Shivani Chauhan Cc No. 316/3/2007 , Ps- N.F.C … vs Neeraj Bhasin on 27 May, 2015 Law Point: Misuse of DV act by wife, 1 lac fine JUDGEMENT 1. This judgment shall dispose off an application u/s 12 of Protection of Woman from Domestic Violence Act (hereinafter called […]
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 […]