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: Madhya Pradesh High Court Equivalent citations: 2000 (4) MPHT 457 Bench: J Chitre Smt. Mamta Jaiswal vs Rajesh Jaiswal on 24 March, 2000 Law Point: No Interim/Maintenance for Capable, Working Women JUDGEMENT 1. Heard. The petitioner Mamta Jaiswal has acquired qualification as M.Sc., M.C., M.Ed. and was working in Gulamnabi Azad College of Education, […]
Court: Madras High Court Equivalent citations: AIR 2003 Mad 212, I (2003) DMC 799, (2003) 1 MLJ 752 Bench: P Sathasivam Manokaran @ Ramamoorthy vs M. Devaki on 21 February, 2003 Law Point: No Maintenance For Working Women JUDGEMENT 1. Aggrieved by the order of the Principal Family Court, Madras dated 25-7-2002, made in I.A. […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: K.T. Thomas, M.B. Shah Satvinder Kaur vs State (Govt. Of N.C.T. Of Delhi) … on 5 October, 1999 Law Point: Investigation material collected by investigating officer cannot be judicially scrutinised for arriving at conclusion that whether particular police station would not have territorial jurisdiction JUDGEMENT JUDGMENT 1999 Supp(3) SCR […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: S.B. Sinha, Markandey Katju Manish Ratan & Ors vs State Of M.P. & Anr on 1 November, 2006 Law Point: Question of territorial jurisdiction of court is to be viewed with regard to continuity of cause of action JUDGEMENT Application of Sections 177 and 178 of Code of […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: K.T. Thomas, S.N. Variava Hemant Dhasmana vs Central Bureau Of Investigation … on 17 August, 2001 Law Point: Further investigationInvestigation into corruption case by C.B.I.Final report exonerating alleged accused and directing prosecution of complainant for giving false information JUDGEMENT Leave granted. A complainant, after investigation, was transposed […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: S.B. Sinha, V.S. Sirpurkar Vimalben Ajitbhai Patel vs Vatslabeen Ashokbhai Patel on 14 March, 2008 Law Point: Cancelling bail, due to violation of a bail condition, is not always mandatory JUDGEMENT JUDGMENT CIVIL APPEAL NO 2003 OF 2008 [Arising out of SLP (Civil) No. 1061 of 2007] WITH […]
Court: Kolkata High Court Bench: Justice Ashim Kumar Roy Sri Sri Sadhan Mondal vs The State Of West Bengal & Anr on 2 September, 2009 Mr. Md. Sarwar Jahan, Adv. For the appellant. Mr. Snehasis Jana, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Anticipatory Bail cannot be denied for non payment of maintenance JUDGEMENT The present petitioner apprehending arrest in connection with […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Gurdeep Singh Cheema vs State Of Punjab And Others on 25 September, 2009 Mr. Ranjan Lakhanpal, Adv. For the appellant. Law Point: False complaint, family arrest -ground for Divorce JUDGEMENT Prayer in the present petition is for cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to respondents No. 2 and 3 […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Dr. Arijit Pasayat, D.K. Jain Shivanand Mallappa Koti vs The State Of Karnataka on 5 June, 2007 Law Point: Conviction for offence under Section 498 cannot be sustained in absence of unlawful demand for property and valuable articles. JUDGEMENT 1. In the present appeal, challenge is […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: C.K. Thakker, D.K. Jain Sukhram vs State Of Maharashtra on 17 August, 2007 Law Point: Although Section 222, Cr.P.C. clothes Court with power to convict a person of an offence which is minor in comparison to the one for which he is charged and tried, but offences under Sections […]