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: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICES Hima Kohli & Deepa Sharma Jasmeet Kaur Vs. Navtej Singh On 19 September 2017 Law Point: Section 9 — Jurisdiction — Guardianship — Requirement of Section 9 — Minor must reside within jurisdiction of said Court. JUDGEMENT 1. The present appeal arises out of an order […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICE Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta Independent Thought Vs. Union Of India & Anr. On 11 October 2017 Law Point: Child marriage — Minor — Sexual intercourse with a girl below 18 years of age is rape regardless of whether she is married or not — Exception carved […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Pradeep Nandrajog & Yogesh Khanna Vikas Agarwal Vs. Geeti Mathur On 14 February 2017 Law Point: Within six months of custody being with mother, attitude of child turned not only cold but positively hostile towards her father — An attempt ought to have been made to unravel truth whether […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE Gulab C. Gupta and Thinkkachalam K.V. Prabakaran Vs. Maheswaran On 27 June 1994 Law Point: Art. 226 — Habeas Corpus — Custody — Girl aged 17 years — Kidnapped by the second respondent from the school — Denied by the girl — Marriage — Husband, natural guardian of minor […]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE R. Basant Muhammed Vs. Kunhayisha Law Point: Major unmarried daughter not entitled to claim maintenance from her parents unless her inability to maintain herself attributable to her physical or mental abnormality or injury : Her mere status as unmarried daughter, whatever be her religion, does not entitle her to […]