Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Temporary injunction - Foundational documents relied upon by plaintiff i.e mortgage deed cum lease deed is neither registered nor sufficiently stamped and is therefore, inadmissible - Moreover, plaintiff attempts to secure temporary injunction in effect seeks to restrain rightful owner and purchaser from asserting rights..........
Agreement to sell -- Validity - Plaintiff failed to prove that agreement to sell was a genuine document - Merely because stamp paper was purchased it cannot be held that agreement was genuine...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 452, 302 -- Murder - Plea of juvenile - Neither the Headmaster/Principal of the first attended school nor its records would qualify as `public servant' or `public record' or `public document' respectively - The certificate issued by School could not have been taken as conclusive proof of date of birth of Respondent No.2, discarding Form (A)..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex parte decree - Setting aside - Sufficient cause - Defendants were not serious to pursue their cause and rather they were totally negligent - On account of non-appearance on three consecutive dates, ex-parte proceedings were drawn against defendants - Even, suit was not finally decided immediately and even thereafter..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 11, Rule 5(4) -- Non production of document - Adverse inference - Mere fact that respondent failed to produce the required document does not take away his right to cross examination as the O.11.R.5 CPC nowhere provides that the cross examination should be taken away if there is non-compliance with the statute...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 11, Rule 5(4) -- Non production of document - Adverse inference - Adverse inference being a presumption, can only be drawn at the time of trial qua the facts of each cases, as it would require evidence and appreciation of evidence, as to whether there is compliance, partial compliance or no compliance with order - The presumption of..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 11, Rule 5(4) -- Non production of document - Adverse inference - The cross examination by the party cannot be foreclosed on the basis of direction to draw adverse inference...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 11, Rule 5(4) -- Non production of document - Adverse inference - The presumption of adverse inference like all other presumptions, must avail the moment of judgment and not pre-empt the examination, which would be at the closure of proceedings i.e. trial...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 11, Rule 5(4), 21 -- Production of document - Non-compliance with order - Striking off the defence can never mean striking off cross examination...........
Stamp Act, 1899, Section 35 -- Unstamped instrument - If unstamped instrument is admitted even for collateral purpose, it would amount to receiving such document in evidence for a purpose which is prohibited u/s 35 of the Act - Bar against admissibility of instrument which is chargeable with stamp duty and is not stamped is of course absolute whatever be the nature of..........
