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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KERELA HIGH COURT JUSTICE Pius C. Kuriakose & Babu Mathew P. Joseph Rajesh R. Nair Vs. Meera Babu On 5 March 2013 Law Point: Wife living separately from husband, by mutual consent — Claim for maintenance and interim maintenance filed by wife hit by Section 125(4), Cr.P.C. — Claims not maintainable. JUDGEMENT This Original Petition […]
Punjab and Haryana High Court JUSTICE Jaishree Thakur Raj Rani & Anr. Vs. Om Kumar Kaushik On 14 February 2018 Law Point: Hindu lady who married after coming into force of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, with person who had living lawfully wedded wife, cannot be treated to be legally wedded wife — Petitioner being second […]
Court: Orissa High Court Bench: JUSTICE Biswanath Rath Bhavin Shah Vs. Sapna Shah On 8 January 2016 Law Point: Wife in enjoyment of maintenance from two Courts — Not permissible in law — Grant of interim maintenance in favour of wife by another competent Court of Law — This fact brought to notice of Family […]