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.
CONSULTATION
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE J.B. Garg Satyawan Vs. Rekha On 30 May 2016 Law Point: Lodging false criminal case — Contracting second marriage — Respondent-wife lodged false criminal case against appellant-husband and his family — No material to frame charges against appellant and his family members — They were acquitted — […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICE Ajay Rastogi & J.K. Ranka Praveena Tank Vs. Arvind Kumar Tank On 19 November 2014 Law Point: Cruelty — Character assassination — According to husband, wife was having illicit relations with a distant relative before marriage and that persisted thereafter — Parties living separately for more than 14 years […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICE Dr. AR. Lakshmanan & Tarun Chatterjee Rishikesh Sharma Vs. Saroj Sharma On 21 November 2006 Law Point: Wife living separately and filing cases against Husband which cannot be substantiated. Divorce Decreed. JUDGEMENT Leave granted. 2. The husband is the appellant before us. The respondent is his wife. They […]
Court: High Court Of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE Ms. Veena Birbal Suman Kaushik Vs. N.P. Kaushik Law Point: Divorce on the ground of desertion and cruelty – Parties lived together for 7 months and litigating for 25 years – Husband employed as judicial officer and wife working under government – Wife making various complaints in respect […]
Court: Punjab & Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Dr. Sarojnei Saksena Rama Kanta Vs. Mohinder Laxmidas Bhandula On 7 February 1995 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sec. 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Meaning of Cruelty — Conduct of appellant in matrimonial home — Her threats and attempts to commit suicide — Act of lodging […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE O.P. Dwivedi Pinki Jain Vs. Sanjay Jain On 31 January 2005 Law Point: Act of Wife in filing false complaint case and getting her Husband and other in-laws arrested clearly amounts to cruelty. Decree of divorce passed. JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal is directed against the order dated 24.12.99 passed […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICES Prakash Krishna & Arvind Kumar Tripathi Arti Pandey Vs. Vishnu Kant Tiwari On 12 September 2012 Law Point: Appellant-wife has treated respondent with mental cruelty and permanently deserted respondent-husband in terms of Section 13(1)(ia), (ib) of Act. Lodging of FIR and spate of complaints with all sorts of allegations […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Mahinder Narain Sushil Kumar Verma Vs. Usha 12.2.1986 Law Point: Wife got the pregnancy terminated without the consent of the Husband and thus caused mental cruelty to him. termination of pregnancy without the consent of the husband amounts to cruelty. JUDGEMENT 1. This is a husband’s appeal against the […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Najmi Waziri Mrs. Anil Singh vs Dr. Narender Singh On 21 August 2014 Law Point: Divorce on ground of cruelty – Allegations of adultery – Burden of Proof – Allegations of adultery made by wife. Allegations of adultery have a consequence of damaging one’s reputation, taking away the dignity […]