Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173 -- Final report - FIR registered as early as 2018 was closed internally in 2022 without any intimation to complainant or submission of final report to Court for nearly three years - Inaction on the part of officer who closed complaint, as well as indifference of subsequent officers who failed to verify and rectify lapse,..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B -- Offence u/Ss. 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B - Acquittal - Forged agriculturist certificate - Testimony of witnesses - Testimony of prosecution witnesses categorically proved that agriculturist certificate was not attached to sale deeds - Testimony of PW7, PW9 and Sub-Registrar, on whose statement prosecution heavily..........
Foreign Marriage Act, 1969, Section 17 -- Marriage - Registration - Even if a marriage is not registered under Foreign Marriage Act, it can still be treated as valid marriage under Indian law for interim purposes, particularly when party asserting marriage supports it with documents such as photos, proof of residence, joint account or correspondence...........
Will -- Registration - Will may be registered at any point of time, either before or after the death of testator, without prejudice to its validity...........
Will -- Registration - There is no statutory requirement that Will must be registered within the lifetime of testator - Registration of Will is not even mandatory...........
Will -- Registered - Carries a presumption of genuineness and burden of disproving it lies on the party alleging its validity - However, presumption is rebuttable but cannot be discarded on the basis of delay alone, especially when there is no statutory bar or limitation period governing registration of Wills...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 5, Rule 17, 19, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 29, Rule 2(b) -- Service of summons - Suit against company - Summons may be served by leaving it or sending it by post address to the Corporation at the registered office or if there is no registered office, then at the place where Corporation..........
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995, Rule 7 -- Enquiry - Direction issued that Superintendents of police in State, shall ensure strict compliance of provisions of SC/ST Act and Rules, particularly R.7 of SC/ST Rules relating to rank of I.O. and time bound filing of final report in all cases registered under SC/ST Act...........
Will -- Registered Will shall operate after death of testator...........
Will -- Registered Will - Plaintiff filed the suit for ownership and consequential possession on the basis of Will within a period of one year and two months from death of testator - There is thus, no delay in production of Will by plaintiff - Appellant failed to prove that registered Will executed by testator is forged and fabricated - Suit of plaintiff rightly decreed..........
