Posted on 07/22/2009 11:26:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Dubai resident, Dimple Carvalho (36), has moved the Bombay high Court after finding her name in a dowry harassment case lodged by a
south Mumbai resident. Kavita Shah (44) has claimed that Dimple had an "illicit'' relationship with her husband Paresh Shah. Dimple has denied the allegation or that she had any role to play in the alleged incidents of harassment.
A division bench of Justice Bilal Nazki and Justice A R Joshi on Wednesday reserved its judgment in the case. The court will also decide on another application filed by Paresh's parents-Lal Shah and Dhanvanti Shah -who have also been named in the case.
Dimple's lawyer Aabad Ponda argued before the court that Section 498 A-the provision in the IPC relating to dowry harassment-could only be slapped against the husband or his relatives. Kavita was represented by advocates Anand Grover and Vijay Hiremath. Grover told the court that the case also dealt with harassment.
According to the FIR, Kavita claims she was subjected to physical and mental harassment by Paresh, who also treated her "brutally''.
DIMPLE?
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