Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 820 · Decided 14 September 2018
Social Action Forum for Manav Adhikar and Another v. Union of India Ministry of Law and Justice and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 820 · [2018] 12 S.C.R. 19
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 73/2015
- Decided
- 14 September 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.M. KHANWILKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498; CrPC Section 482, 205, 317, 41; Constitution
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.498-A - Matrimonial disputes - Directions issued in Rajesh Sharma and Others v. State of U.P. and Another, [2017] 9 SCR 529 - Modification in - Amicus Curiae contended that directions issued Sharma case pertaining to s.498-A of IPC required reconsideration - Held: 1) Earlier, the Court had directed constitution of the Family Welfare Committees by the District Legal Services Authorities and prescribed the duties of the Committees - The Committees were empowered to suggest a
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