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: Allahabad High Court Bench: M Jain, M Chaudhary Zeba Khalil Wife Of Prof. Khalil A. vs State Of Uttar Pradesh And Ors. on 18 November, 2005 Law Point: Action under Section 340 Cr.P.C. is undertaken in the interest of justice and not to satisfy the private grudge of a litigant. Every case of perjury […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: Shiv Narayan Dhingra Sadhu Ram @ Dalip vs The State (Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi) on 10 September, 2010 Mr. Arun Rathee and Mr. Durgesh Pandey, Adv. For the appellant. Mr. Sunil Sharma. APP For the respondent. Law Point: Caught in Extra Martial Affair, wife slapped rape case JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal has been preferred […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE O.P.DWIVEDI Rishi Pal vs Luxmi Devi And Another on 27 August, 2009 Mr. Vishal Gupta, Adv. For the appellant. None For the respondent. Law Point: It is well settled law, that filing of false criminal case against the spouse is an act of cruelty, on the basis of which the spouse suffering, is […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: The Hon’ble Mr.Justice K.CHANDRU G.K.Chenthil Kannan vs Sathyabama on 21 August, 2009 Mr.Ashok Menon, Adv. For the appellant. Ms.K.Sumathi, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Visitation rights won by Father for holidays JUDGEMENT The main Original Petition was filed by the petitioner under Section 25 of the Guardian andWards Act, 1890 for directing the entrustment of the custody of […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Equivalent citations: 130 (2006) DLT 524 Bench: Sanjay Kishan Kaul, J. Mr. Paul Mohinder Gahun vs Mrs. Selina Gahun on 1 June, 2006 Law Point: Jurisdiction explained, order in favor of husband JUDGEMENT 1. Admit. 2. At the request of the learned Counsel for the parties, the petition is taken […]
Court: Bombay High Court Equivalent citations: AIR 1995 Bom 246, 1995 (1) BomCR 47, (1994) 96 BOMLR 592, I (1995) DMC 532 Bench: A Agarwal, A Savant Rajan Vasant Revankar vs Mrs. Shobha Rajan Revankar on 24 March, 1994 Law Point: Pleadings events subsequent to the law suit can be also taken into account as […]
Court: SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Bench: Chandramauli Kr. Prasad and Pinaki Chandra Ghose Arnesh Kumar VS State of Bihar and Anr. Dated July 2, 2014 JUDGEMENT The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter called as IPC) and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, […]