2nd wife can lodge dowry case Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court has upheld that a second wife too has the right to lodge dowry harassment case against her husband. Justice U. Durga Prasad Rao dismissed a petition by Nalla Thirupathi Reddy seeking to quash the case lodged by his wife under Section 498 (A) of The IPC. The petitioner challenged the second wife’s locus standi on grounds that she is not his legally wedded wife, but a second wife. According to the respondent wife, the petitioner married her with the consent of his first wife as she was critically injured in a fire accident. The petitioner was paid Rs 2lakhs and a piece of land worth Rs 1 lakh at the time ofmarriage by her parents.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 11:13:34 +0000
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