Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to minor daughter - Amount of maintenance @ Rs.20,000 reduced by High Court to Rs.7,500 p.m merely noticing that earlier husband was in business and now he was in debt and in financial distress - Order of High Court reducing maintenance cryptic and is bereft of reasons and thus, set aside - Matter remanded to High..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 1, Rule 10 -- Impleadment of party - Partition suit - Trial Court ignoring the fact that all sharers have not been made as parties and proceeded to decree the suit despite there is specific contention taken in written statement regarding non-joinder of necessary parties and also there is previous partition - Impugned order of rejecting..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of claim petition - Proceedings under Motor Vehicle Act - While passing the order, not dealing with stand of opposite party in its objections amounts to perversity and deserves interference - Moreover no opportunity was given to the opposite party to file Additional/Amended written statement in response to the..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 156(3) -- Word "may" occurring in S.156(3) Cr.P.C is of utmost significance - It gives Magistrate a discretionary power to order or not for an investigation into the cognizable offence disclosed in the application...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 156(3) -- Application u/s 156(3) Cr.P.C - Proper investigation is needed in the case in view of nature of allegations levelled by applicant - Order of rejection of application u/s 156(3) Cr.P.C set aside - Matter remanded for fresh consideration...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 451, 457 -- Release of seized amount - Condition of furnishing bank guarantee - Petitioner is a victim of a cyber fraud - Investigating agency has not been able to find out the details of account holders till date - No fruitful purpose would be served by keeping the amount of Rs.2,57,000 on hold - Impugned order modified to the extent..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 408 -- Transfer of case - District Judge after committal process, made over case to III Additional District Sessions Judge - Order passed u/s 194 Cr.P.C is purely an administrative in nature - Administrative order cannot be questioned unless it is apparently illegal - No ground found to transfer the trial to some other Judge -..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Kerala High Court Act, 1958, Section 5 -- Refusal to quash proceedings - Appeal u/s 5 of Kerala High Court Act - Maintainability - No appeal would lie u/s 5 of Kerala High Court Act against an order passed by single Judge refusing to exercise inherent powers u/s 482 Cr.P.C for quashing of a criminal case...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 47 -- Execution - Objections - Executing Court cannot examine the validity of order of Court which had allowed the execution of decree unless Court's order is itself without jurisdiction...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Petition for quashing FIR - Rejection of petition without going into merits of the case made out by appellant - Impugned order set aside - Matter remitted for decision afresh...........
