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.
CONSULTATION
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE N.N. Goswamy Darshna Kumari Alias Worsely Vs. Inder Kumar Arora On 26 August 1982 Law Point: Section 13(1)(ia) — Divorce granted to husband on account of wife’s cruelty — Wife filing criminal complaints against husband and his parents. Beating to husband by wife and her brothers. Aforesaid acts of […]
Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE J.V. Gupta Manorma Vs. Karan Singh On 10 January 1983 Law Point: Section 13(1)(ia) — Husband’s petition for divorce on ground of wife’s cruelty — Husband proving continuous contempt, disrespect and misbehaviour of wife towards him and his family members causing mental agony — Wife even not […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE P. Sathasivam & A.K. Rajan S. Indrakumari Vs. S. Subbaiah On 13 May 1994 Law Point: Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty : Wilful denial of sexual relationship by spouse, when other spouse anxious for it, would amount to mental cruelty : Family Court rightly granted decree of divorce. JUDGEMENT 1. […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE Suneet Kumar Sanjeev Kumar Singh Vs. Poonam Singh On 13 October 2017 Law Point: Mental Cruelty — Malicious and damaging letters — Adultery not proved — Humiliating words in complaint — Parties living separately for past 14 years — Marriage broken down irretrievably — Criminal cases lodged by respondent-wife […]
Court: Orissa High Court Bench: JUSTICE Dr. A.K. Rath Prasanta Kumar Mishra Vs. Suryamani Mishra On 11 August 2017 Law Point: Section 13 (1)(ia) — Cruelty — Five months after marriage respondent-wife insisted husband for staying separate — When husband refused, she threatened to commit suicide — Even attempted to commit suicide — Confession of […]
Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE M.M. Punchhi Shashi Lata Sharma Vs. Chetan Sarup On 25 April 1984 Law Point: Section 13(1)(ia) and 20(2) — Husband’s petition for divorce on ground of wife’s cruelty granted by Trial Court — Appeal against by wife — Appellate Court finding wife leaving matrimonial home 12 days […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE G.R. Majithia Kashmir Kaur Vs. Prem Singh On 24 November 1989 Law Point: Section 13 — Marriage dissolved by decree of divorce on ground of desertion and cruelty — Appeal by wife — Husband a widower having a son from first wife — Appeared that wife is […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya & Prafulla C. Pant Vidhya Viswanathan Vs. Kartik Balakrishnan On 22 September 2014 Law Point: Section 13(1)(ia) — Mental Cruelty — Sexual deprivation by wife — Non-consummation of marriage on part of appellant- wife — Respondent-husband, in his evidence has narrated in detail incidents of […]
Court: High Court Of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE S. Muralidhar Darshana Devi Vs. Anil Kumar Saini On 13 June 2007 Law Point: Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Prima facie case made out — Trial Court rightly held respondent wife along with her father caused mental cruelty upon petitioner husband in deserting his matrimonial home, after birth […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICE V.S. Kokje & K.S. Rathore Smt. Parvati Vs. Prem Singh On 29 January 2001 Law Point: Section 13 — Cruelty: Wife Practised Cruelty by Her Own Misbehaviour and by Making False Allegations Against Her Husband About His Having Illicit Relations with His Brother’s Wife: Family Court Justified in Passing […]