Evidence Act, 1872, Section 126, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 16, Rule 1, 2 -- Summoning as a witness of erstwhile lawyer of predecessor-in-interest of defendant - Factual information sought from erstwhile lawyer with regard to an alleged compromise between parties and/or whether said lawyer ever witnessed any such compromise and/or whether his client entered into..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354, 354D, 506, 509, 34, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 10 -- Quashing of FIR - Compromise - FIR cannot be quashed on the ground that victim after attaining majority has decided to compromise matter with accused - Petition for quashing dismissed...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354, 354A, 341, 323, 506, 509, 34 -- Quashing of FIR - Compromise - Offence u/ss 354, 354-A, 341, 323, 506, 509, 34 IPC - Oral settlement arrived at between parties - Matter has been settled amicably - Complainant has no objection if FIR is quashed - No useful purpose will be served in prosecuting..........
Maintenance and welfare of Parent and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, Section 22 -- Senior citizen - Death during pendency of proceedings - Tribunal becomes functus officio after death of senior citizen as it has no jurisdiction to continue with proceedings under the Act - Any order by Tribunal qua compromise between two sets of legal heirs and/or otherwise touching on merits..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 23, Rule 3 -- Consent decree - Challenge as to - Consent decree would not serve as an estoppel, where compromise was vitiated by fraud, misrepresentation or mistake...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 23, Rule 3 -- Consent decree - Clerical or arithmetical errors - Supreme Court in exercise of its inherent powers may unilaterally rectify a consent decree suffering from clerical or arithmetical errors, so as to make it conform with terms of compromise...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 23, Rule 3 -- Consent decree - Where there is inconsistency in extract of consent decree, which is error on face of record as such same can be corrected by exercising inherent jurisdiction of Court, to bring it in conformity with intended compromise...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B -- Quashing of proceedings - Cheating - Compromise arrived at between parties - Proceedings are essentially of civil nature - Proceedings quashed...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 336, 427 -- Quashing of FIR - Compromise - Offence u/ss 336, 427 IPC - Compromise arrived at between parties - Parties are next door neighbours - Parties patching up their differences and they have decided to live peacefully - No useful purpose would be served by continuation of trial - FIR along..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 323, 341, 504, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(1)(D) -- Quashing of proceedings - Offence u/ss 323, 341, 504 IPC and S.3(1)(D) of SC/ST Act - Compromise arrived at between parties - Dispute amicably settled by parties - Complainant has no..........
