Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(g), 14(1)(d), Contract Act, 1872, Section 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, -- Insurance claim - Repudiation..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance by wife - Wife alleging harassment on account of dowry demand by husband immediately after marriage and further claiming that she was thrown away - Husband alleging that she left on her own accord - Wife illiterate and not earning - Husband owning agricultural land and also running a grocery shop - Husband able..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 5(iii), 11, 12, Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, Section 3, 9, 12(a), 18 -- A widower aged 40 married a poor and illiterate girl aged 17 years with her consent - Held, marriage in violation of Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, though invalid is not void under civil law - However, direction issued that girl, till she attains the..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 306 -- Suicide in matrimonial house within 8-9 months of marriage - Prosecution case that husband used to harass the deceased and also subjected her to physical cruelty, because he was not happy with her being illiterate and also wanted to marry again - No evidence of physical torture on dead body as evidence of PW that when he saw..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 306 -- Abetment of suicide - Cruelty - Accused brother in law and co-sister of deceased - Husband of deceased an illiterate whereas deceased was educated one - Husband was doing the avocation of milk vending - Deceased being an educated had a desire to lead sophisticated life - Allegations against the accused that they taunted the..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 3 -- Accused eighteen in number committing murder of seven people - One of the injured eye-witness reported matter to the police after three months - Injured eye-witness and ordinary illiterate villagers from lower caste - Held, it was not possible for the injured eye-witness to remember the names of all the eighteen accused persons along with..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 406, 420 -- Bail - Offence u/ss.406, 420 IPC - Accused an illiterate person and could only put signatures - Taking advantage of that, an agreement to sale of land prepared at the instance of the complainant - Accused not possessing any plot - Signatures were put only for the purpose of obtaining..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 313 -- Each material circumstance should be put simply and separately in a way that an illiterate mind, or one which is perturbed or confused, can readily appreciate and understand...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Rape - Sentence - Sentence less than the minimum - Reason indicated that accused belonged to rural area, was an illiterate labourer and belonged to scheduled tribe - Held, not adequate or special reason to award sentence less than the minimum prescribed...........
Punjab Land Revenue (Lambardari) Rules, 1908, Rule 14, 15, 16 -- Appointment of Lambardar - Petitioner appointed Lambardar though both petitioner and respondent illiterate - Petitioner wrongly stated that he had educational qualifications upto 7th standard - Petitioner further gave wrong information about ownership of land - Respondent appointed Lambardar as petitioner..........
