Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13B -- Divorce by mutual consent - Parties are staying separately since more than one year as on the date of presenting petition u/s 13-B of the Act - Both the parties have mutually agreed for divorce - Therefore, six months period as well as one year as provided in S.13-B(1) is almost over - Reunion of parties is not possible - Since..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Dishonour of cheque - Quashing of proceedings - Complaint allegations disclose that cheque was issued for discharge of liability - Ingredients of S.138 of N.I. Act are prima facie made out from complaint allegations - Order of quashing set aside - Complaint restored...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 38, Rule 5 -- Furnishing security in lieu of attachment - Once suit is decreed security furnished pursuant to an order U.O.38.R.5 CPC survives and enures to the benefit of DH - At the stage of execution liability of surety arises in terms of bond furnished by him...........
Mutation -- Writ petition against order passed in mutation proceedings cannot be entertained in complete absence of any exceptional circumstance and availability of efficacious alternative remedy before competent civil Court...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Evidence adduced by prosecution suffered from material discrepancies and whole story put up lacked credence - Although alleged weapon of offence, licensed firearm belonging to co-accused was recovered, no endeavour appears to have been made to subject the same to expert ballistic examination in order to establish whether..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 114, Order 47, Rule 1, 2 -- Review - Dismissal of writ appeal - No error apparent on face of record in the order of dismissal of writ appeal - Counsel who argued writ appeal has not filed review petition and same has been filed by another counsel - Petitioner by filing review petition is wasting precious time of Court by filing..........
Criminal trial -- Disciplinary and legal proceedings - Special Court while acquitting respondents under NDPS cases held that petitioner and other individual had committed irregularities while discharging official duties as public servant and directed Director General of Police to initiate appropriate proceedings against them u/O.35.R.6 of General Rules (Civil and..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Interim injunction - Police aid - Mere filing of an appeal cannot and does not operate as a stay of order appealed against - So, merely because order of injunction has been challenged before higher forum does not ipso facto mean that order of appealed against no longer exists, unless of course an order of stay..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Interim injunction - Police aid - Trial Court besides restraining defendants from creating disturbance, also passed a positive order permitting plaintiff to construct house in question - As long as plaintiff is unable to construct his house, order of trial Court would be rendered ineffectual - It is duty of..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 82 -- (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.84) - Proclaimed offender - Petitioner has immediately moved the present petition showing his inclination to submit himself before trial Court when petitioner came to know about passing of order declaring him proclaimed offender - He can be given one chance to appear before trial..........
