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: Jharkhand High Court Bench: Justice Shree Chandrashekhar Avinash Kumar vs The State Of Jharkhand on 23 July, 2021 Law Point: No Specific evidence against husband to establish that he contracted second marriage. Conviction revoked. JUDGEMENT 1. The petitioner who was made accused along with his other family members has challenged the judgment dated 08.12.2014 […]
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA JUSTICE S.A. Bobde, J. & L. Nageswara Rao Anurag Mittal Vs. Shaily Mishra Mittal On 24 August 2018 Law Point: Marriage Solemnized during pendency of appeal against decree of divorce — Withdrawal would be complete as soon as the plaintiff files his purshis of withdrawal — Appeal is deemed to have […]
Patna High Court JUSTICE I.A. Ansari, CJ., Nilu Agrawal Rajesh Kumar Vs. Pushpa Rani On 16 September 2016 Law Point: Judicial Separation — Non-resumption of conjugal rights — Divorce — Second marriage — Appeal infructuous — If upon filing of appeal, seeking to set decree for judicial separation set aside, no stay order against decree […]
Court: Punjab and High Court Bench: JUSTICES M. Jeyapaul & Raj Rahul Garg Sawaranjit Kaur Vs. Lt. Col. Avtar Singh & Ors. On 3 August 2015 Law Point: Void Marriage — Wife contracted second marriage when first husband very much alive — Such a marriage patently illegal and is null and void. JUDGEMENT […]