Custody of adopted child -- Child is not adopted from natural parents and one `N' is the person involved in giving child in adoption to petitioner - Crime is registered against said `N', petitioner and his wife - It is a clear case of child trafficking - Case is under investigation - Child is in custody of Child Welfare Committee - Adoption of child by petitioner and his..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 32 -- Execution - Detention in civil prison - Violation of decree of injunction - Executing Court passed the detention order without issuing notice or affording any opportunity of hearing to JD - Such an order which entails deprivation of personal liberty is in clear violation of principles of natural justice - Failure to follow..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 506 -- Criminal intimidation - Prosecutrix improved her statement as recorded u/s 164 Cr.P.C. from that recorded u/s 161 Cr.P.C - No intention of criminal intimidation was prima facie established since prosecution of a person for criminal intimidation requires clear intention to cause alarm, irrespective of whether victim was alarmed or not..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 126 -- Professional communications - Court can ask for truth, it cannot compel a lawyer to disclose what law expressly protects, in the absence of a clear finding that lawyer is conspiring in a fraud committed during employment...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 147 -- Murder - Motive - PW1 stated that accused wanted to sell ancestral land which was being opposed by deceased - PW2/real brother of accused and deceased in his evidence stated that accused wanted to sell his land which was being opposed by deceased as accused used to drink liquor after selling his land, due to that reason accused..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of counter affidavit - Defendants are trying to withdraw clear admission made by them by way of proposed amendments - No valid reasons were mentioned in affidavit filed in support of application as to why proposed amendment is necessary for effective adjudication of lis pending between parties - Order allowing..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 229 -- Plea of guilty - When a accused pleads guilty before a Court then before accepting such plea, following essential requirements must be followed to ensure that plea is valid i.e (i) first requirement is voluntariness; (ii) accused must fully understand nature of charges and essential elements of offence they are admitting to and..........
Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Condonation of delay - Several laches on the part of petitioner and there is clear negligence and inaction in pursuing the matter - In such circumstances, delay cannot condoned liberally...........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 52A -- Contraband - Non-compliance of S.52-A of the Act - Chain of custody in the case remains clear and continuous - No evidence on record to indicate tampering, substitution or mishandling - Forensic report confirms presence of cannabinoids in sample, which stands in complete harmony with seizure - In these..........
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(1)(g), (s) -- Offence u/s 3(1)(g), (s) of the Act - Quashing of FIR - No allegation that casteist slur was made in a place within public view or that there was any member of public present at the spot - In any event, allegations in First Information Statement itself are found to be..........
