Supreme Court of India
Sushil Kumar Sharma v. Union of India and Ors.
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Penal Code-Section 498- -Constitutional validity of--Held: ls constitutionally valid and cannot be struck down on the ground of misuse. Legislation-Striking down of-Scope-Held: Possibility of abuse of a provision of law would not invalidate legislation-When there is misuse, it is for the legislature to find out ways to deal with frivolous complaints and allegations. The grievance o( the petitioner in this writ petition is that innocent persons are being victimized by unscrupulous persons making false .accusations under Section 498- IPC hence the said provision be declared unconstitutional and
Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Suresh Kumar Koushal and Another v. Naz Foundation and Others
- 2025 Janshruti (people’s Voice) v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2015 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors.
- 2014 Dr. Subramanian Swamy v. Director, Centeral Bureau of Investigation & Anr.
- 2015 Amrutlal Liladharbhai Kotak & Ors. v. State of Gujarat
Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 mentioned
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