Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 190 -- Cognizance of offence - Magistrate is not bound by opinion of police upon submission of final report or cancellation report u/s 173 Cr.P.C and has independent power to apply his mind to material collected during investigation - Magistrate is competent to accept cancellation report, to direct further investigation or to disagree..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 190 -- Cognizance of offence - At the stage of taking cognizance and issuing process, Court is only required to see whether a prima facie case is made out on the basis of material available on record and not to conduct a detailed examination of evidence as would be done during trial...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - At the stage of consideration of an application U.O.7.R.11 CPC, only contents of plaint are required to be examined to determine whether or not same is barred by any law...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Barred by res judicata - Objection based on res judicata generally arises from pleadings contained in written statement which ordinarily cannot be considered at the stage of deciding application filed U.O.7.R.11 CPC...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 340, 125 -- (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Ss.379, 144) - Perjury - Proceedings u/s 125 Cr.P.C. - Merely because wife exaggerated the income of her husband in order to claim maintenance u/s 125 Cr.P.C., it does not mean that such a statement on the part of wife warrants action u/s 340 Cr.P.C...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 340 -- (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.379) - Perjury - In every inquiry u/s 340 Cr.P.C./S.379 BNSS, Court is not bound to make a complaint regarding commission of an offence referred to in S.195(1)(b) Cr.P.C., as S.340 Cr.P.C. is conditioned by words "Court is of opinion that it is expedient in the interests of justice"...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125, 127 -- Maintenance to wife - Merely because husband has certain familial obligations would not absolve him of his primary responsibility to maintain his legally wedded wife...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125, 127 -- Maintenance to wife and minor son - Maintenance enhanced by Family Court from Rs.3500 to 8000 p.m in favour of wife and from Rs.1500 to 4,000 p.m in favour of minor son - Family Court appears to have exercised its discretion judiciously while determining enhanced amount of maintenance - Income of husband as stated to be..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 1, Rule 10 -- Impleadment of a party - Suit for declaration and permanent injunction filed by maternal uncle of petitioner against his mother, brothers and sisters including maternal grandmother and mother of petitioner - Petitioner failed to establish her rights in the property registered in the name of her maternal grand mother -..........
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...........
