Evidence Act, 1872, Section 90 -- Gift deed more than 30 years old - Executant has subscribed her left hand thumb impression on gift deed - Therefore, presumption as is available u/s 90 of the Act could not have been per se made applicable so as to deny the demand for proof of gift deed...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 101 -- Burden of proof - Recovery suit - Agricultural loan - Execution of relevant documents before plaintiff bank and also availing of loan amount and creation of equitable mortgage is not at all disputed by defendant - However, defendant in his defence stated that he deposited certain part payment but bank has not given any receipt to that..........
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Section 31(7) -- Arbitral award - Pre-reference and pendente lite interest - While pendente lite interest is a matter of procedural law, pre-reference interest is governed by substantive law - Therefore, grant of pre-reference interest cannot be sourced solely in S.31(7)(a) (which is a procedural law), but must be based on an..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Guidelines issued by any State Legal Services Authority of High Court are not binding either on High Court or on MACT to determine just and fair compensation - Such guidelines would apply as guiding factor in cases where proof of income is not available and ordinarily to decide the cases in Lok Adalat...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 58 -- Admission - Joint family property - When defendant categorically admitted in her evidence that property in question is purchased by donor from joint family income, no further proof is required that suit property is joint family property...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 26, Rule 9 -- Appointment to advocate Commissioner - Suit for declaration of right and title over suit property and injunction - Burden of proof is always on plaintiff to establish his lawful title and possession over suit property - So the question of localization of suit property and noting down the physical features of property by..........
Railways Act, 1989, Section 124A, Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987, Section 16 -- Accident - Bona fide passenger - Compensation - Initial burden that deceased was travelling on the train and his death was caused by fall during the course of his travel was discharged by appellant - Burden of proof then shifted to Railways which has not been discharged by them - Presumption..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 17, 58 -- Proviso - Oral admission - Joint property - Oral admission as to possession of plaintiff over suit property is not sufficient evidence to infer partition of suit property - Proof of partition is necessary as per S.58 Proviso of Evidence Act - Said admission is not sufficient evidence of partition...........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 34, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 102 -- Suit for declaration of title - Burden of proof - Burden always lies on plaintiff to make out and establish a clear case for granting such a declaration and weaknesses, if any, of the case set up by defendant would not be a ground to grant relief to plaintiff...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 18, Rule 3 -- Rebuttal evidence - Plaintiff led evidence on those issues also the burden of proof of which was on the defendants - Since burden is on defendants in relation to certain issues, plaintiffs have every right to reserve their right to adduce evidence in rebuttal...........
