Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 35B -- Non-payment of costs - Closure of evidence of defendants - Case adjourned for DWs subject to payment of costs of Rs.200/- - Cost not paid and no DW was present and defendant's evidence was closed by order - No application u/s 148 CPC filed for extension of time - Evidence of defendants rightly closed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151, Order 9, Rule 4 -- Restoration of suit dismissed in default - Mere fact that suit was restored earlier on couple of occasions and suit remained pending for last 28 years, itself is no ground to reject restoration application, as application cannot be dismissed on past conduct of applicant - Application ought to have been exclusively..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 26, Rule 9 -- Appointment of Court commissioner - If Court is satisfied on material available on record that plaintiffs are not able to produce desired evidence, it can exercise discretion and order for Local investigation...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex parte eviction order - Setting aside - Service of summons by Munadi - Service of summons was effected but there was an irregularity as copy of petition was not served - Since it was well within knowledge of defendant that there was a case pending against him qua which service of summons was effected - Even if it was not..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 23, 23A -- Remand - When Appellate Court remands the matter back to trial Court, limiting the scope of suit, trial Court is bound to follow the directions contained in the order of remand and cannot extend the scope of remand...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 23A -- Remand - Issue of limitation - Recovery suit - District Judge remanded the matter for retrial for the reason that issue of limitation though not raised by defendants goes to root of matter - However, question of limitation was considered by trial Court in first round of litigation - Defendants had not challenged said..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 35, Order 7, Rule 14(3) -- Costs - Application U.O.7.R.14(3) CPC allowed and document directed to be taken on record on payment of cost of Rs.1,000/- - Cost was accepted by defendant - Imposition of costs only compensatory in nature to tide delay in proceedings - Acceptance of costs by defendant would not amount to waiver of right to..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 323, 147, 148, 149 -- Bail - Double murder case - Accused specifically named in FIR, which was lodged shortly after the incident - Father and uncle of complainant died - Issue as to whether there was a grave and sudden provocation is a matter of trial - High Court was not justified in..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 311, 173(5) -- Summoning of witnesses along with relevant record - Murder case - Witnesses sought to be summoned along with documents in connection with second post mortem of deceased - Although application was filed by Public Prosecutor but it was open for Trial Judge as well to exercise suo moto powers in summoning witnesses, whose..........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 23(c), 25A, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 389(1) -- Suspension of sentence during pendency of appeal against conviction - Recovery of 325 gms heroin and 390 gms pseudoephedrine - Accused who was a proprietor of a courier agency was complicit with a foreign national in booking of two parcels containing..........
