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Vijayabai and ors. Vs. State of Maharashtra

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 1995Supp(2)SCC734

..... section 3 of the act. in other words, his submission is that demand of dowry as contemplated under section 4 of the act has not been proved.6. the dowry prohibition act, 1961 was enacted in 1961 and object of the act is to prohibit the evil practice of giving and taking of dowry. section 2 defines dowry as :in this act, dowry means any property or ..... jayachandra reddy and; a.s. anand, jj.1. special leave granted.2. heard learned counsel for the parties.3. the matter arises under the dowry prohibition act, 1961. the second appellant and the third appellant are the parents of the first appellant madhusadan. the prosecution case is that aruna the bride to be ..... to the police and a case was registered under section 306 ipc. trial commenced and sometime later during the course of the trial, a charge under dowry prohibition act was also framed. the accused pleaded not guilty of the charge. the trial court acquitted all the accused holding that the prosecution case regarding the payment of .....

S. Gopal Reddy Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 1996VAD(SC)229; AIR1996SC2184; 1996(2)ALD(Cri)926; 1996(2)ALT(Cri)418; 1996(2)BLJR1329; 1996CriLJ3237; 1996(3)Crimes35(SC); II(1997)DMC100SC; JT1996(6)SC268; 1996(II)OLR(SC

..... and to r.i. for 6 months and a fine of rs. 1000 each and in default s.i. for six months for the offence under section 4 dowry prohibition act, 1961 (hereinafter the act.) in an appeal against their sentence and conviction, the additional metropolitan sessions judge held that no offence under section 420 i.p.c. was made out and set aside ..... orderdr. a.s. anand, j.1. the appellant alongwith his brother was tried for offences under section 420 i.p.c. read with section 4 dowry prohibition act, 1961. the trial court convicted them both and sentenced them to undergo 9 months r.i. and to a fine of rs. 500 each and in default to undergo s. ..... an error in not correctly interpreting the ambit and scope of section 4 of the dowry prohibition act, 1961 read with the definition of 'dowry' under section 2 of the said act. according to the learned counsel for 'demand' of dowry to become an offence under section 4 of the act, it must be made at the time of marriage and not during the negotiations for .....

S. Gopal Reddy. Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1996SC2184; 1996(3)Crimes35; 1996(102)CriLJ3237; 1996(5)SCALE78; 1996(4)SCC596; 1996SCC(Cri)792; 1996(1)MLJ(Crl)730

..... . for 6 months and a fine of rs. 1000/- each and in default s.i. for six months for the offence under section 4, dowry prohibition act, 1961 (hereinafter the act). in an appeal against their sentence and conviction, the additional metropolitan sessions judge held that no offence under section 420, ipc was made out and set ..... not correctly interpreting the ambit and scope of section 4 of the dowry prohibition act, 1961 read with the definition of 'dowry' under section 2 of the said act. according to the learned counsel, for "demand" of dowry to become an offence under section 4 of the act, it must be made at the time of marriage and not ..... l. v. jadhav v. shankarrao abasaheb pawar, opined that the expression "dowry" wherever used in the act must be liberally construed.6. before proceeding further, we consider it desirable to notice some of the relevant provisions of the dowry prohibition act, 1961."section 2 - 'dowry' means any property or valuable security given or agreed to be given either .....

Sakhi Mandalani Vs. State of Bihar and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 2000(1)ALD(Cri)73; JT1999(8)SC351; 1999(II)OLR(SC)341; (1999)5SCC705

..... the sister-in-law of the deceased manju mandalani, was convicted under sections 304b/34, 498-a i.p.c. and under sections 3 and 4 of the dowry prohibition act, 1961. she was sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment under section 304-b i.p.c.; 3 years ri under section 498-a i.p.c.; and 6 months ..... husband or relative shall be deemed to have caused her death.explanation.-for the purposes of this sub-section, 'dowry' shall have the same meaning as in section 2 of the dowry prohibition act, 1961 (28 of 1961).(2) whoever commits dowry death shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years but which may extend ..... to imprisonment for life.4. the above section indicates that demand for dowry and harassment for that reason are the essential .....

Reema Aggarwal Vs. Anupam and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2004SC1418; 2004(1)ALD(Cri)452; (2004)3CALLT16(SC); 2004CriLJ892; I(2004)DMC201SC; JT2004(1)SC177; 2004(2)KLT822(SC); 2004(1)SCALE264; (2004)3SCC199

..... 'dowry', while section 5 is a significant provision making agreement for giving or taking ..... of such property under section 27 of the marriage act. property presented to the husband and wife at or about the time of marriage belongs to them jointly.13. the dowry prohibition act, 1961 (in short the 'dowry act') was introduced to combat the ever-increasing menace of dowry. the avowed object is prohibition on giving and taking of dowry. section 2 defines 'dowry'. section 4 provides the penalty for demanding .....

Koppisetti Subbharao @ Subramaniam Vs. State of A.P.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2009SC2684; 2009CriLJ3480; JT2009(6)SC212; RLW2009(2)SC1419; 2009(6)SCALE528; (2009)12SCC331; 2009(4)KCCRSN228.; 2009AIRSCW4122; 2009(4)LHSC2221

..... 'dowry', while section 5 is a significant provision making agreement for giving or taking ..... of such property under section 27 of the marriage act. property presented to the husband and wife at or about the time of marriage belongs to them jointly.12. the dowry prohibition act, 1961 (in short the `dowry act') was introduced to combat the ever-increasing menace of dowry. the avowed object is prohibition on giving and taking of dowry. section 2 defines 'dowry'. section 4 provides the penalty for demanding .....

United States Vs. Peters

Court : US Supreme Court

..... and though a difference of sentiment exists, a majority of the court is clearly of opinion that the motion ought to be granted. therefore let a prohibition issue. the prohibition issued, accordingly, in the following form: "united states, ss." "the president of the united states to the honorable richard peters esquire, judge of the ..... and brought within the dominions and jurisdiction of the said republic for legal adjudication, by vessels of war belonging to the sovereignty of the said republic, acting under the same, and of all questions incidental thereto, does of right and exclusively belong to the tribunals and judiciary establishments of the said republic and ..... and brought within the dominions and jurisdiction of the said republic for legal adjudication by vessels of war belonging to the sovereignty of the said republic, acting under the authority of the same, and of all questions incidental thereto, does of right and exclusively belong to the tribunals and judiciary establishments of .....

Ludlow Vs. Bingham

Court : US Supreme Court

..... not the point of the cause, and ought, therefore, to be disregarded; 1 burr. 526. 3 burr. 1730. the only point turning on the question, whether a prohibition ought to issue. the debt due, and the debt attached, were both upon bonds, not on a bill of exchange. holt. 179. the incidental observations relied page 4 ..... 2d. but negotiable paper of this description, is not within the spirit, intent, and meaning of the attachment law of pennsylvania. the opposite doctrine would render our act of assembly a perfect snare; and inevitably prevent the extra-territorial negotiation of any note, or bill of exchange, on which any citizen of pennsylvania was drawer or ..... promissory notes upon a footing with inland bills: after an indorsement, therefore, promissory notes are to be regarded as foreign bills of exchange. it is true, that our act of assembly limits the drawer's responsibility to an indorsee, by the measure of his responsibility to the payee; but nothing can be more extravagant, or unjust, than .....

Polk's Lessee Vs. Wendal

Court : US Supreme Court

..... v. wendal 13 u.s. (9 cranch) 87 error to the circuit court for the district of west tennessee syllabus the act of north carolina, 1783, ch. 2, opening the land office did not prohibit a person from making several different entries, amounting in the whole to more than five thousand acres, nor from purchasing the rights acquired ..... the amount for which an entry might be made. but the same person is not, in this act, forbidden to make different entries, and entries were transferable. no prohibition appears in the act, which should prevent the assignee of several entries, or the person who has made several entries, from uniting them in one survey and patent. the ..... by others by entries, nor from uniting several entries in one survey and patent, and such union of several entries is allowed by the act of 1784, ch. 19. .....

The William King

Court : US Supreme Court

..... have prevented her departure from the port. was, then, the sailing to a foreign port a prohibited act under the embargo law to a registered or sea letter vessel? if so, the commission of such an act was a cause of forfeiture under the act of january 9, 1808. and here the only doubt is whether the words "an embargo shall ..... "such vessels shall be prohibited to sail," which words, had they been used in the act, would have left no scope for doubt. the only facts which ..... or sea letter vessel on a foreign voyage. the language of the act is certainly not very happily chosen, but when we look into the definition of the word "embargo," we find it to mean "a prohibition to sail." substituting this paraphrase for the word "embargo," it reads "a prohibition to sail shall be imposed," &c.;, or in other words, .....