Tag: cruelty
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Mamta Jaiswal v…
Mamta Jaiswal v. Rajesh Jaiswal – Wife who leaves job not entitled to maintenance Madhya Pradesh High Court Smt. Mamta Jaiswal vs Rajesh…
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Conviction u/s 306 IPC in absence of a charge to the effect.
Comments : In this case the court held that even though no specific charge u/s 306 is framed – the accused can be convicted…
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Father in law convicted u/s 202 for failure to inform the authorities as to DIL’s suicide
Comment : In this case of unnatural death of a DIL – notwithstanding failure of prosecution to bring home offences 302/306/304B against the accused –…
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Supreme Court convicting man for wife’s murder – circumstantial evidence.
In this interesting case – the Court convicted the man for murdering his wife, on the basis of following evidence – the chain of…
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Supreme Court on obscenity (Bandit Queen Judgment)
A Remarkable judgment outlining the law of obscenity as it stands in India, in a nutshell, while holding Bandit Queen to have been rightly…
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MENS REA/GUILTY INTENT MUST FOR OFFENCE OF BIGAMY
Comment : This case reflects that the Indian Courts have insisted on requirement of guilty knowledge for prosecution under S.494 for bigamy. In this…
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Reema Aggarwal v. Anupam – Supreme Court on ‘wife’
Comment : In a nutshell – the court was faced with the preposition whether ‘wife’ in S.498A means only a legally wedded wife ? Does…
