Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13, 14 -- Divorce - Petition filed within one year of marriage - Mere fact that divorce petition was not decided within one year or soon thereafter and it was decided after expiry of much time, bar contained u/s 14(1) of the Act remained relevant and petition may not become competent by passage of time, as cause of action may only be seen..........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 38, 0, Permanent injunction -- Dispute regarding common passage - Portion `A' was purchased by plaintiff and portion `B' in the back was purchased by defendant - Plaintiffs have agreed to leave 15 feet wide common passage in their portion `A' for common use by both defendants and plaintiffs for purposes of ingress and egress to their..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife - Qualified wife - Wife left her job on the very day of her marriage at the instance of husband - Husband by making wife to sacrifice her professional avenues by giving up her job way back in the year 2013, after passage of more than 9 years, cannot be now permitted to take the plea that wife is..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 406, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 6 -- Stridhan - Non-return of Stridhan - Complaint by father - Locus standi - Father has no right when daughter is alive, well, and entirely capable of making decisions such as pursuing the cause of recovery of her stridhan - Moreover, action was initiated for securing possession of articles and..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 23, Rule 1 -- Withdrawal of suit with liberty to file a fresh one - Trial Court while allowing application has not recorded satisfaction that suit filed by plaintiff must fail by reason of some formal defect - There is also no finding that there are sufficient grounds for allowing plaintiff to institute a fresh suit - After a passage of..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 451 -- Release of seized vehicle - Vehicle involved in Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act - Petitioner is the registered owner of vehicle - Ownership of vehicle is not in dispute - No useful purpose will be served in keeping the vehicle stationed at police station in open yard for a long period allowing it to be damaged..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 100 -- Second appeal - Suit for permanent injunction - Concurrent findings of fact that plaintiff had raised construction over vacant land in front of ancestral house which earlier served as a passage to his house and on such account he was disentitled from claiming right of passage from veranda which has fallen to share of defendant -..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 313 -- Examination of accused - Law as to: (i) It is the duty of Trial Court to put each material circumstance appearing in the evidence against accused specifically, distinctively and separately - The material circumstance means the circumstance or the material on the basis of which the prosecution is seeking his conviction; (ii)..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 323, 325, 307, 148, 149 -- Offence u/ss 323, 325, 307, 148, 149 IPC - Free fight between parties - Dispute between parties was with regard to use of passage - Nothing on record that accused were stated to be aggressors or they had gone to place of incident with their pre determined mind - In the fight normal agricultural implements were..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 376, 420, 406, 120B -- Quashing of proceedings - Victim and accused used to chat on facebook and with passage of time developed love and intimacy and with consent of family members their marriage was settled - But appellant refused to marry victim before wedding and victim consumed some..........
