“……that the courts at the place where the wife takes shelter after leaving or driven away from the matrimonial home on account of acts of cruelty committed by the husband or his relatives, would, dependent on the factual situation, also have jurisdiction to entertain a complaint alleging commission of offences under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.”
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH RUPALI DEVI — Appellant Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Ranjan Gogoi, CJI, L. Nageswara Rao and Sanjay…