Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of preliminary decree - Partition suit - Preliminary decree cannot be amended U.O.6.R.17 CPC unless a fresh preliminary decree is passed declaring augmented share - Once preliminary decree has attained finality and stage has progressed towards passing final decree, any claim for augmented share due to death of a..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife and child - Husband has admitted in his affidavit to having a share in certain ancestral properties from which rental income is derived - Even if husband contends that income is received by his mother and that his share is minimal, it is also established that he resides in a joint family setup and is not..........
Will -- Proof of - Will distributed the properties in defined proportions between plaintiff and defendant - There is ample material on record to establish that testator anticipated that relations between plaintiff and defendant were not congenial and that is why, in order to avoid future conflicts, he divided his properties by way of a family settlement and bequeathed a..........
Ancestral property -- Tribal woman or her legal heirs - Neither any particular law of a community nor custom brought into application by either side - Unless otherwise prescribed in law, denying female heir a right in the property only exacerbates gender division and discrimination, which law should ensure to weed out - In the absence of custom of female succession or a..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Temporary injunction - Restraining defendants from interfering in plaintiff's ownership and possession - Plea of plaintiff that partition had taken place in the year 1970 and suit land had fallen to their share not supported by any document - However, defendants have placed on record Khasra Girdawari issued in the year..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 100 -- Second appeal - Final decree - Partition suit - Appellant already filed a memo of instructions to allot his 7/30 share with plaintiffs share in "A" schedule property along with his mother and one of sisters - He has not raised any objection during final decree proceedings nor he preferred any appeal challenging final decree..........
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 19, 22 -- Maintenance to widowed daughter-in-law and to her minor children - Widowed daughter-in-law unable to maintain herself and is also unable to receive any maintenance from her parents - Daughter-in-law is unable to provide proper education to her children - Moreover, respondents have neither given to daughter-in-law..........
Partition suit -- In every partition suit there is implicit declaration of title of party, albeit, to the extent of share of parties...........
Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Section 23, 20 -- Interim Maintenance of children - Working wife - Husband alleges equal liability to contribute 50% towards expenses incurred on upbringing of children - Where mother is both primary caregiver and working woman managing entirety of children's daily lives, her non-financial contributions must be duly..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 54 -- Partition - Pendente lite transferees - Appellants can raise appropriate claim before Collector in execution of decree transmitted u/s 54 CPC being representative of interest of his vendor and claim the right under JD, as he would be representing JD, decree can be enforced against him - However, he can definitely seek equitable..........
