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: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE SABINA Sudha vs Narender Nagpal And Others on 9 February, 2010 Mr.Ashish Handa, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.R.S.Sihota, Adv. and Mr.B.S.Rana,Adv. For the respondents. Law Point: Generic complaint, conduct of accused, money demanded for repayment of loan amout for car after husband lost job cannont be termed as dowry JUDGEMENT Petitioner Sudha has filed […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE K.N. BASHA Nagararajan vs State Rep. By on 22 July, 2010 Mr.T.V.Krishnakumar, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.J.C.Durairaj, GA For the respondent. Law Point: Seeking for Financial Assistance is not a Dowry JUDGEMENT The challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court IV), Chennai dated 18.5.2003 […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Equivalent citations: 2003 (1) AWC 344 SC, (2003) 2 CALLT 23 SC Bench: JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA Bimla Rawal and Ors. versus State (NCT Of Delhi) and Anr on 03.1.2008 Law Point: Jurisdiction explained in criminal offences. 498A complaint transfered on Jurisdiction JUDGEMENT This Writ Petition under Article 226 […]
Court: ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT Bench: Justice Bhanwar Singh and Justice J. M. Paliwal Dharm Raj Yadav And Others vs State Of U.P. And Others on 10 January, 2006 Dr. L. P. Misra, LC For the petitioner. Mr. Janardan Singh, learned Additional Government Advocate & Mr. B. M. Sahai, learned counsel For the Complainant. Law Point: Wife filed false 498A to […]
Court: Delhi High Court Equivalent citations: 146 (2008) DLT 497 Bench: JUSTICE P Nandrajog Anupam Sharma vs Nct Of Delhi And Anr. on 23 August, 2007 Law Point: Wife cannot retrace her steps and resile from the settlement once made with the husband, 498A quashed against husband JUDGEMENT 1. Vide Crl.M.C. No. 3920/2003 Anupam Sharma, […]
The Ratio of This Judgement Has Been OverRuled By SupremeCourt Rupali Devi Vs. State Of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. Court: ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE G. YETHIRAJULU Kalaparthy Ranjit Kumar, vs The State Of A.P. Rep. By The on 26 April, 2007 Sri P.Vinod Kumar, Adv. For the appellant. Public Prosecutor and G.L.Nageswara Rao, Adv. For the respondents. Law Point: Jurisdiction explained in criminal […]
The Ratio of This Judgement Has Been OverRuled By SupremeCourt Rupali Devi Vs. State Of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Arijit Pasayat, Lokeshwar Singh Panta, P. Sathasivam Sundar Babu & Ors vs State Of Tamil Nadu on 19 February, 2009 Law Point: No hard-and-fast rule can be laid down in […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: S.B. Sinha, Lokeshwar Singh Panta M.Saravana Porselvi Vs. A.R. Chandrashekar @ Parthiban & Ors. on 27 May, 2008 Law Point: 498A filed after 10 years of divorce, is abuse of process of court, quashed. JUDGEMENT 1. Leave granted. 2. Appellant is an advocate. She was married to Respondent No.1 […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: C.K. Thakker, D.K. Jain Pankaj Kumar vs State Of Maharashtra & Ors on 11 July, 2008 Law Point: Charges or conviction can be quashed if the constitutional right to a speedy investigation and trial has been denied JUDGEMENT Leave granted. 2. This appeal arises from the final […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: Justice Raghunath Kishore Rastogi Pankaj Mishra And Others vs State Of U.P. And Another on 17/5/2006 Amit Kumar , C.L. Pandey , P.K. Misra , Renu Rajat and Samit Gopal, Advocates For the appellant. Govt. Advocate and Kamal Krishna For the respondent. Law Point: Non compoundable case to be dropped when husband and wife settled dispute amicably […]