Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 256 -- Dishonour of cheque - Restoration of complaint dismissed in default - Matter was fixed for evidence - Nothing on record to suggest that complainant had persistently defaulted, abused process of law or exhibited any intention to abandon prosecution - In such circumstances, one..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife and children - Default in payment - Sentence - Default pertained to 66 months, total sentence of 660 days was imposed after granting benefit of set off - Sentence of ten days for each month of default cannot be said to be disproportionate - Husband himself had surrendered and admitted his liability and..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13, Succession Act, 1925, Section 372, 373 -- Succession certificate - Minor a legal heir not impleaded as a party and steps not taken to ensure appointment of a lawful guardian - On publication of public notice minor could not get himself impleaded as a party and raised objections being legally incapacitated from taking such steps..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 10 -- Return of plaint - Lack of territorial jurisdiction - No objection taken as to territorial jurisdiction at first instance including at the stage of framing of issues as such said objection is deemed to have been waived - Order allowing application set aside...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, 362 -- Recall of order - Rectifying an inadvertent error by recalling relevant portion of order does not amount to exercising power of review, rather constitutes a legitimate exercise of Court's inherent authority to correct accidental or clerical mistakes in order to prevent miscarriage of justice...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, 362 -- Recall of order - Recall does not involve a re-evaluation of merits of case nor does it amount to a judicial reconsideration of conclusions previously arrived at - Rather, it is invoked in circumstances where order of Court has been affected by an inadvertent procedural irregularity, accidental omission, clerical lapse or..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, 362 -- Recall of order - Exercise of recall does not partake the character of appellate or review jurisdiction - Rather, it constitutes a limited corrective authority inherent in every Court of record enabling it to rectify accidental errors and procedural aberrations so that judicial record may accurately mirror the true..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 340, 125 -- (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Ss.379, 144) - Perjury - Proceedings u/s 125 Cr.P.C. - Merely because wife exaggerated the income of her husband in order to claim maintenance u/s 125 Cr.P.C., it does not mean that such a statement on the part of wife warrants action u/s 340 Cr.P.C...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125, 127 -- Maintenance to wife and minor son - Maintenance enhanced by Family Court from Rs.3500 to 8000 p.m in favour of wife and from Rs.1500 to 4,000 p.m in favour of minor son - Family Court appears to have exercised its discretion judiciously while determining enhanced amount of maintenance - Income of husband as stated to be..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 26, Rule 9 -- Appointment of Local Commissioner - Application filed by defendant at the very initial stage - Application has to be filed at the time of leading evidence - Order allowing application set aside - Report of Local Commissioner discarded...........
