Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of written statement - Proposed amendments does not merely elaborate or clarify defence, rather, it completely displaces earlier admissions and substitute an entirely contrary case - Delay of more than four years in seeking amendment also assumes considerable significance - Belated attempt to resile from earlier..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 9 -- Rejoinder - Proposed rejoinder is intended only to specifically traverse and rebut new factual assertions introduced in written statement - Bar against raising a new case through subsequent pleadings is not attracted - Issues in suit are yet to be framed and both parties will have adequate opportunity to lead evidence -..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of written statement - Amendment sought after a delay of 7 years from filing of written statement - No new fact is going to be pleaded and amendment if allowed would not change the nature of defence raised by defendant - Application allowed subject to payment of costs of Rs.30,000/-...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 24 -- Transfer of matrimonial case - Wife sought transfer of divorce proceedings on the ground that she is financially dependent on her parents and therefore unable to pursue proceedings in Pune - She has been deliberately delaying the matter for over four years as recorded in 2024 and even remained absent for nearly seven months..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151, Order 8, Rule 1 -- Written statement - Not filed within time - Denying a party opportunity to place their defence on record risks compromising the very foundation of a fair adjudication and may result in erroneous or one-sided findings - Moreover, such delay could have been addressed through imposition of appropriate costs -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307 -- Murder - Testimony of eye witnesses - Prosecution failed to prove that alleged eye witnesses had witnessed accused assaulting deceased - Names of alleged eye witnesses were not mentioned in written report - Police statement of PW6, PW7, PW8 were recorded after delay of 20 days of incident - No reason for recording their..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13 -- Divorce petition - Amendment of written statement to set up plea of restitution of conjugal rights - Such plea was in knowledge of husband but same was not set up for the last 10 years - Amendment sought when case was fixed for final hearing - Application for amendment filed just to delay..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151 -- Additional evidence - Suit for specific performance - Application filed by defendant to place on record family settlement - However, there is no reference of said family settlement in written statement - Parties had already closed their evidence at the time of filing of application - Even, part arguments had already been heard -..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 6A -- Counter claim - Counter-claim was filed more than a year after written statement - Delay in filing counter-claim was unexplained and unreasonable and trial Court rightly found that allowing it at this stage would prejudice plaintiff and prolong the proceedings - Moreover, record shows that defendants did not seek leave in..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13, Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Ex parte decree - Setting aside - Condonation of delay - Neither did respondent No.1 and co-respondents nor so-called attending doctor of respondent No.1 stepped into witness box to prove that respondent no.1 was ill - Assuming that respondent No.1 was so sick which prevented him from..........
