Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of pleadings - Question of delay in moving an application for amendment should be decided not by calculating period from the date of institution of suit alone but by reference to stage to which hearing in suit has proceeded - Pre-trial amendments are allowed more liberally then those which are sought to be made..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Suit for declaration of ownership - Amendment sought only to incorporate a relief which was based on a cause of action which arose after filing of suit - Question of possession has to be considered and decided after evidence is led by both the parties - Only issues have been framed and no evidence led by..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 11, Rule 21 -- Provision of O.11.R.21 CPC confines its applicability within the four corners i.e., failure of a party to comply with any order to : (i) answer interrogatories; (ii) make discovery of documents; and (iii) permit inspection of documents - Only in such eventualities question of striking out defence in case of defendants or..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 11, Rule 21(1) -- Applicability of provision U.O.11.R.21(1) CPC - Proceeding cannot be initiated U.O.11.R.21(1) CPC in case of non-compliance of order passed U.O.11.R.14 CPC...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 11, Rule 21(1) -- Applicability of provision of O.11.R.21(1) CPC - Until and unless defendants were in a position to show that there was an order passed U.O.11.R.12 CPC and there was non-compliance thereof, provision of O.11.R.21(1) CPC could not have been invoked by defendants...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 11, Rule 21(1) -- Dismissal of suit U.O.11.R.21(1) CPC - Until and unless wilful default and obstinacy or contumacy is shown, powers U.O.11.R.21(1) CPC cannot be exercised by Court...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 451 -- Release of seized vehicle - Condition to deposit 30% of total amount of penalty - Held, without expressing any opinion on merits of case, lest it may prejudice the outcome of trial, condition to deposit 30% of total amount of fine/penalty is modified to the extent that petitioner would furnish a personal bond together with an..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 9 -- Rejoinder - Proposed rejoinder is intended only to specifically traverse and rebut new factual assertions introduced in written statement - Bar against raising a new case through subsequent pleadings is not attracted - Issues in suit are yet to be framed and both parties will have adequate opportunity to lead evidence -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Appreciation of evidence - Recovery of weapons of assault is not sine qua non for convicting an accused as entire evidence on record is required to be taken into consideration...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Appreciation of evidence - Absence of recovery of weapons of assault would not weaken the case of prosecution in the presence of other evidence on record that is found reliable...........
