Supreme Court · 1983 INSC 108 · Decided 30 August 1983
L. V. Jadhav v. Shankarrao Abasaheb Pawar & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1983 INSC 108 · [1983] 3 S.C.R. 762
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 494/1982
- Decided
- 30 August 1983
- Bench
- S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, A. VARADARAJAN, M.P. THAKKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
. ·. Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961-·Sections 2 and 4 scope of-Demand for payment of money made during marriage ceremonies-Demand pressed /ater­ Whethe~ Constitutes an offence under section 4. High Court-ln~erent powe·r-W'hen should be exercised. ·In a con1plaint filed alleged that during the marriage ceremOnies the first respondent {bride­ groom's father) had demanded a large sum of money to be paid to him as dowry and threatened that if the appellant did not pay the sum he would atop further marriage ceremonies, that even after his daughter had gone to
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