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==‘Dowry plaint after husband’s divorce plea not vendetta” HC==
[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=16_05_2024_012_004_cap_TOI  May 16, 2024: ''The Times of India'']

Bhopal/Jabalpur : If a woman remained quiet about dowry harassment to save her marriage and lodged a complaint after her husband filed for divorce, it cannot be construed as an act of vendetta, Madhya Pradesh high court has said while refusing to quash an FIR filed against the husband and in-laws, reports Ashutosh Shukla.

 The husband had filed a petition seeking quashing of the FIR, arguing that his wife lodged an FIR for dowry harassment in retaliation to his divorce petition.

 Quoting Supreme Court orders on what forms a “counter blast” to an action, like filing of divorce by a husband, Justice G S Ahluwalia said: “If the wife had maintained silence in order to save her marital life and did not lodge the report, then her silence for the noble cause should not be considered against her by holding that the FIR was lodged by way of counter blast to the divorce petition.”