Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - Absence of any suicide note implicating appellant, though not decisive by itself, assumes significance where evidence is otherwise general in nature...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 18, Rule 3 -- Rebuttal evidence - Right of rebuttal to plaintiffs would be with respect to issues on which onus is on defendants and said right will have to be specifically reserved at the time of closing evidence in affirmative or at the stage prior to which defendants lead their evidence - In case no such right is reserved, then said..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 18, Rule 3 -- Rebuttal evidence - Plaintiff filed suit for declaration on the basis of family settlement - Defendant denied his signatures on alleged family settlement - It was incumbent upon plaintiffs to have led all evidence in affirmative to prove said alleged family settlement - Moreover, there is nothing on record to show that..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ib) -- Divorce - Desertion - Facts and evidence on record are not indicating voluntary desertion on the part of wife - Husband failed to prove desertion on the part of wife - Divorce petition rightly dismissed...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia)(ib) -- Divorce - Cruelty and desertion - Non-framing of specific issues - Pleadings to constitute grounds of cruelty and desertion were made in divorce petition and wife could understand the true nature of divorce petition that same has been filed on the grounds of cruelty and desertion and averments of divorce petition were..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Dishonour of cheque - Quashing of proceedings - Question whether a cheque was issued by way of security or in discharge of a legally enforceable debt is essentially a matter of evidence and cannot ordinarily be adjudicated in proceedings u/s 482 Cr.P.C...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Dishonour of cheque - Quashing of proceedings - Complaint on its face discloses ingredients constituting an offence u/s 138 of N.I Act - Even if plea of petitioner that cheque was issued as security or that liability stood discharged, is taken at face value, such pleas are matters..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 102 -- (Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, S.105) - Burden of proof - Burden is always on party who approaches Court for relief sought in his case and not on weakness of other side - Party litigant has to prove his case on the strength of his own by substantial evidence to discharge onus cast on him, irrespective of question whether the other..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 407, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 447 -- Transfer of matrimonial case - Husband stated that he met with accident and sustained injury to his leg and he is not able to travel from Bengaluru to Chikkamagaluru to lead evidence - Said aspect is not made out a ground in the petition to be considered - Application..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 8, 9, Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Restoration of suit dismissed in default - Condonation of delay - Plaintiff is not disclosing his source of information and date of knowledge about impugned order from whom he found that suit is dismissed for default - Therefore, Court can draw an inference that plaintiffs had knowledge..........
