Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Specific pleadings made qua cause of action in plaint - Whether facts as pleaded are true or not is a matter of evidence - No finding definitely can be recorded to said effect while deciding an application U.O.7.R.11 CPC - Application rightly rejected...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - If upon a meaningful reading of plaint, Court reaches to a conclusion that drafting of plaint is such as to create an illusion of cause of action, whereas suit is barred by limitation, plaint can be rejected U.O.7.R.11 CPC...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 319 -- Summoning of additional accused - Opinion of investigating agency does not bind Court and Court may independently exercise powers u/s 319 Cr.P.C., yet investigative conclusion remains a relevant circumstance in assessing whether evidence recorded during trial truly crosses higher evidentiary threshold...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 319, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Summoning of additional accused - Offence u/s 498-A IPC - Allegations of cruelty and harassment in connection with alleged monetary demand attributed with clarity and consistency to husband and father-in-law - However, no specific overt act, date, instance, conversation or independent..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 18, Rule 17 -- Recall of a witness - Legal principles governing are : (i) Court can recall any witness at any stage of proceedings & even at the stage of writing judgment if such recall is found necessary for proper adjudication of case; (ii) Recall of a witness is primarily intended to enable Court itself to clarify any ambiguity, doubt..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 137, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 18, Rule 17 -- Recall of a witness for re-examination - Prayer for re-examination is confined strictly to clarifying ambiguity arising from statement made by a witness during cross-examination which stands at variance with his affidavit and other evidence on record and does not seek to introduce any new..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- (Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, S.144) - Maintenance to parents-in-law - Daughter-in-law is not liable to pay maintenance to parents-in-law, as she is not included within ambit of S.125 Cr.P.C. (S.144 BNSS) - Maintenance under provision can be claimed only by persons falling within categories specifically enumerated therein..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- (Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, S.144) - Maintenance proceedings - Submission regarding wife succeeded to property of her deceased husband does not fall for consideration in proceedings u/s 125 Cr.P.C. (S.144 BNSS), as such issues are beyond the scope of summary maintenance proceedings...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 14(3) -- Late production of document - Provision of O.7.R.14(3) is directory and not mandatory...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 14(3) -- Late production of documents - O.7.R.14(3) CPC places a procedural embargo on reception in evidence of documents which were required to be produced or listed at the time of presentation of plaint but were not so produced - However, provision itself confers discretion upon Court to grant leave for production of documents at..........
