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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Complaint in Bigamy Case Under Section 482 CrPC Due to Abuse of Process. Family Court's Binding Finding That Accused Had No Prior Subsisting Marriage Renders Complaint Under Sections 494 and 495 IPC Meritless, Preventing Reagitation of Decided Issue.

The appeal arose from a judgment of a Single Judge of the Gauhati High Court dated 4 April 2018, which dismissed an application under Section 482 of t...

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Supreme Court Affirms Interim Maintenance for Wife and Son in Matrimonial Dispute. Court Frames Guidelines on Maintenance Under Section 125 Cr.P.C. and Other Enactments to Ensure Uniformity and Consistency.

The case arises from an application for interim maintenance filed by the wife and minor son under Section 125 Cr.P.C. The wife left the matrimonial ho...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Muslim Divorced Woman in Maintenance Case — Family Court Has Jurisdiction Under Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986. High Court erred in holding that Family Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain application under Section 3 of the Act.

The appeal arose from a judgment of the Rajasthan High Court which set aside an order of the Family Court granting maintenance to a Muslim divorced wo...

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Supreme Court Holds Plaintiff Can Plead Adverse Possession Under Article 65 of Limitation Act — Preliminary Issue Covered by Ravinder Kaur Grewal. The Court overruled earlier decisions and directed merits consideration.

The Supreme Court disposed of three civil appeals involving a preliminary issue: whether a plaintiff can take the plea of adverse possession under Art...

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Supreme Court Allows Suit Based on Adverse Possession — Overrules Earlier View That Adverse Possession Can Only Be Used as Shield. Plaintiff Who Has Perfected Title by Adverse Possession Can Sue for Declaration and Protection or Recovery of Possession.

The Supreme Court addressed the question whether a person claiming title by adverse possession can maintain a suit for declaration of title and for pr...

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Supreme Court Acquits Husband in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Proximity Between Dowry Demand and Death. Demand for Gold Chain Two Years Before Death Held Not 'Soon Before' Under Section 304-B IPC, Breaking the Live Link Required for Conviction.

The appeal arose from a conviction under Section 304-B IPC for dowry death. The appellant, Mahesh Kumar, was married to Omwati on 26.05.1991. The pros...

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Supreme Court Allows Partition Suit by Granddaughter of Former Ruler — Private Properties of Nawab of Rampur to Be Distributed Under Muslim Personal Law, Not Primogeniture. Merger Agreement Guarantee of Succession to Gaddi Does Not Cover Private Properties Declared Under Article 4.

The case concerns the succession to properties declared as private properties by Nawab Raza Ali Khan, the former ruler of Rampur, under the Merger Agr...