Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Eviction petition originally filed by competent person in his own right and on behalf of his minor daughter - Subsequent death of said person did not render eviction petition void or non est - Application U.O.7.R.11 CPC could not succeed merely on the ground that for a limited period minor petitioner was..........
Nominee -- Provident Fund - Death of employee - In cases of a valid nomination, amount in provident fund account of deceased depositor or subscriber is required to be released to nominee - However, nominee is a mere trustee to collect funds and not beneficial owner - Therefore, mere fact that amount is released to a valid nominee will not bar the objector or holder of..........
Provident Fund Act, 1925, Section 4(1)(b), 4(1)(c)(i), 5, General Provident Fund (Central Service) Rules, 1960, Rule 33(ii) -- General Provident Fund (GPF) - Release of funds to nominee - Nominee has primacy to receive the amounts standing in the name of a depositor upon his death - However, if amount in provident fund account exceeds more than Rs.5,000, nominee is..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34, 201, 404 -- Murder - Appellant No.2 only helped co-accused in suppressing evidence by digging a hole and hiding dead body of deceased - No recovery of any of articles of deceased effected from possession of appellant No.2 - It was co-accused who caused assault, which resulted in death of deceased - Conviction of appellant No.2,..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Last seen theory - Prosecution from testimonies of PW18 and PW20 has been able to prove that deceased was last seen alive in the company of appellant and co-accused on the evening of day before death of deceased - Accused persons took deceased along with them on the pretext of fetching cable..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 22, Rule 4 -- Abatement of revision - Non-substitution of LRs of respondent No.2 - Merely because legal heirs of one of respondents was not impleaded within time after death of that respondent and revision stood abated qua him, revision cannot abate against other respondents - Revision petition restored...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Suit filed by plaintiff claiming natural succession whereas defendants were claiming title over suit property on basis of Will - Plaintiffs only sought formal amendment in respect of cause of action by stating that cause of action will start from death of testatrix and not from date of execution of Will,..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 300Exception, 1 -- Murder - Autopsy report reflects that deceased was inflicted with four knife blows on vital parts of his body - Injuries found on body of deceased in ordinary course would have resulted in death - No defense evidence was led and statement of petitioner u/s 313 Cr.P.C. was one of denial - There was no statement that..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 32 -- Execution - Decree for permanent injunction - Question relating to identity of DH's father stood conclusively adjudicated in original suit and could not be reopened or re-litigated in execution proceedings - Moreover, DH had already been found to be in possession of suit property as a tenant following death of his father and..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 279, 304A -- Rash and negligent driving - Compensation as granted by Supreme Court in the criminal case shall not be deducted from the total compensation, if any granted by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal or by any other Forum by reason of loss of dependency caused by the death of the son of PW1...........
