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: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE HARBANS LAL Sunny Bhumbla vs Shashi on 25 January, 2010 Law Point: Trial court decided the main case without deciding perjury application, Ordered by High Court to decide perjury application JUDGEMENT This appeal is directed against the order dated 5.12.2008 Annexure P-1 passed by […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Equivalent citations: I (1992) DMC 72 Bench: JUSTICE V Kokja Usha Baghel vs Dr. B.B. Singh on 29 August, 1991 Law Point: Interim Maintenance to be decided on basis of Immediate need of the applicant and proved income of the non-applicant. JUDGEMENT 1. This is an application filed by the […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE R. S. Dalvi Shirish H. Garg vs Nidhi S. Garg on 16 November, 2010 Law Point: Income of husband to be taken, not only as an individual but also for the companies he owns JUDGEMENT 1. This Petition is filed by the husband challenging the order of maintenance passed […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: B.H. Marlapalle, S.J. Vazifdar Smt.Manju Kamal Mehra vs Mr.Kamal Pushkar Mehra on 18 July, 2009 Law Point: No Maintenance to Wife if RCR By Husband succeeds JUDGEMENT 1. Both these appeals filed by the respective spouses arise from a common judgment and order dated 31.12.2004 passed by the Family Court […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Shiv Narayan Dhingra Rachna Kathuria vs Ramesh Kathuria on 30 August, 2010 Law Point: Multiple Maintenance petitions are not allowed JUDGEMENT By this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the petitioner has assailed an order dated 22nd October 2009 of learned Additional Sessions Judge passed in appeal whereby the appeal of […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA Amit Khanna vs Priyanka Khanna & Ors. on 1 September, 2010 Law Point: Mere allegations made by the wife that husband was a man of status and had vast movable and immovable properties would not give jurisdiction to the Court to pass an order of maintenance beyond […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Equivalent citations: AIR 1962 P H 127 Bench: JUSTICE K Gosain Sunder Singh vs Manna Sunder Singh on 28 July, 1961 Law Point: Maintenance not based on Arthmetic Calculation JUDGEMENT (1) This appeal arises out of an unfortunate litigation between a husband and his wife. Mrs. Munna Sunder Singh […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Aruna Suresh Smt. Sushila Devi vs Shri Joginder Kumar on 2 July, 2010 Law Point: It is duty of husband to maintain wife and not of his parents JUDGEMENT 1. Impugned in this petition is the order of the Trial Court dated 8th August 2008, whereby while allowing application […]
Court: Delhi District Court Bench: Ms. Santosh Mann Sh. Anshu Gupta vs State (Nct Of Delhi) on 15 April, 2011 Law Point: Maintenance claim based on Affidavit dismissed, No Cross Examination of evidence, sent back to trial court JUDGEMENT This appeal is filed under Section 29 of the Protection of Woman from Domestic […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Equivalent citations: 2000 (1) MPHT 602 Bench: V K Agarwal Madhuri Bai vs Minor Surendra Kumar And Anr. on 24 April, 1998 Law Point: Child can claim maintenance u/s 125 from mother JUDGEMENT 1. This petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., has been filed as the petitioner-mother feels aggrieved by […]