Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 87 -- Dishonour of cheque - Material alteration - Alteration in cheque amount by adding one zero to the figure 10,000 to make it 1,00,000/- - From naked eye it can easily be noticed that additional zero is inserted subsequently - Difference of ink is very much conspicuous - Defence taken by accused regarding material..........
Revenue proceedings -- Delay in disposal of proceedings pending before Revenue Courts - Directions issued to both Chief Secretaries for States of Punjab and Haryana, as well as Administrator, U.T., Chandigarh, to the following effect to issue necessary guidelines to all Revenue Courts, defined under all the local Acts : (i) service of notices, summons and exchange of..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Complaint filed through General Power of Attorney holder - GPA examined as a witness and cross examined - Thereafter complainant himself cannot be allowed to appear as his own witness as in that event complainant would get a chance to rectify the lacunae that surfaced during cross examination of his GPA..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Complaint filed through General Power of Attorney holder - Original GPA not produced - GPA neither aware of the transaction involved in the complaint, nor did he assert such knowledge in the complaint nor he had sworn in the affidavit that he was aware of the transactions involved - Dismissal of..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 258 -- Dishonour of cheque - Accused ready to pay - Dropping of proceedings without consent of complainant - Where an appropriate amount is offered/deposited, Court may consider dropping the proceedings by taking into consideration, objections if any, without obtaining consent of..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 25 -- Permanent alimony - Wife contracted second marriage - She is thus, no longer dependent on the alimony of her husband from first marriage - Subsequent development i.e second marriage contracted by wife is certainly an important factor that is to be taken into consideration while quantifying alimony payable - Wife is earning Rs.32,000..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 324 -- Offence u/ss 307, 324 IPC - Injured witness had spoken in tune with prosecution case and deposed about assault committed on him - Inconsistencies were found in the evidence of PWs 2, 3 and 6 - There is insufficient evidence to establish with certainty the existence of an intention to cause death of victim - Accused rightly..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 324 -- Offence u/ss 307, 324 IPC - Injured witness had spoken in tune with prosecution case and deposed about assault committed on him - Inconsistencies were found in the evidence of PWs 2, 3 and 6 - There is insufficient evidence to establish with certainty the existence of an intention to cause death of victim - Accused rightly..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304(Part II) -- Nature of offence - Incident occurred all of a sudden at the spur of moment - There was no intention of accused to kill deceased - Incident was not pre-planned - Deceased was being hit by lathis and dandas and accused had used excessive force - Accused is guilty of an offence u/s 304(Part II) IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304(Part II) -- Offence u/s 304(Part II) IPC - All the accused persons are innocent persons who never had any criminal record - Accused are on bail - Conviction u/ss 148, 302 r/w 323 be treated to be conviction u/s 304(Part II) IPC and conviction u/ss 147, 148 set aside - Punishment imposed of fine of Rs.20,000/- each and this fine be paid..........
