Hon'ble Supreme Court of India on 498A

Hon'ble Supreme Court of India Rajesh Sharma & ors. Vs. State of U.P. & Anr., 

Law Point: to prevent the misuse of Section 498A, as acknowledged in certain studies and decisions

REPORTABLE

 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

 CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1265 OF 2017 

[Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.2013 of 2017] 

        Rajesh Sharma & ors.                                 .....Appellant
                        Versus
        State of U.P. & Anr.                                     ....Respondant

 J U D G M E N T

The question which has arisen in this appeal is whether any directions are called for to prevent the misuse of Section 498A, as acknowledged in certain studies and decisions. The Court requested Shri A.S. Nadkarni, learned ASG and Shri V.V. Giri, learned senior counsel to assist the Court as amicus. We place on record our gratitude for the assistance rendered by learned ASG Shri Nadkarni and learned senior counsel Shri Giri who in turn wasably assisted by advocates Ms. Uttara Babbar, Ms. Pragya Baghel and Ms. Svadha Shanker.

Hon'ble  Justice
Adarsh Kumar Goel
Uday Umesh Lalit
Place:New Delhi
Date: July 27th, 2017