Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 378(4) -- Appeal against acquittal - Special leave to appeal - Special leave contemplates a strong prima facie case that judgment of acquittal requires a relook...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 378(4) -- Appeal against acquittal - Special leave to appeal - Requirement of special leave acts as a statutory filter, ensuring that only those acquittals which reveal gross miscarriage of justice, illegality or perversity are liable to be reopened, thereby making S.378(4) Cr.P.C. exceptional - Right to appeal, is therefore,..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 378(4), Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 500 -- Appeal against acquittal - Special leave to appeal - Offence u/s 500 IPC - Leave sought only against printer and publisher - Duty of a publisher includes ensuring that information pertains to a factual occurrence, which stems from a credible source - Criminal liability cannot be imputed..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 9, Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Restoration of suit - Dismissed in default - Condonation of delay - Eviction suit - Delay in question cannot be held to be fatal or prolonged - There was a slight delay, which has been satisfactorily explained by plaintiffs - Important questions of law and facts are involved in the suit and..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 506, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 6 -- Rape of daughter by father - Contradictory statements given by prosecutrix and her mother - However, prosecutrix was 3 months pregnant at the time of registration of FIR - FSL report for the same establishes beyond doubt that DNA of foetus matched with that of..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 21 -- Re-hearing of appeal - Ex parte decree passed in second appeal - No document to show that applicants were aware about listing of case - Even Court had not issued any SPC to respondents in view of absence of their counsel - Applicants have shown sufficient cause that prevented them from appearing before Court in second appeal..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 152 -- Amendment/correction of decree - When error in decree was being pointed out and even if trial Court came to conclusion that application is wrongly captioned but if objection was there and there was error in decree, then trial Court was under obligation to correct error in decree before it being finally signed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 152 -- Amendment/correction of decree - When decree has been finally signed, objections u/s 152 CPC would be maintainable...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Suit for specific performance - Amendment sought to be introduced in relation to partition decree is neither relevant nor bona fide - Same has been sought to be introduced at a belated stage without providing any justifiable explanation for delay - Amendment application rightly rejected qua partition..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Suit for specific performance - Proposed amendment regarding subsequent sale after passing of ex parte decree and before ex parte decree was set aside - Amendment was sought immediately after restoration of suit - It cannot be said that there was absence of due diligence or any gross delay - Even..........
