Court Fees Act, 1870, Section 7(iv)(c), Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11, Constitution of India, 1950, Article 226 -- Court fee - Rejection of plaint - Defendants cannot be permitted for stalling progress of suit before Trial Court because they are not going to suffer any kind of prejudice due to alleged inadequacy of court fee paid by plaintiff - Although it..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 219, 220 -- Dishonour of cheques - Joint trial - Dishonour of each cheque constitutes a separate offence giving rise to a separate cause of action - However, Ss.219, 223 Cr.P.C, are exceptions to general rule that there should be separate charge and separate trial for each distinct..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 10, 5 -- Non fling of written statement - Judgment not to be passed invariably in all cases - Rule 10 has to be read alongwith rule 5 - Court is bound to follow the requirements which constitute rule 5 while rendering a judgment or pronouncing a judgment U.O.8.R.10 CPC - Court is expected to exercise its discretion while..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Plaint - Amendment - While deciding an application for amendment, ordinarily Court should not refuse bona fide, legitimate, honest and necessary amendments and should not permit mala fide and dishonest amendments, because purpose and object of O.6.R.17 CPC is to allow either party to alter or amend his pleadings in such..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 26, Rule 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 -- Local Commissioner - Second commission - Setting aside of an earlier report - Law as to Commissions summarized viz. (i) There is no provision for setting aside the deposition recorded by the Commissioner or the report submitted thereof U.o.26.Rr.1 to 8 CPC which are dealing..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 90, 92 -- Auction sale - JD not questioned the process of attachment or sale/auction on any grounds contained in O.21.R.90 CPC or any other Rule - Order of confirmation of sale was passed - JD held, caught by estoppel and waiver and cannot now question the process of attachment and auction of property...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 26, Rule 9 -- Local Commissioner - Appointment - Suit for perpetual injunction - There is no thumb rule that in a suit for perpetual injunction, an advocate Commissioner cannot be appointed - However, the law is well settled that a Commissioner cannot be appointed to find out as to who amongst the parties is in possession of suit property..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 13, Rule 4 -- Endorsements on documents admitted in evidence - Where Court is satisfied that documents not endorsed in manner laid down in Rule, was in fact, admitted in evidence, it shall treat documents as having been properly admitted in evidence unless no, compliance with rule has resulted in miscarriage of justice...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of Plaint - Rule of amendment is essentially rule of justice, equity and good conscience and it has to be exercised in larger interest of doing complete justice to parties - All bona fide amendments necessary for determining issue between parties should be allowed - First part of R.17 CPC gives directions to Court,..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151 -- Additional evidence - If additional evidence is essential for just decision of case, it can be allowed at any stage of the suit - There is no hard and fast rule that additional evidence cannot be permitted in any eventuality after closing of evidence by defendant and at the stage of rebuttal evidence...........
