Hi all
My wife had her cross examination yesterday in Cr PC 125. Prior to that I prepated a list of around 100 questions alongwith my lawyer. When we started questioning her on each point of her Affidavit, Judge stopped us and said he would only consider three principles laid down by 2008 SC judgement ( maybe Chaturbhuj and Sitabai) - Desititution, Husband can support and whether there was any neglect
Salient points are below:
1. We established that my wife accompanied me in all my domestic and international trips. And at all these locations, she admitted that i looked after from "so so" to "very good"
2. She said i beat her and hence she left the home. Judge took it and recorded in the disposition at face value
3. I showed the judge that i had deposited nearly 20 lacs in her name solely. Judge asked my lawyer as to how much of the money can she use right away? Lawyer didnt answer and i didnt intervene since judge didnt ask me directly. I am planning to submit this point as my evidence.
4. We asked her on her alleged dowry from her father etc- she said they paid - so the disposition was " i dont agree that the allegation that my father didnt pay any dowry was false" - infact this was the same comment whenever she wa quiet or when she denied - eben though she didnt have any proof. My question is, is this somehtign to be worried about or something that we can take up during argument stage
5. Judge asked her thrice if she wants to join me back. she refused citing " i dont trust him" - judge also commented that he just sees an ego issue with her and he believes that i did beat her and he also thinks the lawyers on both sides didnt do any counseliing. I didnt react since it was her cross examination
6. In between when wife started crying judge said he will end the examination and delete all records.
7. Points where wife scored good points were when she accepted that its my and her shared responsbility to look after my old parents.
8. Wife accepted that with her educational qualifications she can earn upto 15K pm though she is not working now
9. Wife accepted that i have an insurance policy on my sons name with her as nominee but still neglected him
So question to experts- based on the above , am i on a strong or a weak wicket? I guess there is sufficient info provided and also admission on her part that i didnt neglect her. I definitely can support her. Now i guess i need to prove that she wasnt vagrant. Is this correct? Any other things i need to be prepared for my cross examinatio