Punjab New Mandi Township (Development and Regulation) Act, 1960, Section 13, 15 -- Before cancelling allotment and passing order of confiscation - Necessary for both Administrator as well as Commissioner to record their findings about delay and also cite reasons leading to forfeiture of amount paid - Cancellation of allotment and confiscation of purchase price when there..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 96, Order 20, Rule 18 -- Appeal against final decree in partition suit - Filed after delay of 12 years - Preliminary decree was passed long ago in 1971 - It was confirmed by Board of Revenue - Final decree for partition was also passed in 1971 - Appeal was preferred along with condonation application in 1983 when final decree was put to..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 13, 14, 116 -- Appeal against Naksha Bey - Dismissal of only on the ground that there was delay of one day in filing appeal - Order set aside - Case remanded to decide on merits after giving due opportunity to all the parties...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 154 -- FIR - Delay of two days in lodging FIR - By itself not a ground to throw out the prosecution case when it was otherwise proved by evidence which could not be doubted...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 24A -- Limitation - Vehicle in question was stolen on 19/20.4.1996 - Report regarding the theft lodged with the authorities of police on 20.4.1996 - Complaint filed before the District Forum on 17.2.1999 - No application under Section 24-A(2) of the Act filed praying for condonation of delay - Held that no fault can be found with the..........
Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Delay - Condonation - Sufficient cause - Principles governing are: (i) Ordinarily a litigant does not stand to benefit by lodging an appeal late; (ii) Refusing to condone delay can result in a meritorious matter being thrown out at the very threshold and cause of justice being defeated - As against this when delay is condoned the highest..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Statement of prosecutrix without corroboration if unblemished - Relied upon - Medical examination after 20 hours of the incident - Presence of spermatozoa in vagina would be very remote - Delay in reporting the matter to police stood explained as the incident took place at night - Prosecutrix scared due to night - Sufficient..........
Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974, Section 3(1)(i) -- Preventive detention - Detenu informed that he can make representation to Union and State Govt. - Detenu addressing the representation to President of India, which caused some delay in reaching the representation to concerned authority - Representation to President is..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 38, Rule 5 -- Attachment before judgment - Before passing order of attachment before judgment Court must be satisfied that the defendant with intent to obstruct or delay the execution of any decree that may be passed is about to dispose of the whole or any part of his property or is about to remove the whole or any part of his property..........
Car -- Manufacturing defect - Compensation - OPs not discharging warranty obligation related to the hole in the chassis - Also undue delay and inefficiency in repairing the problem of self starter - Complainant held entitled to compensation of Rs twenty thousand instead of Rs. 50,000/- as allowed by the District Forum...........
