Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 14(1) -- Property of Hindu female - Life interest was given to Hindu Female and she was in possession of same - She died in the year 1996 after coming into force of the Act - Even before her death, she become absolute owner of suit property - Since she sold the property to defendant in 1991 and sale deed shows absolute right over..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder of new born female child by her own mother - Baby girl was put in incubator with an oxygen mask and child had not opened her eyes and she did not cry after birth - There was possibility of natural death - Though doctor opined in the post mortem report the cause of death asphyxia but in absence of any clear evidence on record..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 363, 364, 364A, 365, 302, 120B, Arms Act, 1959, Section 21(1)(a) -- Kidnapping and murder - Circumstantial evidence - Recovery of dead body of deceased - Dead body recovered in decomposed state with one leg missing in agricultural farm - PW1/father of deceased not testified that he had identified dead body found in agricultural farm was..........
Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, Section 9 -- Punishment for male adult marrying a child - Male adults between age of 18 and 21 years of age, who marry female adults cannot be brought under ambit of S.9 of the Act, as this is not mischief that provision seeks to remedy - S.9 of the Act applies only if male adult above 18 years of age marries a child...........
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 7, 8 -- Sexual assault - Where person physically contacts a minor female child, it is covered within definition of sexual assault punishable u/s 8 of the Act...........
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 7, 8 -- Sexual assault - Allegation that accused while stalking had mishandled victim physically - Physical assault of victim, a female child is in itself reflective of element of sexuality involved in the crime - Charge u/ss 7, 8 of the Act rightly framed against accused...........
Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 14 -- Property of a female - S.14 of the Act clearly suggests that legislature intended that limited ownership of Hindu Family should be changed into full ownership...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 340, 125 -- False evidence - Proceedings u/s 125 Cr.P.C. - Giving false evidence by wife stated to be : (a) he and his family members got sex determination test for knowing fetus in womb either female or male child by astrologer etc. at the time of pregnancy of seven weeks some days; (b) mentioning of wrong or false date of Jat..........
Mohammedan Law -- Wakf property - Mutawalli - Office of mutawalli - Female descendant cannot be Mutawalli if wakf intended to exclude them...........
Mohammedan Law -- Wakf property - Mutawalli - Term `putro poutradi Krome' written in wakf deed means son and grandson, generation after generation and therefore does not include any female descendents...........
