Excerpt: In catena of judgments, the Supreme Court and even this court have held that mere demand is not sufficient to constitute or attract the ingredients of Section 498-Aof I.P.C. It has been held consistently that the harassment is of such a nature to drive the woman to commit suicide. In the instant case, though the … Continue reading dowry demand has to be in relation with marriage
Month: October 2018
Sabarimala judgement
Supreme Court of India Indian Young Lawyers Association vs The State Of Kerala on 28 September, 2018 Author: . .…………………………. 1 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 373 OF 2006 Indian Young Lawyers Association …Petitioner(s) & Ors. VERSUS The State of Kerala & Ors. …Respondent(s) JUDGMENT Dipak … Continue reading Sabarimala judgement
satvinder kaur vs state of punjab
Supreme Court of India Satvinder Kaur vs State (Govt. Of N.C.T. Of Delhi) ... on 5 October, 1999 Bench: K.T. Thomas, M.B. Shah CASE NO.: Appeal (crl.) 1031 of 1999 PETITIONER: SATVINDER KAUR RESPONDENT: STATE (GOVT. OF N.C.T. OF DELHI) AND ANR. DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/10/1999 BENCH: K.T. THOMAS & M.B. SHAH JUDGMENT: JUDGMENT 1999 … Continue reading satvinder kaur vs state of punjab
Supreme Court of India Harjinder Singh vs Punjab State Warehousing Corp on 5 January, 2010 Author: B A Ganguli Bench: G.S. Singhvi, Asok Kumar Ganguly HARJINDER SINGH v. PUNJAB STATE WAREHOUSING CORPORATION (Civil Appeal No. 587 of 2010) JANUARY 05, 2010 [G.S. Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly, JJ.] 2010 (1) SCR 591 The following … Continue reading
498a quash qua unmarried sister
Excerpt:Omnibus allegations have been made against the petitioner in respect of demand of dowry, harassment and torture given to Ruchika during the period she stayed in the matrimonial home. It is unbelievable that the petitioner, who is an unmarried sister of Anurag Bhandari, the husband, was entrusted with dowry articles separately and she harassed Ruchika … Continue reading 498a quash qua unmarried sister