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.
Madhya Pradesh High Court R.S. Jha, J. Smt. Kavita vs Harish Raisen on 13/4/2006 Law Point: Filing False dowry cases against family and desertion amounts to cruelty JUDGEMENT The appellant has filed the present appeal under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act read with Section 28 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 calling in […]
ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT Smt. Archana vs Dr. P.K. Tomar on 4/2/2003 Bench: B.K. Rathi Law Point: The lodging of the false F.I.R. for offences under Sections 498A, 323, 506, I.P.C. maliciously amounts to the mental cruelty JUDGEMENT 1. This is an appeal under Section 96 of the C.P.C. against the judgment and order dated 7.2.2002 […]
Court: SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Equivalent citations: 1981 AIR 1972, 1982 SCR (1) 695 Bench: Fazalali, S Murtaza SIRAJMOHMEDKHAN JANMOHAMADKHAN vs HAFIZUNNISA YASINKHAN & ANR. on 14/09/1981 N.N. Keshwan and R.N. Keshwani for the Appellant. Vimal Dave and Miss Kailash Mehta for RespondentNo. 1. S C. Patel and R.N. Poddar for Respondent No. 2 Law Point: […]