Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Once signatures over cheque have been admitted by accused, then, onus is upon him to prove that cheque in question was issued without any legal liability - However, evidence of DW1 is too short to rebut said presumption - Since entire amount of compensation has been deposited and complainant has not..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Rejection of application - Revision petition thereagainst - Grounds taken in revision petition were neither raised in the application filed U.O.7.R.11 CPC nor were argued before concerned Court - Grounds now raised not grounds to be dealt with at the stage of deciding application U.O.7.R.11 CPC -..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 239 -- Alteration/addition of charge - Alteration or addition of charge may be done by Court at any stage of trial even after closing all evidence, arguments or reserving the judgment subject to condition that there was omission in framing of charge or material brought on record leads the Court to form presumptive opinion..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 323, 427, 34, 120B -- Bail - Murder - Accused may have carried injured victim to Hospital who later died, but he was actually brought dead to hospital - This fact will have to be considered de hors from the fact as to who actually had committed offence in the first place - Trial Court has..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 31 -- Judgment of first appellate Court - Appellate Court apart from recording its concurrence to findings recorded by trial Court has not assigned any reason in support of its conclusions - Being final Court of fact, it is duty of appellate Court to re-appreciate the evidence independent of findings recorded by trial Court and..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 225 -- Dishonour of cheque - Summoning of accused - Accused residing beyond territorial jurisdiction of Court - Drill of S.225 BNSS not followed before issuance of process - Summoning order set aside - Matter remitted...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 22(c) -- Bail - Contraband - Recovery effected from a transparent polythene bag, which petitioner was having - Plea of false implication was taken by accused on the ground that no sensible person would carry contraband in a transparent bag - Mere fact that contraband..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 14, Rule 1 -- Non-framing of issues - Issues not framed by trial Court - However, on the basis of pleadings of parties, trial Court rightly framed point for determination - Since point for determination was framed, there was no illegality in not framing issues...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 100 -- Second appeal - Suit for mandatory injunction - Numerous opportunities given to plaintiff by trial Court to lead evidence but plaintiff failed to appear himself before trial Court - Trial Court rightly closed evidence of plaintiff and rightly came to conclusion that his evidence could not be read - Trial Court and first appellate..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 3 -- Evidence of a witness - One part of the evidence disbelieved - Said evidence not separable from the remaining part - When evidence of witness is intrinsically inseparable one, Court has to reject the evidence wholly...........
