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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Criminal Revision Application (Against Order Passed by Subordinate Court) No. 611 of 2015 Decided On: 29 July 2016 BENCH- S.G. SHAH J. This case law is about the period of limitation for filing complaint under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and seeking relief under sections (18-22) of the same act. FACTS OF […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Shiv Narayan Dhingra Bhupender Singh Mehra Vs. State Nct Of Delhi & Anr. On 8 October 2010 Law Point: Before passing an order on application under Section 12 of the PWDVA 2005, Magistrate has to take into consideration domestic incident report received from the Protection Officer. Aggrieved person does […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Brij Kishore Dube Meenakshi Jatav & Ors. Vs. Seema Sehar (dr.) & Anr. On 28 January 2013 Law Point: No specific allegations made against petitioners — Petitioners are sisters-in-law of respondent, are residing separately — Marriage of petitioners took place much before marriage of respondent — Relief sought […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Mukta Gupta Kusum Lata Sharma Vs. State & Anr. On 2 September 2011 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 2(a), 2(f), 2(q), 12 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — “Aggrieved Person” — […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Shiv Narayan Dhingra Razia Begum Vs. State, Nct Of Delhi & Ors. On 4 October 2010 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 2(q), 2(f) — ‘Respondent’ — Every relative of husband cannot be made as respondent — In order to fix liability upon […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE Suresh Kait Ekta Arora Vs. Ajay Arora and Ors. On 07 August 2015 Law Point: It is clear that during the lifetime of respondent No. 2 (Mother in Law), she is the absolute owner of the property in question and till then, said property cannot be held as […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Rekha Mittal Urmila Vs. Ramesh Chander On 16 March 2017 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 12, 19 — Right of residence — House owned by grandfather of husband — No material on record to prove that house is joint Hindu […]