R.S.A. No. 1947 of 2006 1 IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH R.S.A. No. 1947 of 2006 (O&M) Date of Decision : 30.5.2009 Niranjan Singh .......... Appellant Versus Smt. Kulwant Kaur & others. ...... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD K. SHARMA Present : Mr. D.S. Pheruman, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. Arun Abrol, Advocate for respondents No. 1 to 3. **** VINOD K. SHARMA, J. (ORAL) This regular second appeal is directed against the judgment and decree dated 16.11.2004, passed by the learned lower appellate Court vide which suit filed by the plaintiff / appellant seeking damages on the ground of defamation stands dismissed. The plaintiff / appellant brought a suit for recovery of a sum of Rs. 50,000/- as damages on the plea that a news item … [Read more...] about Newspaper report is not evidence unless corroborated
SC Judgment: Proving cruelty must for conviction under IPC 304-B
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/70500/sc-prove-cruelty-dowry-death.html New Delhi,May 19, pti: The Supreme Court has held that husband or other family members can be convicted for dowry death only if it is proved that the wife was subjected to cruelty or harassment in pursuit of the demand and not on mere presumption. The apex court said Section 304-B (dowry death) can be invoked against the accused only if there is material evidence to support the allegation and not on mere presumption that the victim died within seven years of marriage. Under Section 304-B read with Section 113-B of the Indian Evidence Act, a husband and his family members can be prosecuted for causing dowry death of the woman if the same occurs within seven years of the marriage. “In order to hold an … [Read more...] about SC Judgment: Proving cruelty must for conviction under IPC 304-B
Attraction to brother-in-law is cruelty and ground for divorce
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_attraction-to-brother-in-law-is-cruelty-bombay-high-court_1380780 Mumbai: Not allowing the husband to consummate the marriage and showing “improper interest” towards the brother-in-law amounts to cruelty and is a legitimate ground for divorce, stated a ruling passed by the Bombay high court this week The high court dissolved the seven-year-old marriage of a Pune-based businessman by granting him a decree of divorce. The couple, who had tied the knot in November, 2002, had stayed together for only six months. The husband, in his appeal, had stated that during their honeymoon in Goa, his wife had revealed to him that she was in love with someone else and had been forced to marry. The husband also alleged that the wife did not allow him to … [Read more...] about Attraction to brother-in-law is cruelty and ground for divorce
Press Release: Pro-Family NGOs announce Family Breaking Awareness Month on International Family Day
PRESS RELEASE Sub: Pro-Family NGOs announce Family Breaking Awareness Month on International Family Day Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF), Children’s Rights Initiative for Shared Parenting (CRISP) and All India Mothers-in-Law Protection Forum (AIMPF) are pro-family NGOs creating awareness in the society about rampant family-breaking being done by misuse of dowry harassment laws, domestic violence laws, maintenance laws and child custody laws. Today, 14th May 2010, on the eve of “International Family Day” we are announcing the beginning of “Family Breaking Awareness Month” and demand Government’s direct intervention to take necessary steps to curb the misuse of these laws, punish those people who do so and save the family system of India from breaking down. We demand the Government … [Read more...] about Press Release: Pro-Family NGOs announce Family Breaking Awareness Month on International Family Day
Domestic violence survey on men is welcome step
Recently a high court judge had said in a seminar that if he went strictly by definition of Indian domestic violence act against women(PWDVA), he will be guilty of domestic violence on his wife. Actually, if the domestic violence act was made gender neutral, his wife will also be guilty of domestic violence on him. This is because the definition of domestic violence is defined to be very broad, and further a woman has simply to allege to get the wheels of justice (read: torture for men) in motion. http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH/2010/04/19&PageLabel=19&EntityId=Ar01901&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T Seeking to counter certain “exaggerated” claims made by some women’s organisations and in a bid to draw the … [Read more...] about Domestic violence survey on men is welcome step
Will feminists ask for equal opportunities in such deadly jobs?
Refer to news below about death of miners in Russia in dangerous mines. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7121731.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093 Rescuers were searching desperately for 58 people still missing in a Russian coal mine yesterday as the death toll from twin methane blasts rose to 32. Hopes were fading of finding survivors more than 450 metres underground at the Raspadskaya pit in Siberia, Russia’s largest underground mine. Eighteen of the victims have been rescuers who died in the second explosion on Sunday after going in search of miners trapped by the first blast late on Saturday. Twelve miners died and 71 were hurt in that explosion as 370 people worked underground at the mine in the Kemerovo region. Sergei Shoigu, the Emergency Situations … [Read more...] about Will feminists ask for equal opportunities in such deadly jobs?