Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 50 -- Contraband - Non-compliance of S.50 NDPS - An illicit article seized from the accused during a search, which violates the mandate of S.50 NDPS cannot be used as admissible evidence of unlawful possession under the NDPS Act - However other material recovered during such a recovery may be used as relevant..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 10 -- Return of plaint - Bar of jurisdiction of civil Court - Suit for permanent injunction of agricultural land not maintainable before Civil Court - Trial Court directed to return the suit U.O.7.R.10 CPC...........
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 329(4), 232, 351(3), 3(5), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 528 -- Offence u/ss 329(4), 232, 351(3), 3(5) BNS - Issuance of non-bailable warrants - Quashing of order - Notice issued u/s 35(3) BNSS indicates that investigation agency did not initially intend to arrest accused - Neither any material on record nor any..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 75 -- Non bailable warrants - Procedure to issue NBWs - Where accused have neither been arrested during investigation nor is there any material demonstrating judicial custody of accused necessary for completion of investigation or trial, Court is bound in first instance to issue summons - Only thereafter, in even of non..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Temporary injunction - Suit for declaration and permanent injunction on basis of Will - For purposes of grant of interim injunction, it is sufficient that plaintiffs have a Will in their favour which prima facie establishes a case in their favour - Factum of veracity, authenticity and legality of Will is a matter of trial..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, 34, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 227 -- Offence u/Ss.304B, 498A, 34 IPC - Discharge - Post-mortem report on record suggested that deceased died due to pneumonia - Further, complainant failed to provide any specific incident of harassment of deceased and any date or proof of giving money to accused - Moreover,..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 348 -- Recall of a witness - Power u/s 348 BNSS must be exercised for a legitimate and lawful purpose and not as a means to fill lacunae in prosecution or defence, or to prolong trial proceedings unnecessarily...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 91, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354, 354D, 509, 201, 204, Information Technology Act, 2000, Section 67 -- Preservation of call details record and electronic data - Time-sensitive data - Data sought to be preserved would inevitably be deleted within certain time frames and further some records sought including CDRs and CCTV..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 319 -- Summoning of additional accused - Generally on the basis of evidence before it during trial, Sessions Court is fully empowered and armed with competent jurisdiction over issue of summoning additional accused persons to face trial along with accused persons who were already been tried by it...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 319 -- Summoning of additional accused - Petitioners were not named in the FIR - Prosecution has not produced proper and sufficient evidence on the basis of which petitioners could be called by Court to face trial in the case as co-accused, rather it ought to have waited for some other cogent evidence of fact which could easily..........
