Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 420, 506, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cruelty - Dowry demand - Parties entered into compromise before Lok Adalat - However, wife withdrew her consent from compromise - Proceedings were re-initiated on vexatious grounds - Allegations against accused are wholly general and omnibus in nature and even if they are taken in..........
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 4 -- Offence u/s 4 of the Act - Reduction of sentence - Accused has already served more than seven years of his sentence - He is providing day-to-day expenses of victim and her child - While maintaining conviction, sentence awarded to accused reduced to period already undergone by him...........
Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1891, Section 4 -- Certified copy of a document issued by a Bank is itself admissible under the Act without any formal proof thereof...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Information Technology Act, 2000, Section 4 -- Dishonour of cheque - Notice sent through email or whatsapp - Notice mentioned in S.138 of N.I. Act will also include email or WhatsApp if the same remains available for subsequent reference...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Information Technology Act, 2000, Section 4 -- Dishonour of cheque - Notice sent through email or whatsapp - Notice mentioned in S.138 of N.I. Act will also include email or WhatsApp if the same remains available for subsequent reference...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 324, 34, Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, Section 4 -- Offence u/ss 324, 34 IPC - Benefit of probation - Incident occurred 19 years ago and accused convicted about 15 years ago - A-1 is 76 years old and A-2 is 71 years of age - No other case is lodged against accused - Accused convicted u/s 324 IPC which is not a heinous offence - It was a..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 22, Rule 3, 4 -- Death of party - Substitution of Lrs - Where a party dies in a pending suit/appeal and judgment/decree is passed in ignorance to such death, question of substitution of his/her legal heirs and setting aside the abatement, if any can only be considered by Court before whom suit/appeal was pending at that time...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 323, 506, 504, 406, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cruelty - Dowry demand - Allegation against sisters-in-law (Nanads) of wife - Omnibus and general allegations leveled against accused - Accused/sisters-in-law were already married prior to marriage of wife/complainant and her husband - They were living at far away place..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 3, Rule 4 -- Vakalatnama - Authority of counsel - Counsel generally has no implied authority to make an admission or statement, which would directly surrender or conclude the substantial legal rights of client, unless such an admission or statement is clearly a proper step in accomplishing the purpose for which lawyer was employed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 3, Rule 4 -- Vakalatnama - Authority of counsel - Withdrawal of appeal - Appeal was withdrawn by counsel by making the statement that he does not want to proceed further with the appeal - In the said statement, he had not stated about any such instructions, having received from petitioner/appellant - Counsel in such circumstances had no..........
