Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151, Order 21, Rule 89 -- Auction sale - Setting aside on deposit of amount - Auction purchaser was not given notice and opportunity to contest the execution petition - Aspect whether JD can be permitted to deposit the amount under any exceptional circumstances was not discussed - There is no examination of aspects whether JD could make..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 142, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 447 -- Dishonour of cheque - Transfer of complaint - Lack of territorial jurisdiction - Petitioner/payee of cheque wrongly instituted Complaint Case at Cuttack, who is incompetent to take cognizance, having no territorial jurisdiction to try offence u/s 138 of the N.I. Act..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 11, Rule 5(4) -- Non production of document - Adverse inference - Adverse inference being a presumption, can only be drawn at the time of trial qua the facts of each cases, as it would require evidence and appreciation of evidence, as to whether there is compliance, partial compliance or no compliance with order - The presumption of..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 11, Rule 5(4), 21 -- Production of document - Non-compliance with order - Striking off the defence can never mean striking off cross examination...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Temporary injunction - Un-stamped agreement to sell - Agreement to sell is neither registered nor sufficiently stamped - Said agreement to sell could not have been considered for any purpose for accepting plaintiff's case - However, when defendant has not denied execution of document, so also receipt of part of..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438 -- Anticipatory bail - Granted with condition that appellant resumes conjugal life with his wife and maintains her with dignity and honour as his lawful wife - High Court should have considered the prayer of appellant for pre-arrest bail entirely on its own merit instead of imposing a condition which is not traceable to S.438(2)..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 483, 482 -- Bail/anticipatory bail - Court not to grant regular bail or anticipatory bail on the basis of any accused or his/her family members giving an undertaking to deposit a particular amount - Plea to be decided strictly on merits in accordance with law - High Courts or trial Courts directed not to pass a conditional..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 483, 482 -- Bail/anticipatory bail - Directions issued: (i) No trial Court or any of High Courts shall pass any order of grant of regular bail or anticipatory bail on any undertaking that accused might be ready to furnish for the purpose of obtaining appropriate reliefs; (ii) High Courts as well as trial Courts shall decide..........
Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Section 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 -- Petition u/ss 18 to 22 of the Act - Order passed by trial Magistrate - Appeal thereagainst - Such an order can be assailed in the manner as provided under Code of Criminal Procedure or Family Court Act, as the case may be, and not in the manner as provided under D.V. Act...........
Mutation -- Law as to - (a) Mutation proceedings are summary in nature wherein title of parties over land involved is not decided; (b) Mutation order or revenue entries are only for fiscal purposes to enable State to collect revenue from person recorded; (c) They neither extinguish nor create title; (d) mutation in revenue records does not have any presumptive value on..........
