Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 329(4), 232, 351(3), 3(5), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 528 -- Offence u/ss 329(4), 232, 351(3), 3(5) BNS - Issuance of non-bailable warrants - Quashing of order - Notice issued u/s 35(3) BNSS indicates that investigation agency did not initially intend to arrest accused - Neither any material on record nor any..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 75 -- Non bailable warrants - Procedure to issue NBWs - Where accused have neither been arrested during investigation nor is there any material demonstrating judicial custody of accused necessary for completion of investigation or trial, Court is bound in first instance to issue summons - Only thereafter, in even of non..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 7 -- Ex parte order - Setting aside - Petitioner appeared on the very next date of passing ex parte order - Court was obligated to permit petitioner to join proceedings at that stage - Ex parte proceedings set aside...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Provision of O.7.R.11 CPC is mandatory as Court has to reject plaint in case on a meaningful reading of plaint, it is found that suit does not disclose right to sue, a cause of action or suit is barred by any law...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, 34, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 227 -- Offence u/Ss.304B, 498A, 34 IPC - Discharge - Post-mortem report on record suggested that deceased died due to pneumonia - Further, complainant failed to provide any specific incident of harassment of deceased and any date or proof of giving money to accused - Moreover,..........
Malicious prosecution -- Suit for damage - Every acquittal is not a consequence of malicious prosecution - Law provides for compensation for malicious prosecution and not for wrongful or uncalled for or failed prosecution - Civil Court has to conduct an independent enquiry - Grounds of acquittal cannot constitute sole reason for grant of a decree in favour of plaintiff...........
Caste certificate -- Validity - Pre-Independence document certifies that appellant's grandfather belongs to Koli Mahadev Tribe - Greater probative value thus, ought to be given to said document - However, on basis of presumptions and assumptions said document has been disbelieved - Order of Scrutiny Committee invalidating appellant's caste claim as well as impugned..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 20, Rule 1 -- Judgment - Every judgment as soon as it is delivered becomes operative pronouncement of Court...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 23 -- Words "whether defended or not" occurring in S.23(1) of the Act indicate that burden must lie on petitioner to establish his case which affirms those facts which constitute cruelty as a ground of divorce and it is only on satisfaction of Court that a decree can be passed...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty - Petition by husband - Husband has nowhere stated in his notice that he wanted to break-up martial status, but he expected from wife to come back to her matrimonial home and live with husband - This clearly indicates that husband has condoned the cruel conduct, if any of wife - Despite that wife has..........
