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: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE K.N. BASHA Nagararajan vs State Rep. By on 22 July, 2010 Mr.T.V.Krishnakumar, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.J.C.Durairaj, GA For the respondent. Law Point: Seeking for Financial Assistance is not a Dowry JUDGEMENT The challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court IV), Chennai dated 18.5.2003 […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: V.S. Sirpurkar, Deepak Verma Neelu Chopra & Anr vs Bharti on 7 October, 2009 Law Point: 406 Requires Dates of Entrurstment and Date of Denial JUDGEMENT 1. This appeal is against the judgment of the Punjab & Haryana High Court whereby the petition for quashing the criminal proceedings against […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Dr. Arijit Pasayat, P. Sathasivam Ran Singh And Anr vs State Of Haryana And Anr on 30 January, 2008 Law Point: Need material evidence to prove dowry demand. JUDGEMENT 1. Leave granted. 2. Challenge in this appeal is to the order passed by a learned Single Judge of the […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Altamas Kabir, A.K. Patnaik Sunita Jha vs State Of Jharkhand & Anr on 13 September, 2010 Law Point: Paramour of husband not under the defination of relative u/s 498A. Discharged JUDGEMENT 1. Leave granted. 2. This Appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 29th April, 2009, passed […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Equivalent citations: 2003 (1) AWC 344 SC, (2003) 2 CALLT 23 SC Bench: JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA Bimla Rawal and Ors. versus State (NCT Of Delhi) and Anr on 03.1.2008 Law Point: Jurisdiction explained in criminal offences. 498A complaint transfered on Jurisdiction JUDGEMENT This Writ Petition under Article 226 […]
Court: ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT Bench: Justice Bhanwar Singh and Justice J. M. Paliwal Dharm Raj Yadav And Others vs State Of U.P. And Others on 10 January, 2006 Dr. L. P. Misra, LC For the petitioner. Mr. Janardan Singh, learned Additional Government Advocate & Mr. B. M. Sahai, learned counsel For the Complainant. Law Point: Wife filed false 498A to […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Equivalent citations: 1980 AIR 1632, 1980 SCR (3) 383 Bench: Chandrachud, Y.V. (Cj), Bhagwati, P.N., Untwalia, N.L., Pathak, R.S., Reddy, O. Chinnappa (J) Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia Etc vs State Of Punjab on 9 April, 1980 Mr. Gopal Narain Aggarwal, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.Narinder Kaushik, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: No FIR needed to Grant anticipatory bail. […]
Court: Delhi High Court Equivalent citations: 146 (2008) DLT 497 Bench: JUSTICE P Nandrajog Anupam Sharma vs Nct Of Delhi And Anr. on 23 August, 2007 Law Point: Wife cannot retrace her steps and resile from the settlement once made with the husband, 498A quashed against husband JUDGEMENT 1. Vide Crl.M.C. No. 3920/2003 Anupam Sharma, […]
The Ratio of This Judgement Has Been OverRuled By SupremeCourt Rupali Devi Vs. State Of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. Court: ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE G. YETHIRAJULU Kalaparthy Ranjit Kumar, vs The State Of A.P. Rep. By The on 26 April, 2007 Sri P.Vinod Kumar, Adv. For the appellant. Public Prosecutor and G.L.Nageswara Rao, Adv. For the respondents. Law Point: Jurisdiction explained in criminal […]
The Ratio of This Judgement Has Been OverRuled By SupremeCourt Rupali Devi Vs. State Of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Arijit Pasayat, Lokeshwar Singh Panta, P. Sathasivam Sundar Babu & Ors vs State Of Tamil Nadu on 19 February, 2009 Law Point: No hard-and-fast rule can be laid down in […]