In most cases of 498a, have you noticed that it is mostly filed by an educated woman of modern society? Why is it so? One of the core reasons may be that this rule was introduced when male dominance was prevalent but things have completely changed now. Now, it is a modern era where women …
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An Introduction to 498A These days, we often come to hear about 498a from any of our friends, colleagues, or other people in our contact. It’s because of an increasing number of False dowry, domestic violence and divorce cases against men. If you are not aware of this Section of the Indian Penal Code, this …
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti said that the High Court was not justified in imposing the condition on the husband to pay ₹9 lakh to his estranged wife as ad-interim compensation. The Supreme Court has recently invalidated a condition for anticipatory bail, as imposed by the Jharkhand High Court. This condition …
The Jalpaiguri bench of the Calcutta High Court recently ruled that the act of bickering between a married couple regularly would not fall under the ambit of cruelty as defined under Section 498A of the Indian Penal (IPC). Single-judge Justice Sugato Majumdar, therefore, quashed the conviction under Section 498A of IPC of a man charged …
