Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 25 -- Permanent alimony - Considering the facts and circumstances of case, socio-economic status of parties, amount of Rs.5,00,000 as one time settlement in favour of wife shall serve the purpose of equity and meet the ends of justice - Husband directed to pay said amount as permanent alimony to wife...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife - Subsistence of first marriage of wife - Wife admits her subsisting marriage with her earlier husband and there is no decree of divorce - Plea of wife that she acted on basis of mutual settlement and notarized deed cannot confer her legal status, particularly when she herself initiated divorce proceedings..........
Settlement -- A settlement arrived at under concerned statute cannot be allowed to be reopened or modified...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 97, 99, 101, Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 21, 22E -- Execution - Award of Lok Adalat - Executing Court can address questions which arise incidentally in the course of working out execution, such as whether and to what extent decree can be enforced against a particular person in possession and in what manner -..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 438, 442 -- Revision - Settlement - Law would discourage settlements at the revisional stage...........
Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 48 -- Release of land - Having accepted monetary settlement without challenge and remained passive during litigation spanning several years, it cannot now seek benefits from relief secured by others - Confluence of its commercial status, nature of relief and practical impossibility of restoration due to intervening modifications..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 147 -- Dishonour of cheque - Compounding of offence - Guidelines modified, viz. (a) If accused pays cheque amount before recording of his evidence (namely defence evidence), then Trial Court may allow compounding of offence without imposing any cost or penalty on accused; (b) If accused makes payment of cheque amount post..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Service of summons - Directions issued: (a) In all cases filed u/s 138 of the Act, service of summons shall not be confined through prescribed usual modes but shall also be issued dasti i.e. summons shall be served upon accused by complainant in addition; This direction is necessary as a large number of..........
Custody of child -- Visitation rights - Mother creating hindrance during visits of father to his minor daughter - However, both the parties entered into Joint Compromise Memorandum - Visitation rights, granted to father in view of terms of settlement between parties...........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 34 -- Suit for declaration that decree is illegal, null and void and not binding upon rights of plaintiff and same is liable to be set aside as decree is obtained on the basis of forged signatures - No family settlement was brought on record on the basis of which judgment and decree was passed - Once plaintiff had not signed the plaint..........
