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: Supreme Court of India Appeal (civil) 1473 of 1999 Bench: D.P. Mohapatra, Doraiswamy Raju Hirachand Srinivas Managaonkar vs Sunanda on 20 March, 2001 Law Point: Judicial Separation is not a divorce, doesn’t snap matrimonial ties JUDGEMENT The point that arises for determination in this case is short but by no means simple. The point is this: […]
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY S. A. BOBDE & S. J. KATHAWALLA, JJ Mrs.Sanjivani Bharat Sasane Verus Mr.Bharat Dashrath Sasane and ANR. on NOVEMBER 18, 2009 Mr.Amol Deshpande , Adv. For the appellant. Mrs.Usha Purohit and Mr.Sidharth Ronghe, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Repeated Suicide threats amounts mental cruelty, is valid divorce ground JUDGEMENT This is an Appeal filed against the order […]
Court: HIGH COURT OF DELHI Equivalent citations: 119 (2005) DLT 567, 2005 (82) DRJ 22 Bench: M Mudgal Sh. Tarun Kumar Vaish vs Ms. Meenakshi Vaish on 13 April, 2005 Law Point: Considerations for granting exemption from passage of one year before filing a petition for mutual divorce explained, Mutual Divorce granted JUDGEMENT With the […]
Allahabad High Court Hon’ble Rakesh Tiwari Dr. Vinod Kumar Gupta vs Smt. Deepa Gupta on 12 July, 2010 Law Point: Over 17 years of seperation, no chance of staying together, wife not willing to cohabit, husband granted divorce decree. JUDGEMENT The case peremptorily listed today. List has been revised. Heard learned counsel for the appellant […]
Supreme Court of India Tarun Chatterjee, R.M. Lodha Lalit Kishore vs Meeru Sharma & Anr on 4 August, 2009 Law Point: Application for medical assessment of mental condition of wife allowed in a matrimonial dispute at insistence of husband. JUDGEMENT Leave This is an appeal filed against the judgment and order dated 2nd of December, […]
HIGH COURT OF DELHI HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KAILASH GAMBHIR Sangeeta vs Preston Gomes on 13 December, 2010 Law Point: Marriage between a Hindu and non-Hindu under HMA not vaild JUDGEMENT By this appeal filed under Section 28 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, r/w Section 151 of the CPC, the appellant seeks to challenge the […]
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY Equivalent citations: FAMILY COURT APPEAL NO. 148 OF 2004 FAMILY COURT APPEAL NO. 98 OF 2006. CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 291 OF 2007. A.P.DESHPANDE and SMT.R.P. SONDURBALDOTA Smt.Kalpana Bharat Ruparel vs Bharat Ratanshi Ruparel on 31-01-2005 Mr.K.M.Savla i/by Mr.Manish P. Jogani, Adv. For the appellant. Smt.B.P.Jakhadi, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Dissolution of the marriage on the […]
ANDHRA HIGH COURT HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S. RAO Mrs. Snehalatha vs Dr. S. Ramakrishna Reddy on 5 October 2001 Law Point: Transfer petition decided in favor of husband JUDGEMENT The petitioner invoked the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (‘CPC’ for brevity). She prays this Court to […]
