Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 25 -- Permanent alimony - Husband offered to pay a sum of Rs.50 lacs towards permanent alimony to wife and her daughter - Subsequently he offered to transfer one flat in the name of minor daughter - However, wife not accepted said offer of husband - Wife's desire to live with her husband is not genuine at this stage particularly when she..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cheating - Demand of dowry - Allegation against sisters of A-1 - Allegation that marriage between niece of informant and A-1 was fixed but A-1 refused to perform the marriage for want of demand of dowry - A-4 and A-5 sisters of A-1 has no role in fixing of marriage and they neither..........
Unmarried daughter -- Marriage expenses - An unmarried daughter has a statutory right to get reasonable expenses of and incident to her marriage from her father - It is a right of every unmarried daughter irrespective of her religion - There cannot be a discriminatory exclusion from claiming such a right based on one's religion...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13B -- Divorce by mutual consent - Non-appearance of wife after initial consent - Does not amount to consent for decree of divorce as consent must continue till decree and consent to subsist when case is heard...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13 -- Divorce - Settlement in between parties during pendency of appeal - Terms of settlement found lawful - Ex parte divorce decree already granted and wife will no longer assail the same as she has accepted the said dissolution of marriage - Appeal disposed of in terms of settlement agreement - Settlement agreement shall be read as part..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 25 -- Permanent alimony - Grant of maintenance u/s 25 of the Act when marriage between parties has been declared null and void by trial Court, cannot be maintained in the eye of law - Order granting maintenance set aside...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 25 -- Permanent alimony - Wife has not filed any application u/s 25 of the Act - Grant of maintenance by lower appellate Court while dismissing appeals filed by wife affirming decree of trial Court declaring marriage as null and void is vitiated by manifest error of law and set aside...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, 323 -- Cruelty - Allegations against father-in-law and mother-in-law - No specific allegation levelled against petitioners with regard to cruelty - Wife herself stated that just after the marriage she went alongwith her husband to Malaysia and was continuously ill-treated by husband - FIR qua petitioners quashed...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Mental cruelty - Illegitimate relationship of wife with two persons - Husband alleged that there were two eye witnesses to the illegitimate relationship of wife - However, husband has not chosen to examine any one of them - Even the letters written to wife by one `J' is not placed on record - Except the pleading..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ib) -- Divorce - Desertion - Wife deserted husband because husband got remarried with one lady - She was thus, residing away from husband due to reasonable cause - Plea of husband that he has taken customary divorce from wife not accepted, as there is no evidence to prove said custom - Allegations were made against wife by husband..........
