Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 435 -- For an offence u/s 435 IPC prosecution must prove that : (a) the accused committed mischief (section 425, IPC); (b) the said mischief was caused by fire or by an explosive substance; (c) the damage caused thereby amounted to: (i) Rs 10 or upwards if it was agricultural produce, or (ii) Rs 100 or upwards if property is of any other..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 483, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 20(b)(ii)(c), 29 -- Bail - Offence u/ss 20(b)(ii)(c), 29 of NDPS Act - Petitioner was served with a notice u/s 50 Cr.P.C. - However, there was no disclosure of grounds of arrest - Mere mentioning Section of NDPS Act, registered in the F.I.R., cannot be said..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 122 -- Recorded conversation in between husband and wife - Law as to : (i) Provision of S.122 of the Act deals with admissibility of privileged communication made by a married person to a partner during subsistence of marriage; (ii) S.122 of the Act is worded in two parts: (a) Compellability and permissibility - Two parts are separate and have..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125, Family Courts Act, 1984, Section 7, 8, 20 -- Maintenance - Petitioner has never filed any matrimonial petition for annulment of his marriage with `S' either u/ss 11 or 12 of the Hindu Marriage Act and he has filed only a divorce petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act against `S' and it goes without saying that..........
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 20, 3(b)(ii) -- Maintenance to daughter - Marriage expenses - As per Section 3(b)(ii) of the Act, in case of an unmarried daughter, maintenance include not only the reasonable expenses of marriages but also expenses incident to her marriage i.e. which are directly incurred for marriage and which are incurred indirectly or..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 65 -- Secondary evidence - Law as to - (a) Law requires the best evidence to be given first, that is, primary evidence; (b) S.63 of the Evidence Act provides a list of the kinds of documents that can be produced as secondary evidence, which is admissible only in the absence of primary evidence; (c) If the original document is available, it has..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 16 -- Legitimacy of children born out of void and voidable marriage - Law as to: (i) In terms of S.16(1) of the Act, a child of a marriage which is null and void u/s 11 of Hindu Marriage Act is statutorily conferred with legitimacy irrespective of whether (a) such a child is born before or after the commencement of Amending Act 1976; (b) a..........
Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999, Section 22, 23(1)(a) -- Conviction - Quashing of criminal proceedings - It would be clear from the provisions contained in clauses (a) and (b) of sub-sections (1) and (2) of Section 22 of the MCOC Act, enable the Special Court to mandatorily presume that the accused has committed an offence of organized crime if it is..........
Bar Council of India Rules -- Training Rules - Challenged the validity of the Rule, prohibiting enrollment as an Advocate unless he/she is eligible to do so on having undergone training under the Rules - The Rules 47 to 49 of Part VI, Chapter II, Section VII of the BCI Rules stipulate that a person who was entitled to practice would not be engaged in any other employment..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 24, 25 -- Transfer of a case - Broad propositions are : These are (a) balance of convenience or inconvenience to the plaintiff or the defendant or witnesses; (b) convenience or inconvenience of a particular place of trial having regard to the nature of evidence on the points involved in the suit; (c) issues raised by the parties; (d)..........
