Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125(4) -- (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.144(4) - Maintenance to wife - Adultery - Wife of `A' with whom respondent/wife is leading adulterous life had filed divorce petition on ground of adultery - Said circumstantial evidence are sufficient to establish the factum of `living in adultery' on a balance of preponderance..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125(4) -- (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.144(4) - Maintenance to wife - Adultery - Husband is not required to prove adulterous act beyond a reasonable doubt - Adultery typically occurs in secrecy, making direct proof rare - Adultery can often be established through circumstantial evidence, provided circumstances lead..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 96 -- Appeal - Interim relief - Appellate Court can grant interim relief pending appeal even if suit is dismissed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 96 -- Appeal - Interim relief - First appellate Court can re-examine both questions of fact and law and may re-appreciate evidence on record - Its powers are as extensive as original Court's, meaning it can reconsider the need for interim protection...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 96 -- Appeal - Interim relief - Appellate Court must independently consider the application for interim relief pending final disposal of appeal on its own merits and established legal principles - It should not just look into final outcome of suit...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 97, 99, 101, Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 21, 22E -- Execution - Award of Lok Adalat - Executing Court can address questions which arise incidentally in the course of working out execution, such as whether and to what extent decree can be enforced against a particular person in possession and in what manner -..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife and children - Determination of income of husband - Deductions - Availing of loans by husband and its repayment and payment towards insurance premium, GPF, SLI, etc. are to be reckoned as personal savings and shall not be reduced from actual income to quantify amount of maintenance - Moreover, showing some..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife and child - Wife and child have no independent source of income for their survival and at the relevant time child was studying in LKG - Net income of husband is Rs.19,574 - Family Court rightly granting Rs.6,000 to wife and Rs.3,500 to minor daughter as monthly maintenance...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 340 -- Once main case stood compounded, initiation of action on an application filed by a stranger, who had no nexus with original case could not justify continuation of proceedings u/s 340 Cr.P.C...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 340 -- Proceedings u/s 340 Cr.P.C. should not be started casually - Such action can be taken only when Court finds that it is necessary in the interest of justice and that there is some clear material showing an offence which affects the administration of justice...........
