Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 27 -- Additional evidence at appellate stage - Before undertaking the exercise of considering whether a party is entitled to lead additional evidence U.O.41.R.27 CPC, it would be first necessary to examine pleadings of such party to gather if case sought to be set up is pleaded so as to support additional evidence that is proposed..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 27 -- Additional evidence at appellate stage - Application for leading additional evidence has been considered by Appellate Court without examining the aspect as to whether additional evidence proposed to be led was in consonance with pleadings of defendant and whether such case had been set up by him coupled with the fact that..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151 -- Additional evidence - Evidence in question came on record during course of evidence led by defendant - There was no occasion for plaintiff to have led evidence in affirmative in the absence of any pleadings in written statement - Once said evidence was produced by defendant, plaintiff was well within his rights to lead additional..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 25, 27 -- Additional evidence at appellate stage - Application filed U.O.41.Rr.25, 27 CPC is required to be decided along with main appeal and appropriate orders be passed on the said application, after hearing both the parties...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 19, Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Restoration of appeal dismissed in default - Condonation of delay of 5250 days - When delay of long period of time is sought to be condoned, Court should not rule out involvement of third parties in litigation - Court, in fact, should presume that third party rights may have been created..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 106 -- Last seen evidence - Failure of accused to offer plausible explanation can be viewed as an additional link in chain of circumstances, thereby raising presumption of guilt against accused - However, such presumption, would arise only when prosecution succeeds in establishing each link in chain of circumstances to prove charge against..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151 -- Additional evidence - Documents in question were not produced due to lapses on part of previously engaged counsel - Petitioner was compelled to engage new counsel - Litigant should not be made to suffer for lapses of his counsel - Moreover, a lis should be decided on merits rather on technicalities - One last opportunity is thus,..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of pleadings - Husband filed divorce petition on basis of marriage being valid - However, by way of amendment husband sought additional grounds and plea of marriage declared to be void - Application does not seek amendments to be as alternative reliefs but as substantive prayers but without deleting earlier ones -..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 319 -- Summoning of additional accused - Generally on the basis of evidence before it during trial, Sessions Court is fully empowered and armed with competent jurisdiction over issue of summoning additional accused persons to face trial along with accused persons who were already been tried by it...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 319 -- Summoning of additional accused - Petitioners were not named in the FIR - Prosecution has not produced proper and sufficient evidence on the basis of which petitioners could be called by Court to face trial in the case as co-accused, rather it ought to have waited for some other cogent evidence of fact which could easily..........
