Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 1, Rule 10 -- Impleadment of a stranger - Suit for specific performance - Suit filed by plaintiff and issues arising therefrom can very well be adjudicated inter se between existing parties without impleading proposed party as defendant - Merely because proposed party has filed other suit with regard to same subject matter does not ipso..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Petitioners wish to introduce pleadings that would change nature of claim - Petitioners are bringing absolutely inconsistent case contrary to case pleaded in original plaint - In absence of explanation as mandated U.O.6.R.17 Proviso CPC amendment cannot be permitted at belated stage - Application rightly..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Amendment sought after recording of evidence of two witnesses i.e. after commencement of trial - No explanation as to why such amendment was not sought at initial stage or atleast before commencement of trial - Mere explanation given that Advocate before Trial Court took wrong plea, such contention..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13 -- Ex parte divorce decree against wife - Setting aside - Court never fixed case for filing written statement and no opportunity was granted to defendant to file written statement nor right to file written statement was closed by Court prior to case proceeded ex parte - Even if defendant or..........
Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 22, Rule 9, 3 -- Condonation of delay - Abatement of suit - Partition suit - Delay was occasioned due to petitioners being unaware of pendency of suit - Explanation offered by petitioners is plausible and ought to have been accepted by trial Court - In a suit for partition, it is in the interest of all..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 22 -- Quashing of proceedings - Offence u/s 22 of POCSO Act - Crime registered against accused on the basis of information furnished by petitioners is only u/s 12 of the Act - Even if entire allegations levelled against petitioners is believed, same will not amount to..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 22, Rule 4 -- Suit filed against dead person - Order allowing substitution of LRs of deceased defendant set aside...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife - While the length of marriage by itself is not determinative of entitlement u/s 125 Cr.P.C. it is nonetheless a relevant factor in assessing nature of dependency, adjustment of lifestyle and extent to which parties had in fact shared a common standard of living...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife - Merely because husband earns more it cannot be said that wife must necessarily receive half or a substantial fraction thereof - Such an approach would amount to converting maintenance proceedings into a de facto claim for sharing of income or property which is impermissible...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife - Mere capacity to earn does not disentitle a wife from maintenance - Court is entitled to take into account earning potential, qualifications and past employment while determining the quantum...........
