Category: Harassment
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Whether Husband is liable for misappropriation of Stridhan Property?
The question that arose in the case of PRATIBHA RANI VS SURAJ KUMAR AND ANOTHER AIR 1985 SUPREME COURT 628 is whether a case of misappropriation under Section 405 IPC and 406 IPC would entail if a husband misappropriates the stridhan property of the wife. The brief facts are that the High Court had quashed…
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Harassment in “Public Place” is a requirement for Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman Act, 1998
The State Legislation of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman Act was legislated in the year 1998 by the Tamil Nadu State Legislature to check on raising incidents of the woman harassment. The term “Harassment” is defined under clause(a) of Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman Act, 1998 as under: “the term…