Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Disbursement of amount - Appellant/Mother of deceased accepted the cheque of Rs.1 lakhs without any protest and demur - Not only appellant voluntarily received said amount but she also put her signature on the order sheet confirming receipt of amount - Appellant now cannot reopen or dispute the factums of..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ib) -- Divorce - Desertion - Petition by husband - Allegation that wife deserted husband - However, no specific date of desertion was mentioned by husband which clearly suggests that in order to get advantage in divorce case, said false allegation of desertion was alleged against wife - Husband has not filed any petition for..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 141, Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985, Section 22A -- Dishonour of cheque - Complaint against sick company - There is no embargo on filing a complaint u/s 138 of N.I. Act against a sick company - Even if there is a restraint order u/s 22-A of SICA, nature of restraint order and facts of case would have..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 141, Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985, Section 22A -- Dishonour of cheque - Complaint against sick company - Restraint order u/s 22-A of SICA did not restrain accused/company to draw on its assets to meet its day-to-day operations - Cheques in question were issued to discharge liability of..........
Mutation -- Law as to - (i) Mutation proceedings are summary in nature wherein title of parties over land involved is not decided; (ii) Mutation order or revenue entries are only for fiscal purposes to enable State to collect revenue from the person recorded; (iii) They neither extinguish nor create title; (iv) mutation in revenue records does not have any presumptive..........
Mutation -- Order passed in mutation proceedings - Not amenable to writ jurisdiction - Mutation proceedings being of a summary nature drawn on basis of possession do not decide any question of title and orders passed in such proceedings do not come in the way of a person in getting his rights adjudicated in a regular suit - Such petitions are not to be entertained in..........
Stamp Act, 1899, Section 33, 35 -- Impounding of document - Photocopy of a document cannot be validated - Only original document can be validated - Even in cases where parties are allowed to lead secondary evidence even then photocopy of document cannot be validated - Impugned order vide which photocopy of document was ordered to be not impounded but deficient stamp duty..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Proposed amendment is foreign to case set up in plaint - Amendment would cause irreparable loss to defendants - Moreover, trial Court passed the order allowing amendment without any due application of mind by simply referring to respective contentions of parties and thereafter, in a mundane manner..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 392 -- Judgment reserved not pronounced - Directions issued to Registrar General of each High Court to furnish to Chief Justice of High Court a list of cases where judgment reserved is not pronounced within remaining period of that month and keep on repeating the same for three months - If judgment is not delivered within..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 45 -- Handwriting and fingerprint expert - Petitioner was granted numerous opportunities including last and final opportunities, but failed to conclude his evidence - Consequently, his evidence was closed by Court and said order was never challenged by petitioner before any Court - Same amounts to waiver of right - Therefore, subsequent..........
