Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 20, 41 -- As amended by Amendment Act, 2001 - Appeal pending - Amendment of Act during pendency of appeal - Accused is entitled to the amended provisions on the point of sentence...........
Punjab Excise Act, 1914, Section 61(1)(a) -- Conviction under Excise Act - Incident 18 years old - Revision pending in High Court for 13 years - Accused not traceable - Sentence reduced to already undergone...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Interim maintenance - Marriage - Prima facie no proof of marriage - Application for interim maintenance held rightly rejected - Question of marriage to be decided in the main application pending u/s 125 Cr.P.C...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 16, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121 -- Revision in partition case - Reference made by Commissioner - Revision petitioner died during pendency of proceedings and none came forward to substitute himself on behalf of petitioner - Revision petition cannot be consigned to record room and matter kept pending - Revision..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 209, 323, 407 -- Case not exclusively triable by Court of Sessions - Can be committed to Sessions Court when counter case arising out of same occurrence in which the allegation regarding commission of offence exclusively triable by Court of Session is pending in the Court of Sessions for trial...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 24A -- Limitation - Complaint with regard to non payment of maturity amount of Indira Vikas Patras - Plea that cause of action arose on the date of maturity of the Indira Vikas Patra on 23.9.1994 - Plea that complaint filed on 22.9.1998 is barred by limitation repelled - Rules of 1986 not specifying any date for claiming the amount..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 17, Rule 2, 3.O -- Pending suit - Adjourned to next date - For decision on one issue - Failure on part of plaintiff to come present on the adjourned date - Dismissal of suit by Trial Court - Is in exercise of powers under O.17.R.2 and not under O.17.R.3 - Since no notice of final disposal was issued to plaintiff - Application for..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13B -- Divorce by mutual consent - Waiting period of six months - Dispensing with - Proceedings pending for divorce - By way of amendment converted into a petition for divorce by mutual consent - Waiting period of six months can be dispensed with on two counts viz (1) If consent is not obtained by force, fraud or undue influence and that..........
Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953, Section 18 -- Purchase of land at the time when surplus area proceedings of landowner not finalised and still pending on remand - Cannot be accepted because it could not then be known whether land purchased would be included in reserved area of landowner or would form part of his surplus land - Tenant cannot claim ownership on the..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 171 -- Motor accident - Interest - Must be just and reasonable depending upon facts and circumstances of each case - All relevant factors including inflation, change of economy, policy being adopted by Reserve Bank, how long case is pending, permanent injuries suffered by victim, enormity of suffering, loss of future income, loss of..........
