Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 256 -- Dishonour of cheque - Dismissal of complaint for want of prosecution - Perusal of order shows that on each date of hearing petitioner was represented by his counsel and on 18.11.2019, petitioner himself was appeared before trial Court - But non-appearance of petitioner or his..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 23, Rule 1 -- Withdrawal of suit with liberty to file afresh suit - Suit for declaration and recovery of possession sought to be withdrawn and to file a fresh suit for declaration and perpetual injunction - Cause of action itself will change and nature of suit will also change - Order permitting plaintiff to withdraw suit and granting..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Lack of jurisdiction - Bill of lading - Its application confined only port to port - Theft occurred not during course of transit but after consignment was taken over by the agent i.e. the bailee from the destination port - Confinement of jurisdiction with U.S. Court under the bill of lading has no..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Partition suit - Disclosure of some other ancestral property after filing of suit - Plaintiff want to bring subsequent event on record so as to make pleadings in respect of said property and also want to change relief clause - Application dismissed on technical ground - Impugned order set aside -..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 5, Rule 15 -- Service of summons on an adult member of family of defendant - No specific order of Court for this purpose is required - Court is also not required to conclude that defendant cannot be found at his residence within a reasonable time...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 167(2) -- Default bail - Charge sheet not filed within stipulated period of 60 days - Charge sheet filed on the same day on which application for default bail was filed - Impugned order shows that charge sheet was filed at 4.00 p.m. - Thus indisputably, charge sheet was not filed before filing of default bail application - Accused is..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 35 -- Costs - Defendant permitted to file written statement subject to payment of cost of Rs.1000/- - However, defendant failed to deposit the cost and filed application to exonerate him from said cost or allow him to deposit cost by way of installment - Rejection of same by trial Court - Defendant now ready to deposit amount as per..........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 8, 20, 29, 60, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439 -- Recovery of 201 kg Ganja - Bail - Sampling done contrary to standing Order/Instruction No.1 of 1989 dated 13.06.1989, which is mandatory in nature - Chances of conviction are weak on basis of sampling of contraband - Bail granted to accused with..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 1, Rule 10 -- Impleadment of third parties - Partition suit - Third parties who claim to hold an agreement of sale executed qua suit property by defendant no.1 are neither necessary parties nor proper parties considering the question involved - Even, plaintiff is opposing impleadment of third parties, which he is well entitled to do -..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 452 -- Quashing of summoning order - House trespass - Incident of thrashing of victim by accused can be said to have taken place on road only - Summoning of accused u/s 452 IPC is out of record and is based on surmises and conjectures - Summoning order, charge sheet and entire proceedings u/s 452..........
