Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 23, Rule 3A -- Rejection of plaint - Suit alleged to be barred U.O.23.R.3-A CPC - Civil suit challenging compromise decree passed by Revenue Court - Separate suit challenging a compromise decree is not maintainable and is barred by U.O.23.R.3-A CPC - Question of legality or validity of a..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 482, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 437(5), 439(2), Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, 306 -- Anticipatory bail - Second petition - Maintainability - Earlier anticipatory bail petition was dismissed on 06.04.2026 and the subsequent petition filed on 16.04.2026 disclosing no change in circumstances, much less..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 482, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 437(5), 439(2), Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Anticipatory bail - Accused already on regular bail - Addition/alteration to graver non-bailable offence during trial and order framing charge - A person released on bail is already in constructive custody of law and..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 311 -- Recall of a witness - Court has power to act suo moto and Court can exercise power if it is of view that circumstances warranting exercising powers u/s 311 Cr.P.C. exist - It is immaterial that circumstances have been brought to notice of Court by complainant or by any other person - Application at the instance of complainant..........
Defamation -- Suit for damages - Death of sole defendant after decreetal of suit during pendency of second appeal - Suit for damages already decreed and Court awarded damages to plaintiff - Liability has taken the form of a debt payable out of estate of deceased defendant - Even though original cause of action was personal in nature, proceedings cannot be treated as..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Central Service Co-operative Bank - Plea that Co-operative Bank does not fall within definition of `Banker' u/s 3 of the Act as it is not licensed by Reserve Bank of India - Supreme Court has emphatically held that essence of "banking" lies in the acceptance of deposits from the public repayable on..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Withdrawal slip drawn on a co-operative Bank - Plea that instrument in question cannot be treated as a cheque is devoid of any merit - Substance of transaction, and not its form or nomenclature, is determinative - If the instrument operates as a mandate for payment drawn on an account maintained with an..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438 -- (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.482) - Anticipatory bail - Mere fact that an accused was in a foreign country when an application for pre-arrest bail u/s 438 Cr.P.C. was filed, does not make application not maintainable...........
Custody of child -- Writ of habeas corpus in child custody matters is maintainable only where detention is shown to be illegal or without authority of law - When child is in custody of a natural guardian such custody cannot ordinarily be termed as illegal so as to justify issuance of a writ, unless there are exceptional or compelling circumstances demonstrating immediate..........
Custody of child -- Claimed by mother - Writ of habeas corpus - Child is in custody of his father - No material on record which shows that custody of child is illegal - There exists no imminent or extraordinary threat perception warranting interference by Court in exercise of writ jurisdiction - Allegations made are yet to be tested before competent forum and cannot be..........
