Section 498A IPC

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Maram Nirmala vs State of Telangana - 2025 INSC 1496 - S.498A IPC - Quashing

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Belide Swagath Kumar v. State of Telangana & Anr., 2025 INSC 1471 - S.498A IPC - Financial Dominance Of Husband - Lack Of Care

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Sanjay D. Jain vs State of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 1168 - S.498A IPC - S.482 CrPC - Cruelty

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A - The requirement is that there has to be cruelty inflicted against the victim which either drives her to commit suicide or cause grave injury to herself or lead to such conduct that would cause grave injury or danger to life, limb or

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Shobhit Kumar Mittal v. State of Uttar Pradesh 2025 INSC 1152- S.498A IPC - Cruelty - General Allegations Of Harassment

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A - The term “cruelty” cannot be established without specific instances. The tendency of invoking the aforesaid provisions, without mentioning any specific detail, weakens the case of the prosecution and casts serious aspersions on the probability of the version of the complainant. Therefore, this

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Bhagwati Devi v. State of Uttarakhand 2025 INSC 1051 - S. 498A IPC

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Family Law

Anurag Vijaykumar Goel vs State of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 926 -Permanent Alimony

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A - SC noted that crime was registered against the appellant inter-alia under Section 498- A are common-place, banal and vague, without any specific instances mentioned and filed one year after the admitted separation of the couple- but for marital squabbles blown out of

Criminal

Shivangi Bansal vs Sahib Bansal 2025 INSC 883 - S.498A IPC Misuse Safeguards Guidelines

Shivangi Bansal vs Sahib Bansal 2025 INSC 883 - S.498A IPC Misuse Safeguards Guidelines Shivangi Bansal vs Sahib Bansal 2025 INSC 883 - S.498A IPC Misuse Safeguards Guidelines .pdf352 KBdownload-circle Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A - The guidelines framed by the High Court of Allahabad with

Criminal

Ghanshyam Soni vs State (Govt. Of NCT Of Delhi) 2025 INSC 803 - S.468 CrPC - S.498A IPC Misuse

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 468 [Section 514 BNSS] -For the computation of the limitation period under Section 468 CrPC the relevant date is the date of filing of the complaint or the date of institution of prosecution and not the date on which the Magistrate takes cognizance

Criminal

Rajesh Chaddha vs State Of Uttar Pradesh 2025 INSC 671 - S. 498A - Dowry Prohibition Act

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A ; Dowry Prohibition Act - Sections 3,4- In order to meet the threshold of the offences under Section 498A IPC & Sections 3 & 4 of the D.P. Act, 1961, the allegations cannot be ambiguous or made in thin air (Para 8)

Criminal

Renuka vs State of Karnataka 2025 INSC 596- S. 498A IPC - S. 482 CrPC - Inconsistent Decisions

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A - Offences involving cruelty on wife would invariably arise out of matrimonial disputes. Accordingly, pendency of matrimonial proceeding between the parties cannot per se lead to an inference that institution of criminal proceeding alleging assault supported by medical evidence and independent witness is

Criminal

Muppidi Lakshmi Narayana Reddy Vs State Of Andhra Pradesh 2025 INSC 562 - S.498A IPC - Dowry Prohibition Act

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A - Dowry Prohibition Act - The practice of involving the relatives of the husband in dowry related matters deprecated - Criminal case quashed. 2025 INSC 562 Muppidi Lakshmi Narayana Reddy Vs State Of Andhra Pradesh - S.498A IPC - Dowry Prohibition Act2025

Criminal

Chellammal vs State 2025 INSC 540 - S.4 Probation of Offenders Act - Ss. 360,361 CrPC - S. 498A IPC

Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 - Section 4 - Unless applicability is excluded, in a case where the circumstances stated in sub- section (1) of Section 4 of the Probation Act are attracted, the court has no discretion to omit from its consideration release of the offender on probation; on

Criminal

Janshruti (People's Voice) vs Union Of India 2025 INSC 536 - S. 498A IPC - Constitutional Validity Upheld

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A : Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 - Section 84 - Constitutional Validity upheld -While it is acknowledged that certain individuals may face hardship due to the misuse of the provision, it is equally important to look beyond these instances and recognize that the provision serves

Criminal

Sushila vs State Of UP 2025 INSC 505 - S. 498A IPC - Implicating Husband's Relatives

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A ; Dowry Prohibition Act - Practice of involving the relatives of the husband in dowry related matters deprecated. (Para 10-12) 2025 INSC 505 Sushila vs State Of UP - S. 498A IPC - Implicating Husband's Relatives2025 INSC 505 Sushila vs State Of

Criminal

Aluri Venkata Ramana vs Aluri Thirupathi Rao - S 498A IPC - Dowry Not Pre-Requisite For Cruelty

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A : BNS 2023 - Section 86 -An unlawful demand for dowry is not a pre- requisite element to constitute "cruelty" under Section 498A IPC - The absence of an explicit dowry demand does not negate the applicability of the provision where acts

Criminal

Suman Mishra vs State of Uttar Pradesh 2025 INSC 203 - S 498A IPC - Quashing

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A - FIR registered under Sections 498A, 504, 506 IPC against Husband and his family - HC refused to quash FIR - Allowing appeal, SC observed: Initially the FIR was lodged alleging rape and no charge-sheet was filed for prosecuting the accused for the

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Vedant Shukla vs State Of Madhya Pradesh - Ss 498A, 506 IPC

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A,506 - In FIR, apart from making their statement regarding demand of dowry criminal intimidation etc., there are no details of such an incident - Criminal proceedings quashed. Vedant Shukla vs State Of Madhya Pradesh Vedant Shukla vs State Of Madhya Pradesh .pdf52

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M. Venkateswaran vs State 2025 INSC 106 - S 498A IPC - S 4 DP Act

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A ; Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 - Section 4- Appeal against conviction under 498A IPC and Section 4 DP Act - Disposing appeal, SC held: The ingredients of Section 498-A of IPC and Section 4 of DP Act are clearly made out - The sentence

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Digambar Vs State Of Maharashtra 2024 INSC 1019 - S 498A, 312-313 IPC - FIR Quashing

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A- The ingredients for an offence to be made out under Section 498-A of IPC require that there has to be cruelty inflicted against the victim which either drives her to commit suicide or cause grave injury to herself or lead to such conduct

Matrimonial

Rinku Baheti Vs Sandesh Sharda 2024 INSC 1014 - Women Protection Laws - Misuse - Art. 142 Constitution - Irretrievable Breakdown Of Marriage

Matrimonial Laws - Permanent Alimony - Maintenance -The tendency of parties seeking maintenance or alimony as an equalization of wealth with the other party- The wife is entitled to be maintained as far as possible in a manner that is similar to what she was accustomed to in her matrimonial

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Dechamma I.M. @ Dechamma Koushik State Of Karnataka 2024 INSC 972- S 498A IPC- Girl Friend - Relative

💡Whether the girlfriend or a woman with whom a man has had romantic or sexual relations outside of marriage would be a “relative of the husband” for the purposes of prosecution under Section 498A of IPC? Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A - A girlfriend or even a woman

Section 306 IPC

Jayedeepsinh Pravinsinh Chavda Vs State Of Gujarat 2024 INSC 960 - S 306,498A IPC - Harassment- Abetment Of Suicide

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 306 - Mere harassment, by itself, is not sufficient to find an accused guilty of abetting suicide. The prosecution must demonstrate an active or direct action by the accused that led the deceased to take his/her own life. The element of mens rea

Section 498A IPC

Dara Lakshmi Narayana Vs State Of Telangana 2024 INSC 953- 498A IPC - Misuse

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A - The inclusion of Section 498A of the IPC by way of an amendment was intended to curb cruelty inflicted on a woman by her husband and his family, ensuring swift intervention by the State- Growing tendency to misuse provisions like Section 498A

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Payal Sharma vs State of Punjab 2024 INSC 896 - S 498A IPC - S 482 CrPC

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 482 -Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A - Court has duty to consider the contentions that there is lack of specific allegations against the accused concerned to constitute the offence(s) alleged against a relative or that the implication was nothing but