The Calcutta High Court recently dismissed an appeal filed by a husband and his brother who were convicted by the trial court under Section 498A and 304B of the IPC, for causing the ‘dowry death’ of the victim, who poisoned herself and her daughter in her matrimonial home. Brief Background The appellants had been convicted by the trial court under …
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 …
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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