Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Temporary injunction - Un-stamped agreement to sell - Agreement to sell is neither registered nor sufficiently stamped - Said agreement to sell could not have been considered for any purpose for accepting plaintiff's case - However, when defendant has not denied execution of document, so also receipt of part of..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438 -- Anticipatory bail - Granted with condition that appellant resumes conjugal life with his wife and maintains her with dignity and honour as his lawful wife - High Court should have considered the prayer of appellant for pre-arrest bail entirely on its own merit instead of imposing a condition which is not traceable to S.438(2)..........
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 6 -- (As amended) - Offence u/s 6 of the Act - Offence was committed on 20.05.2019, prior to amended S.6 of the Act - Sentence of imprisonment for life meaning remainder of natural life as per amended provision, did not exist in the statutory framework on date of incident - Under unamended S.6 of the Act,..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 97 -- Execution - Third party objections - Objectors are not asserting any independent title rather they are admittedly tracing their right and title through their vendor - However, title of vendor is negated judicially - Objectors therefore, steps into the shoes of a person whose claim to title was already judicially negated -..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 82, 105 -- Proclaimed offender - Petitioner was at Canada at the time when non-bailable warrants and even proclamation was issued against him which were received back unserved - No effort was made to effect personal service of petitioner through embassy of India located in concerned Country where petitioner was residing at the..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166, 149 -- Accident - Compensation - Liability of personal accident cover - Whether liability was limited or not - When the contention of limited liability was neither taken before Tribunal nor in appeal filed before High Court, there was no reason for High Court to look into policy document to find limited liability - Order of High Court..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 3 -- Ex parte interim injunction - Trial Court while granting ex parte interim injunction has not considered the suit in its entirety - It has not even recorded existence of a prima-facie case, balance of convenience or irreparable hardship, three sine qua non for grant of mandatory injunction - No reasoning as has been mandated..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 22, Rule 3 -- Death of sole plaintiff - Order passed against dead person is a nullity - Mere fact that counter affidavit was filed by one of legal heirs would not clear the defect of order being passed against a dead person - Without the cause title being amended and legal heirs being brought on record in interlocutory applications at that..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Suit for specific performance - Ex parte decree - Setting aside ex parte decree - Suit decreed ex parte without framing issues and application U.O.9.R.13 CPC filed within time rejected - Suit for specific performance cannot be decided without framing issues even when written statement is not filed - Ex parte decree set aside..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of Cheque - Dismissal in default - Order of dismissal passed on 14.9.2023 - However, as per evidence on record complainant was in custody for offences under NDPS Act and Arms Act from 20.4.2023 to 2.8.2024 - Dismissal order set aside and case remanded to trial court - Appeal allowed...........
