The Delhi High Court raised concern over the growing misuse of Section 498A IPC to implicate all of a husband’s relatives, even minors, in matrimonial disputes. The court ordered Delhi Police to appoint a man whose name appeared in an FIR but had no role in the case.
The Delhi High Court emphasized that filing false cases against husbands and their families damages the legal system and society. It denied anticipatory bail in a fabricated dowry and suicide case.
Actress Swastika Mukherjee admitted that her dowry harassment case against ex-husband Promit Sen was false. The case dragged on for 10 years, causing emotional and legal trauma.
The Karnataka High Court ruled that a false dowry complaint by a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law amounted to abuse of the legal process and dismissed the case.
The Supreme Court quashed a Section 498A IPC case against a woman’s former in-laws, citing inconsistencies in her claims and finding that she intended to harm them. The court ruled that the complaint lacked credibility.
The Orissa High Court ruled that Section 498A is often misused to pressurize a husband’s family. The court quashed a case against a woman, stating that relatives are sometimes falsely implicated in dowry harassment cases.
The Delhi High Court ruled that simply demanding dowry does not qualify as cruelty under Section 498A IPC. It quashed an FIR against distant relatives of the husband, stating that the allegations lacked supporting evidence.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that simply mentioning family members in a 498A dowry case is not enough to justify legal action unless their active involvement is proven.
The Karnataka High Court quashed a false dowry case filed against a mother-in-law, terming it an abuse of court procedures. The judgment highlights misuse of legal systems in dowry cases.
The Karnataka High Court ruled that a wife’s demand for a separate house or filing a criminal case against her husband cannot be considered cruelty. The court clarified that cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia) requires willful and unjustifiable conduct endangering mental or physical well-being.
