Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 20, Rule 18 -- Execution - Partition suit - Decree for all purposes determined the entitlement or right to possession, mesne profits and first option regarding the mode and manner of working out shares in the event of default in the sale of subject matter - Direction to file a fresh application after passing of a Final Decree is completely..........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 28 -- Decree for specific performance - Principles guiding the exercise of power u/s 28 of the Act are : (i) decree for specific performance of a contract is in the nature of a preliminary decree and therefore, till deed is executed pursuant to decree, Court that passed the decree is vested with jurisdiction to either rescind the..........
Rent and Eviction -- Bona fide need - Trial Court had passed a decree for eviction on the basis of evidence on record which was reversed by Appellate Court - It was therefore necessary for High Court to have taken into consideration the entire material available on record including affidavit of defendant which denied bona fide need of plaintiffs - Thus, by failing to do..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 483 -- Bail - Jurisdiction of a Court while considering bail is confined to assess whether accused should be released pending investigation or trial and to impose conditions to ensure fair investigation or trial and as such it does not extend to adjudicate in civil rights or directing recovery of alleged dues...........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 483 -- Bail - Granted with condition directing sale of immovable property of accused - Jurisdiction of Court while granting bail is not to decide civil rights or disputes or impose conditions which virtually grant the final civil relief which complainant may be urging - Such conditions would be alien to bail provisions...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 156(3) -- Nature and scope - While exercising jurisdiction u/s 156(3) Cr.P.C. Magistrate is required to merely peruse application and examine whether facts disclosed therein prima facie disclose necessary ingredients of cognizable offences requiring investigation by police and is not expected to undertake an exhaustive evaluation of..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, 156(3), Constitution of India, 1950, Article 226 -- Quashing at threshold - High Court while exercising its inherent jurisdiction must remain circumspect in interfering with an order u/s 156(3) Cr.P.C. and ought to intervene only where it is evident that order lacks any legal foundation, suffers from perversity or that the same..........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 8, 20, 25, 29 -- Contraband - Quashing of proceedings - Substantial quantity of contraband (ganja) has been recovered - No categorical material on record at this stage to conclusively establish that recovery was pre-planned, foisted or fabricated - Plea of false implication constitute matters squarely falling..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125, 128 -- (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Ss.144, 147) - Enforcement of order passed u/s 125 Cr.P.C (S.144 BNSS) - Gram Nyayalaya has jurisdiction to try and decide applications and cases relating to maintenance under chapter IX Cr.P.C (Chapter X BNSS) - Nyayadhikari of Gram Nyayalaya, directed to decide pending execution..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Sale deeds executed by defendants in favour of third parties during pendency of litigation are certainly hit by doctrine of lis pendens and are non est - Plaintiffs have got sale deed of suit land executed in their favour by following due process of law on the basis of decree of specific performance granted in their favour by..........
