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: BOMBAY HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE MRIDULA BHATKAR, J. Akshay Manoj Jaisinghani Vs The State of Maharashtra On 09 January 2017 Law Point: Every Breach Of Promise To Marry Cannot Amount To Rape: Bombay High Court Reiterates JUDGEMENT 1. This is an application for pre-arrest bail as the applicant/accused is prosecuted for the offences punishable […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES T.S. Thakur, C.J.I. and V. Gopala Gowda Tilak Raj Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh On 06 January 2016 Law Point: Prosecutrix was an adult and mature lady aged around 40 years at the time of incident. She admitted that she was in relationship with Appellant for two years […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE S.P. Garg State Vs. Brij Dev Tiwari @ Pandit On 8 December 2015 Law Point: Testimony of baby gives a clear impression that she was coached and tutored before she gave a statement — Medical evidence did not support the commission of rape — Delay in lodging FIR has […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE Indermeet Kaur Malti Chauhan Vs. State Govt. of Nct of Delhi and Ors. On 04.12.2015 Law Point: Attempt to rape. Star witness is the prosecutrix herself – MLC of the victim and the FSL report do not support the version of the prosecution – Testimony of the prosecutrix […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Indermeet Kaur Man Mohan and Ors. Vs. State (GNCT of Delhi) On 14.12.2015 Law Point: Relationship between prosecutrix and Appellant was a consent relationship – Victim was an adult – There was no pressure or coercion upon victim – She had several opportunities to disclose facts – She did […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE S.P. Garg Linda Eastwood Vs. Union Of India & Anr. On 23 December 2015 Law Point: The employer is expected to develop clear and precise procedure to deal with complaints. of sexual harassment in an effective manner – Procedure should be fair and unbiased – It has to be […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICE Pinaki Chandra Ghose and R.K. Agrawal State of Karnataka Vs. F. Nataraj On 07 October 2015 Law Point: The gaps in the evidences of the prosecutrix and the medical officer make it highly improbable that sexual intercourse took place. It would be erroneous to rely upon such discrepant […]