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: Andhra High Court Equivalent citations: 2003 (1) AWC 344 SC, (2003) 2 CALLT 23 SC Bench: JUSTICE D VARMA Syed Asgar vs Government Of Andhra Pradesh, … on 8 April, 2005 Law Point: Offences commited outside India to follow CrPC 188 provisions, proceedings are abuse of law, quashed JUDGEMENT 1. Heard both sides. 2. […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Altamas Kabir, Markandey Katju Smt. Pinki Jain vs Sh. Sanjay Jain on 31-01-2005 Law Point: Amicable settlement between parties, proceedings quashed JUDGEMENT 1. Leave granted. 2. The question whether a First Information Report under Sections 420/468/471/34/120-B IPC can be quashed either under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: P. Sathasivam, B.S. Chauhan Sunil Kumar Sambhudayal Gupta & … vs State Of Maharashtra on 11 November, 2010 Law Point: Person shall not convict for an alleged offence, unless it is proved by corroborative evidence JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal has been preferred against the judgment and order […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: Justice Ajit Bharihoke Pooja Saxena vs State & Another on 20 October, 2010 Mr.Vijay Aggarwal with Mr.Rakesh Mukhija and Mr.Gurpreet Singh, Advs. For the appellant. Ms. Meera Bhatia, ASC for the State with Mr.Roshan Kumar, Advocate with I.O. S.I. Mr.Prabhanshu, P.S. Roop Nagar. Mr.Abhishek Gupta, Advocate for R.2/Sameer Saxena. Law Point: The dowry givers […]
Court: Patna High Court Bench: Justice Rakesh Kumar Sachidanand Singh & Ors vs State Of Bihar & Anr on 13 September, 2010 M/S Krishna Prasad Singh, Sr. Adv. Mithilesh Kr. Singh, Adv. for petitioners. M/S Bhola Prasad, Adv. Swapnil Kumar Singh, Adv. for OP2 Mrs.Indu Bala Pandey, A.P.P. for State Law Point: Person shall not convict […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: Justice Shiv Narayan Dhingra Harish Kumar vs State on 29 July, 2010 Mr. Manoranjan & Mr. Gurusharan Singh, Adv. For the appellant. Mr. Sunil Sharma, APP for the State. Law Point: Consent of prosecutrix, who was aware that no marriage had taken place between parties, no case either under Section 376 or 493 IPC […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: V.S. Sirpurkar, Cyriac Joseph Madan Mohan Singh vs State Of Gujarat & Anr on 17 August, 2010 Law Point: Grudge against accused cannot be enough reason for initiate proceedings of abetment of suicide. Baseless and irrelevant allegations cannot be used as a basis for prosecution for serious offence JUDGEMENT […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: Justice Shiv Narayan Dhingra Sumer Singh Salkan vs Asstt. Director & Ors. on 11 August, 2010 Ms. Malavika Rajkotia with Mr. Bandan Kumar, Advocates For the appellant. Mr. Vikas Pahwa, Standing Counsel for CBI, Mr. Pawan Sharma, APP for the State, Mr. D.K. Sharma, SHO, P.S. Alipur. Law Point: Guidelines for LOC, […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: P Nandrajog Sanjeev Nagpal And Ors. vs State And Anr. on 4 October, 2007 Law Point: Ground that parties amicably settled all disputes and differences–FIR is liable to be quashed in the interest of society and justice JUDGEMENT 1. This is an application for restoration of Crl. M.C. 914/03. […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Aftab Alam, R.M. Lodha Jyoti Mishra vs Dhananjaya Mishra on 27 August, 2010 Law Point: Right of the accused to a fair trial and a proper opportunity to defend himself cannot be ignored for the convenience of the complainant, denied transfer JUDGEMENT 1. We have heard counsel for the […]