Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 5, Rule 19 -- Service of summons - Requirement to examine process server on oath arises only when returned notices have not been verified on oath...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 5, Rule 20 -- Substituted service - Recourse to substituted service U.O.5.R.20 CPC is neither mandatory nor a condition precedent for treating service as valid...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 5, Rule 17 -- Service of summons - Mentioning address of witnesses is not mandatory...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex parte decree - Setting aside - Defendant has failed to produce any evidence to rebut presumption of proper service - He failed to discharge initial burden - There was thus, no obligation on plaintiffs to produce process server as a witness - Suit remained pending from 2008 till 2022, when ex-parte decree was passed -..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 27 -- Additional evidence at appellate stage - Where appellate Court permits additional evidence to be adduced, O.41.R.27 CPC casts a mandatory obligation upon Court to record reasons for such admission...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 27 -- Additional evidence at appellate stage - Provision has no application where appellate Court is in a position to render a satisfactory and reasoned judgment on basis of evidence already available on record...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 27 -- Additional evidence at appellate stage - When plaintiffs themselves asserted title on basis of long and continuous possession through their predecessors, subsequent attempt to introduce General Land Register (GLR) in the form of additional evidence at appellate stage assumes little legal significance - Once the trial had..........
Maintenance and welfare of Parent and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, Section 22 -- Property of senior citizen - Disputes as to title and possession of suit property - Authorities under the Act are not meant to adjudicate upon disputes relating to title and possession of immovable properties, more particularly when parties are not related to each other - Such disputes can only..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 100 -- Second appeal - Appeal seeking re-appreciation of evidence is impermissible in second appellate jurisdiction in the absence of a substantial question of law...........
Registration Act, 1908, Section 68(2) -- Cancellation of sale deeds - District Registrar is not empowered to cancel the sale deeds, as registering authority has no jurisdiction or authority to adjudicate disputed facts regarding civil rights of parties - Competent civil Court of law alone is empowered to declare civil rights...........
