Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 307, 323, 313, 406, 34, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cruelty - Attempt to murder - Dowry demand - Complaint is absolutely silent about any specific date or time of torture - No iota of material can be found regarding incident of pouring kerosene oil on her and or banging her head with wall from case diary - Nature of..........
Service -- Regularization - Contractual employee - State having availed of appellants services on sanctioned posts for over a decade pursuant to a due process of selection and having consistently acknowledged their satisfactory performance, cannot in the absence of cogent reasons or a speaking decision abruptly discontinue such engagement by taking refuge behind formal..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty - Petition by husband - No evidence on record that husband faced any mental cruelty from wife on account of being bald, having dark complexion and suffering from lameness - Such a ground for obtaining a decree of divorce appears to be arbitrary and concocted - Divorce petition rightly dismissed...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty - Petition by husband - Wife has always been ready and willing to live with husband and for resumption of matrimonial relationship she made efforts for restitution of conjugal rights from her side but due to negative response of husband she was not allowed to live with him - Husband denied to keep his wife..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ib) -- Divorce - Desertion - Petition by husband - Ground of desertion, separation not available as period of desertion, separation is less than two years - More so, it is the husband who is at fault for not allowing to restitute his marriage with wife, rather left his wife and daughter dependent on his parents-in-law - Ground of..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Restoration of complaint dismissed in default - Held, having regard to submissions advanced at bar and in the interest of justice, order dismissing complaint set aside - Complaint restored...........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 8, 20, 23 -- Contraband - Search and seizure - PW1 to PW3 stated that immediately on interception, bag of accused was searched and contraband detected - Consent letter was signed after detection was made and then confession was alleged to have been made - Attempt is to say that detection was separate from actual..........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 8, 20, 23 -- Contraband - Search and seizure - Allegation that accused brought charas from Nepal to India - Site plan as available from records indicate that interception of accused was after he entered into territory of India - However, there is no such entry indicated in passport - Even if accused was arrested..........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 8, 20, 23 -- Contraband - Search and seizure - Consent letter as available in records indicate it to have been written in English and signed only by accused - However, evidence of PW1 indicates that consent letter was confronted to accused who recognized his signature - PW1 stated that he informed accused about..........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 8, 20, 23 -- Contraband - Search and seizure - Allegation that accused brought charas from Nepal to India - However, recovery Mahazar does not indicate a bag in which contraband is said to have been smuggled into India - Inconsistencies in evidence of PW1 to PW3 are not minor and are glaring enough to raise a..........
