Abatement & Cruelty- 306 and 498A of IPC

DELHI HIGH COURTKaushal Kishore v/s State D/d 28/05/2019 # Crl. Rev. Pet. 129/2018 Indian Penal Code, 1860, Sections 498A and 306 -Framing of charge – Consideration of – Ingredients of both the Sections are different — It cannot be held that because petitioner has been discharged of an offence under Section 306, IPC, it would automatically lead to a discharge of the offence under Section 498A, Read More…

Hindu Marriage Act-Divorce by Mutual Consent-1 Year Separation

ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT [Division Bench] Arpit Garg v/s Ayushi 2019 (1) MMLJ 760 # D/d 06/5/2019 First App. No. 115 of 2019 Hindu Marriage Act, Sections 13B and 14 — Divorce petition — Mutual Consent — Filed within less than a period of one year — Wife filed an application to grant leave u/s 14 of the Act, 1955—Divorce petition rejected by Court below as premature and cannot be waived u/s Read More…

ट्रांससेक्सुअल महिला भी दुल्हन

कोर्ट ने कहा- हिंदू विवाह कानून में ट्रांससेक्सुअल महिला भी दुल्हन है  मद्रास हाईकोर्ट की एक पीठ ने एक महत्त्वपूर्ण निर्णय में कहा कि हिंदू विवाह कानRead More…

Married man acquitted of promising marriage to woman, cheating her; after 25-yr-long court battle

Forty-seven years on, a saga that started with an alleged relationship in school and dragged on in courts for 25 years has finally ended, with a magistrate court acquitting the man of cheating the now 62-year old woman. The woman had accused the married man and father of one of pretending to be single, promising to marry her, engaging in sexual relations with her between 1986 and 1990, clicking hRead More…

Second wife can avail of DV Act benefits: Court

The Second wife can avail of DV Act benefits: Court
Merely because a woman is not legally entitled to be in the wedlock with a man who is already married does not mean she cannot avail of benefits of the domestic violence law, the Bombay high court has ruled. Justice Bharati Dangre recently upheld orders of subordinate courts restraining the stepsons of a woman from evicting her from the housRead More…

CrPC-498a: Supreme Court Reversed it own judgment

22nd Sept., 2018 सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने अपने ही एक फैसले को पलटते हुए दहेज उत्पीड़न रोकने के लिए बनी भारतीय दंड संहिता की धारा 498 ए के तहत सीधे गिरफ्तारी का अधिकार फिर पुलRead More…