Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 8, Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, Section 12, 17 -- Birth Certificate - Sexual assault - Conviction - Age of prosecutrix - As per the birth certificate on record prosecutrix was 17 years old at time of the incident - Accused alleged that birth certificate on record is not a valid document as it no..........
Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, Section 12, 17, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 74, 77 -- Birth Certificate - The birth certificate issued by public officer is also a document forming the record of the act of Public Officer - Therefore, birth certificate is a public document provided u/s 74 of Evidence Act and is admissible by mere production as provided u/s. 77..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 173 -- FIR - Zero FIR has been given statutory recognition by incorporating it in S.173 BNSS, which deals with registration of FIR in cognizable cases - Zero FIR has been introduced with primary purpose of ensuring that victims can file complaints regardless of jurisdiction...........
Registration Act, 1908, Section 17 -- Un-registered usufructuary mortgage deed - When an usufructuary mortgage is entered into, where the amount involved is more than Rs.100, then as per S.17 of the Act registration of said document is compulsory - Even though such unregistered document has been received in evidence and marked, plaintiff is entitled to rely on said..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 34, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 4, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Offence u/Ss. 498-A, 34 IPC and 4 DP Act - Quashing of complaint - General allegations - Complainant apart from making bald allegation that co-accused were acting at behest of accused 4, failed to provide any material to connect Accused 4 with..........
Criminal trial -- Financial/monetary disputes - Where several persons named in complaint, due diligence be applied by conducting some sort of pre-registration inquiry in accordance with law by some economic offences cell, dealing with such financial disputes between private parties prior to finalization of complaint, converting into FIR/registration of criminal case...........
Registration Act, 1908, Section 17, 49 -- Un-registered agreement to sell and power of Attorney - Unregistered documents required to be registered are inadmissible in evidence for the purpose of conveying title or completing a sale transaction and can only be admitted for collateral purposes or in a suit for specific performance...........
Registration Act, 1908, Section 17, 49 -- Un-registered agreement to sell - In the absence of a suit for specific performance, agreement to sell cannot be relied upon to claim ownership or to assert any transferable interest in property...........
Registration Act, 1908, Section 17 -- Registration - Compromise decree cannot be set aside on the ground of non-registration having regard to fact that it was based upon prior family settlement between parties...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 74(2) -- Public document - Certified copy of a registered document would be deemed to be considered as public document u/s 74(2) of the Act r/w S.57(5) of Registration Act and it would be admissible in evidence...........
