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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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Manmatha Kumar Jena and Ors. Vs. Smt. Sanjukta Jena

Court: High Court Of Orissa Bench: JUSTICE A.S. Naidu Manmatha Kumar Jena and Ors. vs. Smt. Sanjukta Jena On 18 June 2003 Law Point: Quashing of order – Cognizance of offences under Secs. 498-A/506/34, IPC and Sec. 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act – No FIR lodged at any police station – Complainant-opp. party conceived at […]

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Ashutosh Pandey & Ors vs. Smt. Anupama Pandey & Ors.

Court: High Court Of Uttarakhand Bench: JUSTICE S.K. Gupta Ashutosh Pandey & Ors vs. Smt. Anupama Pandey & Ors. On 11 November 2011 Law Point: Criminal – Section 406- Quashing of proceedings – Prayer sought to quash entire proceedings of criminal complaint case pending before Court – Held, in view of discussion, Court was of […]

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Vidya Devi Vs. State Of Haryana & Anr.

Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE M.M. Kumar Vidya Devi Vs. State Of Haryana & Anr. On 9 October 2002 Law Point: Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 406, 498-A — Quashing of FIR : Criminal breach of trust, Cruelty : Wife facing criminal prosecution of killing her own husband […]

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Smt. Darshan Kaur Vs. Smt Sangeeta

Court: Uttaranchal High Court Bench: JUSTICE U.C. Dhyani Smt. Darshan Kaur vs Smt Sangeeta on 25 April 2017 Law Point: Applicants, mother in law and sister in law of wife do not come within the definition of shared household and therefore, does not come in a domestic relationship. Proceedings quashed.     JUDGEMENT   1. […]

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Jay Prakash and Ors. Vs. State of M.P. and Ors.

Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Atul Sreedharan Jay Prakash and Ors. vs. State of M.P. and Ors. On 21 April 2017 Law Point: Allegation under section 498a against sister in law are peripheral and appear to have been leveled only to put pressure on husband. Quashed. JUDGEMENT 1. The petitioners herein are the […]

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Basant Kaur & Ors. Vs. State (NCT Of Delhi)

Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE J.D. Kapoor Basant Kaur & Ors. Vs. State (NCT Of Delhi) On 25 November 2002 Law Point: Section 498A — Cruelty : Manifest Abuse and Misuse of Provisions of Section 498A, IPC : Woman Lived with Her Husband for about 24 Years and had Grown Up Children and Tolerated […]

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RUBI & ORS. Vs. STATE OF U.P. & ANR.

Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE Vinod Prasad RUBI & ORS. Vs. STATE OF U.P. & ANR. On 16 March 2007 Law Point: Cruelty, Dowry Demand — Summoning of younger members of family, unjustified. At stage of summoning it is not law that even younger members of family be also summoned to stand trial along […]

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Preeti Gupta & Anr. Vs. State Of Jharkhand & Anr.

Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICE J.B. Garg Preeti Gupta & Anr. Vs. State Of Jharkhand & Anr. On 13 August 2010 Law Point: Quashing of Complaint — Criminal Breach of Trust, Wrongful Restraint, Hurt, Criminal Conspiracy, Cruelty, Dowry Demand — No specific allegations against appellants, i.e. sister-in-law, her husband, married brother-in-law of complainant, […]

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Surender Tokas Vs. State (NCT Of Delhi)

Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE S. Ravindra Bhat Surender Tokas Vs. State (NCT Of Delhi) On 13 March 2007 Law Point: No acceptable material or legal evidence in support of prosecution story about cruelty or cruel acts of such nature meted out by petitioner, resulting in death of deceased — Charge framed under Section […]

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Geeta Mehrotra & Anr. Vs. State Of U.p. & Anr.

Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICE T.S. Thakur & Gyan Sudha Misra Geeta Mehrotra & Anr. Vs. State Of U.p. & Anr. On 17 October 2012 Law Point: Quashing of Cognizance Order — General allegation of physical and mental torture in FIR — Mere casual reference of names of appellants in FIR without allegation […]

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