Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Appreciation of evidence - Recovery of weapons of assault is not sine qua non for convicting an accused as entire evidence on record is required to be taken into consideration...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Appreciation of evidence - Absence of recovery of weapons of assault would not weaken the case of prosecution in the presence of other evidence on record that is found reliable...........
Auction sale -- Authorities (such as Banks, recovery officers or State bodies) conducting public auctions are legally required to disclose all known encumbrances and litigation relating to property, as failure to do so invalidates the sale - Suppressing such material facts renders auction fraudulent or vitiated by material irregularity...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 26 -- Stay of execution - Ex parte decree - Recovery suit - Execution of ex parte decree was stayed with condition of furnishing security/bank guarantee equal to decreetal amount - Said order has sufficiently secured interest of plaintiff against any uncertainty regarding recovery of decreetal amount - Imposition of such condition..........
Service -- Departmental enquiry after superannuation in absence of any governing rules and regulations - Pension rules not applicable in absence of conscious decision of Board for applicability of such rules to its employees - Corporation had no jurisdiction to institute departmental proceedings against appellant for the alleged misconduct and to direct recovery after..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Rape - Testimony of panch witnesses of recovery of clothes of appellant as well as victim - Signatures of panch witnesses were obtained on written paper at the instance of police - Said witnesses had no occasion to go through contents of said panchnama - Thus, High Court has committed an error while placing reliance upon stains of..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151, Order 37, Rule 4 -- Summary suit for recovery - Ex parte decree - Setting aside - Summons were duly served on the address given by appellants lawyer - Procedure prescribed U.O.37 CPC was adhered to - O.37.R.4 CPC is very categorical that power enshrined therein has to be exercised only on special circumstances - No special..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Ready and willing - Mere presence of plaintiff before Sub Registrar may lead Court to infer willingness of plaintiff but it does not prove his readiness - In order to prove his readiness, plaintiff was required to prove that he possessed financial competency on appointed date i.e., to perform his part - Ingredients of S.16(c) of..........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 18 -- Contraband - Solitary independent witness not examined by prosecution and given up as having been won over - PW3 stated that independent witness had come to place of recovery at about 7.30 A.M. which is much prior to apprehension of accused, who was allegedly apprehended at about 8.30 A.M - Consent..........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 18 -- Contraband - Testimony of official witnesses - Material contradictions in the statements of official witnesses regarding weighment of contraband - Memo of arrest is shown to have been signed by father of accused - Recovery of opium was allegedly effected from possession of accused in the area of village..........
