Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 1, Rule 10 -- Impleadment of a party - Court has discretionary power U.O.1.R.10 CPC to add parties - However, such power cannot be invoked to cure a fundamental defect arising from failure to implead necessary parties when relevant information was available on record and could have been discovered with due diligence...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 1, Rule 10 -- Impleadment of trustees - Land in question has been recorded in the name of Trust since 1969 and names of trustees have been continuously reflected in revenue records - Thus, existence of trust and its trustees was a matter of public record - Despite this, plaintiff instituted suit in 2019 without impleading trustees -..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 26, Rule 9 -- Appointment of advocate commissioner - Advocate commissioner can be appointed in a suit for injunction to note down physical features, localize or demarcate property - This action is permitted to help Court understand the local situation and is not considered a collection of evidence - Such appointments are discretionary..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 167(2) -- Default bail - Once charge sheet is presented before Court within statutory period, mere return of same during scrutiny for compliance of certain procedural defects cannot be construed to mean that charge sheet was not filed within time...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Temporary injunction - Order granting temporary injunction to plaintiffs in respect of an area beyond the land allotted to plaintiff is a perverse order - Appellant Court rightly set aside order of trial Court granting temporary injunction...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 27 -- Additional evidence at appellate stage - Provision of O.41.R.27 CPC does not apply to filing documents before appellate Court while challenging validity of an order of temporary injunction...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 27 -- Additional evidence at appellate stage - Where appellate Court permits additional evidence to be adduced, O.41.R.27 CPC casts a mandatory obligation upon Court to record reasons for such admission...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 27 -- Additional evidence at appellate stage - Provision has no application where appellate Court is in a position to render a satisfactory and reasoned judgment on basis of evidence already available on record...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 311 -- Recall of a witness - Criminal Court is empowered to summon any person as a witness at the stage of inquiry, trial or other proceeding, provided that such summoning and examination are absolutely necessary for just decision of case - Such a decision taken by a Court of law normally shall not be interfered with, since Court..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife - Maintenance is always dependent on factual situation of case and Court would be justified in moulding claim for maintenance passed on various factors...........