Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty - Petition by wife - Levelling of allegations and accusations by husband against wife in newspaper, itself has an effect of lowering her reputation in the eyes of her peers and colleagues - Whether the actual news is defamatory or not is irrelevant for present purpose - Decree of divorce is proper...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty - Filing of police complaints by husband against mother, friend, well wishers, prosecutor or Advocate of his own wife is certainly causing mental harassment to wife - Divorce rightly granted...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 27 -- Streedhan - Wife when receives gold ornaments either from her parents or her in-laws in marriage, becomes her streedhan...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 27 -- Return of streedhan - Husband mortgaged streedhan of wife raising loans multiple times - Trial Court rightly directed husband to return streedhan to wife after making necessary repayment to Bank...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 366, 342, 506 -- Kidnapping - On pretext of marriage - Evidence on record in no way reflects that accused had any intention to kidnap for the purpose of marriage - Accused and victim appear to have gone together to various places and may have married - Both victim and accused are married with their respective partners - Accused already..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty - Petition by husband - Behavior of wife was not respectful towards husband or his family members - Amounts to cruelty towards husband...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty - Petition by husband - Parties are living separately since 2013 and no cohabitation took place between them since then - Wife is not much willing to stay with husband - Reason assigned by wife to leave her matrimonial home is not satisfactory and is without just and reasonable cause - Decree of divorce..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty - Petition by husband - Husband has pointed out some instance of cruelty - However, such instances are not supported by cogent and acceptable evidence of cruelty - Husband neither examined any independent witnesses nor produced any documentary evidence with regard to filing of criminal cases alleging attempt..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(iii) -- Divorce - Mental disorder of wife - Husband has made only bald statements about mental disorder of wife - Neither any expert doctor was examined nor produced any documentary evidence by husband to show that wife is suffering from unsoundness of mind - Wife stated that she is ready for any medical test but husband has not made..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Sentence - Deceased died due to homicidal death not suicide - Death occurred within seven years of marriage - Accused was incarcerated for 15 years and that period would be enough punishment - He is now 80 years old and other accused is 70 years and looking to the age of accused period undergone by them would be..........
