Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Proceedings u/s 125 Cr.P.C - Whether civil or criminal - Even if non-compliance with an order for payment of maintenance entails penal consequences, as may other decrees of a Civil Court, such proceedings would not qualify or become criminal proceedings - Nomenclature of maintenance proceedings initiated under Cr.P.C, as those..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance proceedings - Proceedings initiated u/s 125 Cr.P.C are summary in nature - Findings in these proceedings do not have a binding effect on any other civil or criminal Court...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125(3) -- Maintenance - Recovery of arrears of maintenance - Execution - Limitation period of one year as contemplated u/s 125(3) Cr.P.C merely prescribes the mode of recovery through Court and not the liability itself - There still remains a continuing liability to pay arrears of maintenance even after the right to recover such..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125, 128 -- Arrears of maintenance - Default in payment - Auction sale - Proceedings for auction has taken place and sale certificate has been executed by civil Judge in favour of wife - Husband has harassed her legally wedded wife till her death - Wife further executed sale deed in favour of certain persons, husband held, not..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife - Nullity of marriage even if it is declared by a competent civil Court is not a bar for wife to claim maintenance...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife - Proceedings u/s 125 Cr.P.C are primarily civil in nature and summary proceedings and strict rules, rules of evidence are not applied by Courts in summary proceedings - Impugned order of rejection of application by Court below taking hyper technical approach that marriage of husband with wife has not been..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance - Though application u/s 125 Cr.P.C is made before Criminal Court as defined u/s 6 Cr.P.C, but right decided by Court is purely civil in nature...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance - Res judicata - Proceedings initiated u/s 125 Cr.P.C is quasi civil and quasi criminal - Provision of S.11 CPC i.e. principle of res judicata is applicable to proceedings u/s 125 Cr.P.C...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance - Impleadment of a party - Impleadment is a concept of civil law - There is no provision in Cr.P.C. which enables a respondent to a proceedings to seek impleadment of some other person in the said proceeding...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125(3) -- Maintenance - Default in payment - Composite sentence of civil imprisonment for a period of 12 months - Court cannot impose composite civil imprisonment in case of default in payment of maintenance arrears/allowances for a period of more than one month in a single stroke - Impugned order held, set aside...........
