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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The Ratio of This Judgement Has Been OverRuled By SupremeCourt Rupali Devi Vs. State Of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. Court: HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD Bench: JUSTICE O.P.DWIVEDI Anil Sharma versus State of UP on 06 April, 2007 Law Point: Quash on Jurisdiction JUDGEMENT 1.According to the prosecution version, Opp. Party No. 3 informant Smt. Mamta Sharma […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF DELHI Bench: JUSTICE S N DHINGRA Sanjeev Majoo & Ors. vs State Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi on 22 September, 2010 Mr. Pallav Shishodia, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Mukul Kumar, Mr. B.R. Sharma and Mr. Satpal Singh For the appellant. Mr. O.P. Saxena, APP for respondent/State. Mr. Rakesh Tikku, Advocate for complainant Law Point: Allegations […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: R.P. Sethi, Bisheshwar Prasad Singh Gananath Pattnaik vs State Of Orissa on 6 February, 2002 Law Point: Acquittal on basis of letters exchanged JUDGEMENT The appellant was charged for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 304B and498A of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly subjecting his wife to […]
Court: High Court of Kerala Bench: JUSTICE R. BASANT Safeer M.P. vs State Of Kerala Represented By on 26 March, 2007 SRI.P.SANJAY, Adv. For the appellant. SRI.BIJU MEENATTOOR, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: All open disputes settled, 498A quashed u/s 482 CrPC JUDGEMENT This Crl.M.C. is filed by the petitioner, who is the 5th accused in a prosecution, inter alia, for the offences […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: Justice Shiv Narayan Dhingra Sudhir Kapur & Ors. vs State & Anr. on 10 August, 2010 Mr.Sanjeev K. Grover, Adv. For the appellant. Mr. O.P. Saxena, APP Mr. Pawan Narang & Mr. Puskal Gagoi, Advs. for R-2 Law Point: FIR lodged barred by limitation – Quash FIR JUDGEMENT 1. Present petition has been filed […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Umesh C. Banerjee, K.G. Balakrishnan Arvind Singh vs State Of Bihar on 26 April, 2001 Law Point: Far-fetched assumption without any cogent evidence on record not acceptable JUDGEMENT The appeal in question tell the tale of a young girl dying out of burn injuries. Whereas the learned Sessions Judge […]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE R. BASANT Abdul Kader vs The State Of Kerala on 18 December, 2006 SRI.K.K.MOHAMED RAVUF, Adv. For the appellant. SRI.MUHAMMED SALAHUDEEN, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: All open disputes settled, 498A quashed u/s 482 CrPC JUDGEMENT The petitioner is the accused against whom his sister-in- law i.e., the 2nd respondent herein had filed a complaint under Sec.498A […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: N. Santosh Hegde & Doraiswamy Raju Baburam vs State Of Madhya Pradesh on 29 January, 2002 Law Point: Prosecution evidence needs to be proved beyond reasonable ground JUDGEMENT Deceased Bhagwan Devi was married to one Ram Kumar son of the appellant herein. It is stated by the prosecution that on […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE S N DHINGRA Mohan Lal Jatia vs Registrar General, Supreme Court on 12 August, 2010 Mr. K. K. Sud, Adv. For the appellant. Mr. Vikas Pahwa, Standing Counsel for CBI with Mr. Tarun Verma, Advocate. Law Point: Complaint under Section 340 Cr.P.C. is to be treated as police report, is that of warrant […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE S N DHINGRA Rani vs The State Of Nct Of Delhi on 2 December, 2010 Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv. For the appellant. Mr. O.P. Saxena, Addl. PP for the State. Law Point: Every suicide after marriage cannot be presumed to be a suicide due to dowry demand. JUDGEMENT 1. Present Appeal has […]