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: SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Equivalent citations: 1981 AIR 1972, 1982 SCR (1) 695 Bench: Fazalali, S Murtaza SIRAJMOHMEDKHAN JANMOHAMADKHAN vs HAFIZUNNISA YASINKHAN & ANR. on 14/09/1981 N.N. Keshwan and R.N. Keshwani for the Appellant. Vimal Dave and Miss Kailash Mehta for RespondentNo. 1. S C. Patel and R.N. Poddar for Respondent No. 2 Law Point: […]
Supreme Court of India Appeal (crl.) 1613 of 2005 Bench: G.P. MATHUR & R.V. RAVEENDRAN Appasaheb And Anr vs State Of Maharashtra on 5 January, 2007 Law Point: Demand for Domestic Expenses is not dowry u/s 304B JUDGEMENT This appeal, by special leave, has been preferred against the judgment and order dated 23.2.2005 of Bombay […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND First Appeal No.76 of 2008 Bench: Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. and Hon’ble Nirmal Yadav, J. Sunita Arya, W/O Surendra Dev vs Surendra Dev on 26 August, 2010 Shri D.K. Sharma, Adv. For the appellant. Shri M.K. Ray, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Marriage Irretrievably broken down, husband granted divorce JUDGEMENT This appeal, preferred under section 19 […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF DELHI Bench: JUSTICE ARUNA SURESH Mrs. Flora Bose vs Suproti Bose on 20 August, 2010 Mr. Sunil Mittal, Adv. For the appellant. Nemo. For the respondent. Law Point: 2 or 3 incidences sufficient for Divorce on ground of cruelty JUDGEMENT 1. Under challenge in this appeal is the judgment and decree of the learned Additional District Judge dated 8th […]
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPEAL No. 1213 OF 2006 K.SRINIVAS vs K. SUNITA Law Point: Filing a False Criminal Complaint by Either Spouse Would Constitute Matrimonial Cruelty and Entitle the Other Spouse to Claim a Divorce JUDGEMENT VIKRAMAJIT SEN,J. 1. In this Appeal, counsel for the Appellant has sought to draw our attention to […]
THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005 No. 22 of 2005 [15th June, 2005] An Act to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority, the […]
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Altamas Kabir, Cyriac Joseph Anil Kumar Jain vs Maya Jain on 1 September, 2009 Law Point: Mutual Divorce filed, wife not willing to give divorce, husband fulfilled his part of the agreement, SC grants Mutual Divorce. JUDGEMENT Leave The short point for decision in this appeal is whether a decree can […]
Court: Delhi District Court Bench: Sh. Gurdeep Saini Narender Kumar vs State (Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi) on 18 August, 2011 Law Point: Poverty and failed marriage is not a crime, commentary on gross misuse of IPC 498A provision JUDGEMENT 1. Vide this order I shall decide this appeal directed against judgment dated […]
Court: Karnataka High Court Equivalent citations: 1993 CriLJ 767 Bench: JUSTICE M Mirdhe Chaya vs K.G. Channappa Gowda on 22 September, 1992 Law Point: Women to Prove ligitimacy of child for maintenance. Corroboration is insisted by the court not as a rule of law but as a rule of prudence to satisfy the conscience of […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Dr. Arijit Pasayat, D.K. Jain Pradeep Kumar @ Pradeep Kumar vs State Of Bihar And Anr on 17 August, 2007 Law Point: Consent given by the prosecutrix to sexual intercourse with a person with whom she is deeply in love on a promise that he would marry her on […]