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Kerala High Court Annual Digest 2024: Part II [Citations: 276-550]
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Kerala High Court Annual Digest 2024: Part II [Citations: 276-550]

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Nominal Index Citations: M/S International Nut Alliance LLC v M/S Johns Cashew Co., 2024 LiveLaw Ker 276 Muhammed Safeer P v. Regional Transport Officer and ors., 2024 LiveLaw Ker 277 The KMML Retired Officers Association v The State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw Ker 278 Sulochana v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw Ker 279 K Haridas v State of Kerala & …

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Kerala High Court Quarterly Digest: October - December, 2024 [Citations: 608 – 828]
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Kerala High Court Quarterly Digest: October - December, 2024 [Citations: 608 – 828]

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Nominal Index XXX v State of Kerala & Connected Matter, 2024 LiveLaw 608 N. Bhasurangan v The Assistant Director & Akhiljith J. @ Pulsar Suni v Station House Officer, 2024 LiveLaw 807 Sadhoo Beedi Enterprises v The Controlling Authority and Another, 2024 LiveLaw 808 Rollymol v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw 809 Asha Lawrence v State of Kerala and Others, …

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Kerala High Court Annual Digest 2024 [Part I]
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Kerala High Court Annual Digest 2024 [Part I]

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Nominal Index Citations: Union of India & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw Ker 264 Dr. M. R. Saseendranath V State of Kerala 2024 LiveLaw Ker 265 State of Kerala v Narendra Kumar & Another 2024 LiveLaw Ker 266 Nijo Varghese v Transport Commissioner 2024 LiveLaw Ker 267 Cherplassery Co-Operative Hospital Ltd v State of Kerala 2024 LiveLaw Ker 268 Modern Food Enterprises …

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Supreme Court Quashes S.498A IPC Case Filed By Wife Against Parents-in-Law 'With Ulterior Motive' To Force Husband To Consent For Divorce
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Supreme Court Quashes S.498A IPC Case Filed By Wife Against Parents-in-Law 'With Ulterior Motive' To Force Husband To Consent For Divorce

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The Supreme Court today quashed a domestic cruelty case under Section 498A IPC against the husband's parents which was registered with an ulterior motive by the daughter-in-law to force their son to consent to divorce. The bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Viswanathan was hearing the Appellant's challenge to the Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench decision which refused …

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Women Need To Realise That Beneficial Laws Aren't Means To Threaten, Domineer Or Extort From Their Husbands : Supreme Court
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Women Need To Realise That Beneficial Laws Aren't Means To Threaten, Domineer Or Extort From Their Husbands : Supreme Court

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Once again expressing concerns about the misuse of domestic violence and dowry laws by disgruntled wives, the Supreme Court cautioned women not to abuse the laws which are meant for their protection. The Court observed that more often than not, provisions like Section 498A, 376, 377, 506 are invoked as a "combined package" to pressurise the husband to accede to …

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Supreme Court warns against misuse of cruelty law for settling personal scores against husband
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Supreme Court warns against misuse of cruelty law for settling personal scores against husband

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has given a strong warning against the misuse of laws in marital dispute cases. The apex court made this observation after setting aside a cruelty case filed under Section 498 of the IPC, which the Telangana High Court had refused to dismiss previously. In the above case, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the …

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Courts must exercise caution in dowry cases to prevent misuse of law: Supreme Court
1 month ago

Courts must exercise caution in dowry cases to prevent misuse of law: Supreme Court

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said courts must exercise caution in dowry harassment cases to prevent misuse of law and avoid unnecessary trouble to innocent family members observing a tendency to implicate husband's kin. The top court, therefore, said courts must exercise caution in such cases to prevent misuse of legal provisions and the legal process and avoid unnecessary harassment …

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Cruelty law being misused for personal vendetta against husband: Supreme Court
1 month ago

Cruelty law being misused for personal vendetta against husband: Supreme Court

India Today  

The Supreme Court has warned against the misuse of the law in marital dispute cases lodged by women against their husbands and families, saying that it cannot be used as a "tool to unleash personal vendetta". The court said the introduction of Section 498 was aimed at stopping cruelty inflicted on a woman by her husband and his family, by …

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Body Shaming By Sister-In-Law Is Prima Facie Wilful Conduct Affecting Mental Health Of Woman To Attract Cruelty U/S 498A IPC: Kerala HC
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Body Shaming By Sister-In-Law Is Prima Facie Wilful Conduct Affecting Mental Health Of Woman To Attract Cruelty U/S 498A IPC: Kerala HC

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The Kerala High Court has stated that body shaming of a woman by her sister-in-law would prima facie amount to wilful conduct to cause injury to health of a woman to attract an offence of cruelty under Section 498A of the IPC. The overt acts, at the instance of the petitioner, prima facie to be read as wilful conduct which …

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Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 4 – November 10, 2024
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Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 4 – November 10, 2024

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Nominal Index Indian Broadcasting And Digital Foundation V The Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India, 2024 LiveLaw 690 Anu S P v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw 691 Ajith Pillai v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw 692 Asha v State of Kerala and Another, 2024 LiveLaw 693 Sreekumar Menon v State of Kerala and Another, 2024 LiveLaw 694 B. Aboobacker and …

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Not Allowing Daughter-In-Law To Watch TV, Meet Neighbours, Go To Temple Alone & Making Her Sleep On Carpet Is Not Cruelty: Bombay High Court
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Not Allowing Daughter-In-Law To Watch TV, Meet Neighbours, Go To Temple Alone & Making Her Sleep On Carpet Is Not Cruelty: Bombay High Court

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Quashing a 20-year-old order convicting a man and his family for cruelty towards his deceased wife, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court said that the allegations of taunting the deceased, not allowing her to watch TV, not allowing her to go alone to the temple and making her sleep on a carpet would not constitute the offence of …

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Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: February 12 - February 18, 2024
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Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: February 12 - February 18, 2024

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Nominal Index: Mohammed Refeeq AND S. Mohammed Fairoz Ahamed & Others. 2024 LiveLaw 83 Judgments/Orders Karnataka High Court Permits DNA Profiling Test In Suit Seeking Partition Of Property Case Title: Mohammed Refeeq AND S. Mohammed Fairoz Ahamed & Others Case No: Writ Petition No 52855 of 2019 Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw 70 The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition …

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Section 498-A IPC Being Misused As A Weapon By Disgruntled Wives: Jharkhand High Court
1 year, 2 months ago

Section 498-A IPC Being Misused As A Weapon By Disgruntled Wives: Jharkhand High Court

Live Law  

Expressing its concern against misuse of Section 498A IPC, the Jharkhand High Court recently said that this provision of law is being misused as a weapon, rather than a shield, by 'disgruntled wives'. There is a phenomenal increase in matrimonial disputes in recent years and it appears that in many cases, the object of Section 498-A of the Indian Penal …

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Mediation Sensitization Programme For The Police Officers Of Women Safety Wing - State Of Telangana
1 year, 7 months ago

Mediation Sensitization Programme For The Police Officers Of Women Safety Wing - State Of Telangana

Live Law  

22nd -23rd May, 2023, marked the two day Mediation Sensitization Programme organized by the International Arbitration and Mediation Centre Hyderabad, in collaboration with Telangana Police, for the Police Officers of Women Safety Wing - State of Telangana. To deal with complaints u/s 498A IPC, the police officers must effectively communicate, be empathetic and credible and ask open ended questions to …

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Implicated To Settle Personal Score: Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Under Section 498A IPC Against Judicial Officer
1 year, 11 months ago

Implicated To Settle Personal Score: Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Under Section 498A IPC Against Judicial Officer

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court recently quashed an FIR against a judicial officer accused of subjecting her brother’s wife to physical and mental cruelty. A division bench of Justice Anuja Prabhudessai and Justice R. M. Joshi of Aurangabad said that this case of Section 498A IPC is being used to settle personal score. “.the First Information Report in question is a …

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S.498-A IPC: Bombay HC Bats For Making Offence Compoundable In Maharashtra, Says Minimum 10 Quashing Petitions Are Filed Everyday
2 years, 2 months ago

S.498-A IPC: Bombay HC Bats For Making Offence Compoundable In Maharashtra, Says Minimum 10 Quashing Petitions Are Filed Everyday

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has urged the Union of India to consider Maharashtra's bill to make domestic violence cases compoundable with the permission of the concerned court citing hardships caused to innumerable couples who are constrained to approach the High Court for quashing. "The importance of making the Section 498A compoundable with the permission of the Court, can hardly be …

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A case of the court straying into the legislative sphere
2 years, 6 months ago

A case of the court straying into the legislative sphere

The Hindu  

Recently, the Allahabad High Court, while allowing two criminal revisions pertaining to a dowry case, took cognisance of the misuse of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, proposed certain safeguards and directed the State authorities of Uttar Pradesh to take the necessary steps for their implementation in a given time period. Strangely enough, the High Court specifically mentioned in …

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Women must be safe in intimate spaces
2 years, 7 months ago

Women must be safe in intimate spaces

The Hindu  

Marriage represents one of our most private, intimate spaces. Through an analysis of the recent split verdict of the Delhi High Court on the issue of criminalising marital rape, this article identifies the thorny issues we are confronted with while seeking to find a solution in criminal law: first, the lack of nuance in rape laws that adequately accounts for …

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'Personal Liberty' : Supreme Court Allows Brother-in-Law Accused In Section 498A IPC Case To Travel Abroad
2 years, 11 months ago

'Personal Liberty' : Supreme Court Allows Brother-in-Law Accused In Section 498A IPC Case To Travel Abroad

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India has observed that the fundamental right of personal liberty to travel abroad cannot be denied to a person only because he is arrayed as an accused in a 498A complaint filed by his brother's wife against his brother and family, especially when the allegations as against him do not disclose criminal offence.In this case, an …

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Taking Custody Of Jewellery For Safety Cannot Constitute Cruelty Under Section 498A IPC: Supreme Court
2 years, 11 months ago

Taking Custody Of Jewellery For Safety Cannot Constitute Cruelty Under Section 498A IPC: Supreme Court

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Taking custody of jewellery for safety cannot constitute cruelty within the meaning of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, the Supreme Court observed.In this case, an FIR was filed by the complainant against her husband and in-laws under Sections 323, 34, 406, 420, 498A and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. ""The short question in this appeal is, …

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'Cruelty Committed By A Woman Against Another Woman More Serious' : Supreme Court Upholds 80 Yr Old Mother-in-Law's Conviction Under Section 498A IPC
2 years, 11 months ago

'Cruelty Committed By A Woman Against Another Woman More Serious' : Supreme Court Upholds 80 Yr Old Mother-in-Law's Conviction Under Section 498A IPC

Live Law  

Observing that when cruelty is committed by one woman against another woman the offence becomes more serious, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a mother-in-law for the offence of cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.The mother-in-law was found guilty of having committed cruelty against the daughter-in-law when her husband was abroad. Observing that when cruelty is …

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Sunanda Pushkar's Death Not Confirmed As Suicide; Even If Suicide Assumed, No Material To Show Abetment By Shashi Tharoor : Delhi Court In Discharge Order
3 years, 4 months ago

Sunanda Pushkar's Death Not Confirmed As Suicide; Even If Suicide Assumed, No Material To Show Abetment By Shashi Tharoor : Delhi Court In Discharge Order

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Discharging Congress MP Dr. Shashi Tharoor of the charges of cruelty and abetment to suicide in connection with Sunanda Pushkar death case, a Delhi Court has observed that there was no prima facie willful conduct on his part likely to drive Pushkar to commit suicide and that in absence of sufficient material, Tharoor cannot be compelled to face the rigmaroles …

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SC Upholds Rejection Of Candidature Of A District Judge Aspirant Who Was Later Acquitted In Criminal Case U/s 498A IPC [Read Judgment]
4 years, 2 months ago

SC Upholds Rejection Of Candidature Of A District Judge Aspirant Who Was Later Acquitted In Criminal Case U/s 498A IPC [Read Judgment]

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The Supreme Court has dismissed plea of a District Judge aspirant whose candidature was on the ground of pendency of a criminal case under Section 498A IPC filed by his wife.The mere fact that subsequently after more than a year when the person whose candidature has been cancelled has been acquitted cannot be a ground to turn the clock backward, …

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False 498A case: Women to pay Rs 25,000 to husband for harrassment
5 years, 2 months ago

False 498A case: Women to pay Rs 25,000 to husband for harrassment

Op India  

The Karnataka High Court has reprimanded a woman and directed her to pay Rs 25,000 as a cost to her ex-husband for abusing the process of law by registering a false case under section 498A IPC to harass her husband. According to the reports, the Karnataka High Court, while directing the 35-year-old woman, a resident of Mysuru to pay the …

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