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Lunacy Act

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RAMANUJ PANDEYversusTHE STATE OF M. P. AND ORS.

2009 INSC 779Case Partly allowed

Ramanuj Pandey, a Head Constable of the Madhya Pradesh Police, apprehended Laxmi Narain, a dam operator, and lodged a complaint under Section 13 of the Lunacy Act alleging insanity. Laxmi Narain's son filed a complaint, leading to a departmental inquiry that found Pandey guilty of detaining a public …

KARUMANDA GOUNDERversusMUTHUSWAMY GOUNDER AND ORS.

1996 INSC 47Dismissed

Karumanda Gounder appealed against a High Court order that upheld the sale of a parcel of land originally gifted by his brother Komaraswamy Gounder to a third party and then sold to Muthuswamy Gounder. Karumanda claimed the land was joint family property and that his brother, being a "mild lunatic," …

RAM NARAIN GUPTAversusSMT. RAMESHWARI GUPTA

1988 INSC 271Dismissed

The husband filed a suit for dissolution of marriage under Section 13(1)(iii) of the Hindu Marriage Act, alleging that his wife suffered from schizophrenia so severe that cohabitation was unsafe. The trial court granted a decree of divorce, but the Allahabad High Court reversed it, holding that the …