Daughter-in-law do not have a right in the house of father-in-law

PUNJAB & HARYANA HIGH COURT
Feroz v/s District Magistrate, Chandigarh
2017(2) Law Herald 1156
“Constitution of India/1950, Art 226 – Senior Citizens Act, 2007, Sec. 22 – Writ petition -Shared household – Entitlement to – Held, daughter-in-law cannot be said to have a right in the house of father-in-law/mother-in-law, who lodged a complaint against the parents of husband and caused harassment Read More…

Purchase of Mortgaged Property

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
J.P. Builders v/s A.R. Rao
2011 (1) SCC 429 : 2011 (3) AWC 2698 : 2011 AIR (SO 230 2011 (2) ARC 716 : 2011 (1) SCC (Civ.) 227
T.P. Act(1882 – Ss. 56 & 81 – Doctrine of Marshaling – Parties entered into contract of sale and purchase of property which was already mortgaged – suit by vendee against vendor and Bank decreed – Held, doctrine of marshaling available to subsequRead More…

IPC 420 or 120B: Breach of Contract & Cheating

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Umashankar v/s State of Bihar 2005 (10) SCC 336 : 2006 (2) SCC (cri.) 49 I.P.C, ss. 420 & 120-B – Breach of Contract -Whether it would amount cheating or not – Held, only in those cases breach of contract would amount to cheating where there was any deception played at very inception – if intention to cheat has developed later on, same cannot amount to cheating. Read More…

Maintenance to Wife who deserted the Husband

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Manoj Kumar v/s Champa
2017 (2) R.C.R. (Civil) 747:2017 (3) Recent Apex Judgements 51
In the judgement, Rohtash v/s Ramendri, 2000 (3) SCC 180, Supreme Court held as under :-Decree of divorce passed on account of desertion by wife – Wife filing application for grant of maintenance under Section 125 Criminal Procedure Code during pendency of divorce proceedings – Wife is entRead More…

Complaints under Section 498A where can Be Filed

498A Complaints Can Be Filed At A Place Where A Woman Driven Out Of Matrimonial Home Takes Shelter  Rupali Devi vs. State of UP In this case, three Judge bench comprising CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul considered the following question: “Whether in a case where cruelty had been committed in a matrimonial home by the husband or the relatives ofRead More…

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…

Prashant Kanojia-Released on Bail

JAGISHA ARORA Petitioner(s) VERSUS THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ANR. Respondent We need not comment on the nature of the posts/tweets for which the action has been taken. The question is whether the petitioner’s husband-Prashant Kanojia ought to have been deprived of his Bar & Bench Liberty for the offence alleged. The answer to that question is prima facie in the negative. TheRead 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…

Lok Sabha passed Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2018

NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill to protect gullible investors from ponzi schemes, with finance minister Piyush Goyal saying the Government will ensure that no loophole is left while framing rules. The Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2018, seeks to put in place a mechanism by which such depositors can be compensated. It has incorporated recommendations of the StandRead More…

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Negotiable Instrument Act Amendment 2018

Negotiable Instrument Act Amendment 2018 Gazette DownloadRecently, the Parliament of India enacted the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Act, 2018. The said Amendment Act inserts following important provisions in the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (in short, ‘NI Act’): – 1. Section 143A has been inserted in the NI Act providing power to the Courts to order the drawer of the Cheque to pay Read More…

Insurance Company not liable for Passenger on Goods Transport

Passenger on
tractor – Insurance Company not liable Motor Vehicles Act, 1986, S. 166 – Appellant
travelled in the tractor as a passenger which was in breach of the policy
condition, for the tractor was insured for agriculture purposes and not for
carrying goods –  Neither was any trailer insured nor was any trailer
attached to the tractor –  Appellant travelled in the tractor as a
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The Mental Health Act, 2017

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