This is to chronicle the journey of the PWDV Act 2005 through the years from its enactment.
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This is to chronicle the journey of the PWDV Act 2005 through the years from its enactment.
Here is a listing of judgments for the offence of Contempt of Court . See the bare act here Contempt of Courts Act.
Go to MAIN Index here.
List of judgments that can be used in your applications to request for release/return of your passport from Indian Courts.
Landmark Judgments of Hon’ble Supreme Court
Judgments of Hon’ble High Courts in India
Index page here.
Listed below are few judgments which deal with maintenance for knifes under Section 125 of CrPC [now Section 144 BNSS]. Some are judgments of various courts where there are modifications done to the interim maintenance granted to Knife. The reason for this listing is to initiate Perjury proceedings against the Knife (apart from an application for Contempt of Courts), as and when applicable. Some helpful judgements are here.
In some recent judgments of High Courts, it is being held that capable to earn is NOT equated to earning currently. Banking on this aspect only is not helpful and can be suicidal if this is the only argument victim-husband has.
Supreme Court
Allahabad High Court
Andhra Pradesh High Court
Trial Courts:
Bombay High Court
Calcutta High Court
Chhattisgarh High Court
Delhi High Court Judgments
Trial Courts:
Gauhathi High Court
Gujarat High Court
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
Jharkhand High Court
Karnataka High Court
Kerala High Court
Madhya Pradesh High Court
Madras High Court
Orissa High Court
Patna High Court
Punjab and Haryana High Court
Telangana High Court
Uttarakhand High Court
Index of all Maintenance judgments is here.
Listed below are few judgments which deal with maintenance and alimony under Hindu Marriage Act.
Supreme Court
Allahabad High Court
Andhra Pradesh High Court
Bombay High Court
Delhi High Court
Karnataka High Court
Madhya Pradesh High Court
Madras High Court
Punjab & Haryana High Court
Telangana High Court
Index of all Maintenance judgments is here.
Here are list of judgments where husband and/or his family and relatives acquitted from False Criminal Matrimonial Cases. These are the so called Success Stories. Hope it helps.
Bombay High Court:
MASTER SITEMAP here.
Here is the listing of divorce grant judgments on various grounds as per the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
NOTE: This will be a running document, meaning, it will be frequently updated with judgments as and when I find them.
Supreme Court Judgments
Andhra Pradesh High Court
Allahabad High Court
Bombay High Court
Calcutta High Court
Chhattisgarh High Court
Delhi High Court
Jharkhand High Court
Karnataka High Court
Kerala High Court
Madras High Court
Madhya Pradesh High Court
Patna High Court
Punjab and Haryana High Court
Telangana High Court
MASTER SITEMAP here.
The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (Section 13) provides several grounds for divorce, including:
Many judicial decisions interpret these grounds and clarify what conduct qualifies as cruelty or desertion.
Mental cruelty refers to conduct that causes severe emotional suffering or mental distress to a spouse, making it impossible to continue marital life. Courts have held that false criminal complaints, humiliation, threats, or persistent harassment can constitute mental cruelty.
Desertion occurs when one spouse abandons the other without reasonable cause and without consent, with the intention of ending marital cohabitation. Courts evaluate both physical separation and intention to desert while deciding such cases.
Divorce by mutual consent under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act allows spouses to dissolve their marriage by agreement. Both parties must jointly state that they have been living separately and cannot live together anymore.
The Supreme Court has clarified that the six-month cooling-off period under Section 13-B(2) is not mandatory and can be waived by courts if the marriage has irretrievably broken down and reconciliation is not possible.
The Supreme Court of India, using its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, can dissolve a marriage when it finds that the relationship has irretrievably broken down and there is no possibility of reconciliation.
However, ordinary family courts cannot grant divorce solely on this ground unless recognised under law
Yes. Courts have repeatedly held that false accusations of adultery, dowry harassment, or criminal misconduct against a spouse may amount to mental cruelty, which is a valid ground for divorce.
Yes. Judicial decisions have held that continuous threats or attempts of suicide by a spouse can amount to mental cruelty, as it causes severe emotional distress and makes matrimonial life intolerable.
Under Section 14 of the Hindu Marriage Act, a divorce petition cannot ordinarily be filed within one year of marriage. However, courts may allow it earlier if there are exceptional circumstances or extreme hardship.
Yes. Courts may grant permanent alimony or maintenance under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act depending on factors such as income, financial condition, and needs of the spouse.
Courts have increasingly accepted electronic evidence such as recordings, messages, and digital communications if they are relevant and admissible under the Indian Evidence Act.
Yes. A divorce decree can be challenged by filing an appeal before a higher court within the statutory time limit. Courts can set aside divorce orders if they find procedural errors, fraud, or lack of evidence.
Is it a crime to lie under oath in India?
Yes.
Any person can ‘seek the Public Servant to initiate Perjury Proceedings’
Section 340 of Cr.P.C. contains the law procedure that has to be followed in Perjury proceedings. The provision from BNSS is Section 379.
Section 195 of Cr.P.C contains offences against public justice and for offences relating to documents given in evidence.
Court can initiate Perjury Proceedings, Suo moto
Section 344 of Cr.P.C contains the law procedure that the Court can invoke against any witness appearing in such proceeding who had knowingly or willfully given false evidence or had fabricated false evidence with the intention that such evidence should be used in such proceeding.
These are 30+ various provisions under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that cater to definition and punishment for various perjuries of opposite parties and other public servants.
As per CrPC sec 195(1)(a), the following is the list of 18 provisions of contempt to the lawful authority of public servants. Key here is, a complaint can only be filed by such public servant or by a superior officer of such public servant. Generally Police folks and their bosses, but there is not much history of police filing complaints to Court for the following offences.
IPC 172: Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding
IPC 173: Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof
IPC 174: Non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant
IPC 174A: Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 82 of Act 2 of 1974
IPC 175: Omission to produce document to public servant by person legally bound to produce it
IPC 176: Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it
IPC 177: Furnishing false information
IPC 178: Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it
IPC 179: Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question
IPC 180: Refusing to sign statement
IPC 181: False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to administer an oath or affirmation
IPC 182: False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to the injury of another person
IPC 183: Resistance to the taking of property by the lawful authority of a public servant
IPC 184: Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant
IPC 185: Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant
IPC 186: Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions
IPC 187: Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance
IPC 188: Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant
For these 18 offences, an application u/s 340 CrPC can not be filed. Also no private complaint under 190/200 CrPC is maintainable by any other person, but representations may be made to the SHO of the Police Station concerned or to the Office of SP/CP.
As per CrPC sec 195(1)(b), the following is the list of 16 provisions of contempt to the lawful authority of Courts. Key here is, a complaint can only be filed by such Court or by such officer of the Court as that Court may authorise in writing in this behalf, or by a superior Court of such Court. Generally Trial Courts and their Appellate Courts. Again no private complaint under 190/200 CrPC is maintainable. For these 16 offences, an application u/s 340 CrPC can be filed; even by a stranger to the case.
IPC 193: Punishment for offenses u/s 191 & 192 IPC
IPC 194: Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence
IPC 195: Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment
IPC 195A: Threatening any person to give false evidence
IPC 196: Using evidence known to be false
IPC 199: False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence
IPC 200: Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false
IPC 205: False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution
IPC 206: Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
IPC 207: Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
IPC 208: Fraudulently suffering decree for sum not due
IPC 209: Dishonestly making false claim in Court
IPC 210: Fraudulently obtaining decree for sum not due
IPC 211: False charge of offence made with intent to injure
IPC 228: Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding
Terms used in judgments are misrepresentation, unclean hands, fraud on court, misuse of administration of justice etc if you are searching for judgments online.
Here are the judgments for your usage in your cases under above IPC sections.
IMP NOTE: Apart from the listed (and implied) sections, there are many more provisions of IPC which can be filed as a direct complaint as per 154 CrPC, 155 CrPC or 190/200 CrPC. The said procedure under sec CrPC 340 does not apply to those sections. Like IPC 218 etc.
Additionally, such contemnors are liable for punishment under Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 as well, at the State High Court.
Supreme Court Judgment
Allahabad High Court Judgment
Andhra Pradesh High Court Judgment
District Courts:
Bombay High Court Judgment
Calcutta High Court Judgment
Delhi High Court Judgment
Gujarat High Court Judgment
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladhak High Court Judgment
Karnataka High Court Judgment
Karnataka High Court Judgment
Madhya Pradesh High Court Judgment
Madras High Court Judgment
Punjab and Haryana High Court Judgment
High Court for the State of Telangana Judgment
Uttarakhand High Court Judgment
Go here for Cases where Perjury Proceedings were initiated.
MASTER SITEMAP here.
Listed here are Judgments in support of legal point
Decisions of Civil Courts are binding on the Criminal Courts
Here is a list the Supreme Court of India judgments applicable to various legal grounds to go for Discharge u/s 227 or 239 or 245 and Quash u/s 482.
Included few High Court judgments too for reference. Read the individual judgments to find the operative text of the respective judgments.
There are quite a few legal grounds on the basis of which a case can be discharged at Magistrate/Sessions Court or Quashed (High Court and Supreme Court).
Note1: Read State Of Orissa Vs Debendra Nath Padhi on 29 November, 2004 to understand that during Quash proceedings at High Court, Evidence of Sterling/Unimpeachable Quality from Defence/Accused can be adduced to dismantle the case of Prosecution at Trial Court.)
Note2: Second 482 CrPC petition is maintainable as per Landmark judgment in ‘Superintendent and Remembrancer of Legal Affairs West Bengal Vs Mohan Singh and Ors on 08 Oct 1974‘.
Note3: A Petition under section 482 CrPC is maintainable even when a Revision is available under 397/401 CrPC says, ‘Dhariwal Tobaco Products Ltd and Ors Vs State of Maharashtra and Anr on 17 Dec 2008‘. This view is re-affirmed by a 3-Judge bench of Supreme Court in, Prabhu Chawla Vs State of Rajasthan and Anr on 05 Sep 2016.
Note4: Read recent landmark decision of a Full bench of the Apex Court on when to/not to Quash a FIR/case in ‘Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt Ltd Vs State of Maharashtra and Ors‘ [2021 SCC ONLINE SC 315]
Note4: In recent landmark judgment Pradeep Kumar Kesarwani Vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr on 02 Sep 2025, Supreme Court issued 4-steps test/procedure to be followed by High Courts, in alleged False Rape cases.
Note: If you want to read this thread from beginning, go here.
No Jurisdiction Judgments
Vague and General and omnibus Allegations
Allegations do not attract provisions of Sections in FIR
Maliciously Instituted/ Counterblast cases/ Delay Not explained Cases
Material evidence required that supports allegations
Approaching Court with unclean hands
498A IPC not maintainable due to null and void marriage/Earlier Divorce
Discharge Judgments u/s 227 Cr.P.C.
Discharge Judgments u/s 239 Cr.P.C.
MASTER SITEMAP here.
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