Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 7, 8, 33(8), Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Rules, 2012, Rule 7, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 357A -- Sexual assault - Directive issued that Special Court upon receipt of information as to commission of any offence under Act by registration of FIR shall on his own or on application of..........
Service -- Dismissal from service - Submission of forged certificate for claiming additional monetary benefits - Tribunal on the basis of evidence, found that employee was fully aware of the fact that document was a forged one - Employee dismissed from her services by Disciplinary Authority - Punishment was upheld by Appellate Authority and Tribunal - High Court committed..........
Indian Contract Act, 1872, Section 59, 60 -- Appropriation of payments - Award of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal - Even in the absence of O.21.R.1 CPC, when amounts are paid into Court under an award, Court would have no other option but to adjust it first against the interest and then against principal, unless person making such payment intimates the manner in which..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173, Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 21 -- Award of Lok Adalat - Presiding Officer of Mega Lok Adalat taking into consideration cancellation report filed by police and accepted protest petition of complainant and directed police to present challan - Said approach is not permissible under law - Order passed by presiding..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 35, 35A, 151, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Dismissal of application by imposing actual costs - No provision for award of actual costs as at present - Costs can be imposed in accordance with relevant provisions of CPC and High Court Rules - Unless rules of High Court are amended to provide for actual costs, the same cannot be..........
Arbitration Act, 1940, Section 30, 20, 2(a) -- Arbitration award - Work contract - Contractor getting work done from sub contractor - No clause of enhancement of rates in the contract between contractor and sub contractor - Contractor getting revised rates - Benefit of revised rates does not enure to the benefit of sub contractor - In a matter of contract, parties are..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125(3) -- Maintenance - Non-payment - Imprisonment in default of payment - Award of one months imprisonment for default in payment of maintenance for 16 months - Court has no jurisdiction to enhance the sentence from one month to 11 months in the same proceedings...........
Punjab Co-operative Societies Act, 1961, Section 55, 63, 64, 65, 66 -- Execution of orders - Award passed under Act is executable as decree of Civil Court - Registrar has also power under Act for recovery of amount by attaching any property...........
Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 11, 11A -- Acquisition of land - Validity of award - Award passed in the year 1996 - Award upheld by High Court and Supreme Court - Filing fresh writ petition challenging validity of award for first time in 2004, therefore, not only barred by provisions of O.2.R.2 CPC but also barred on the doctrine of laches and delays as well...........
Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 17, 11, 11A -- Acquisition of land - Validity of award - Land acquired by invoking urgency clause u/s 17 of the Act and dispensing with requirement of filing objections u/s 5-A of the Act - This action on the part of Government was upheld by Supreme Court in the first round of litigation - S.11-A of the Act is not even attracted once..........
