Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 24 -- Wife seeking transfer of petition u/s 9 of Hindu Marriage Act - Cardinal principle of exercise of power u/s 24 of the Code is convenience and inconvenience of the parties - Paramount consideration for exercise of power must be to meet the ends of justice - Convenience of both the parties and not of wife only is to be seen...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 24 -- Wife seeking transfer of petition u/s 9 Hindu Marriage Act - Fact that place of trial is 400 Kms away from the place of residence of wife is not enough for exercise of power conferred by S.24 of the Code...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 24 -- Wife seeking transfer of petition u/s 9 of Hindu Marriage Act from Court at place `L' to place at `N' - Wife herself filed another case in a Court at place `J' - Wife neither resident of place `N' nor she is working there - Petition dismissed...........
Commissions For Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005, Section 13, 24 -- Whether S.13(2) of the Act places the two Commissions in water-tight compartments where they oust the jurisdiction of each other? - As per S.13(2) of the Act, if State Commission has already started an inquiry, then National Commission should naturally refrain from inquiring into the matter - However,..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 24 -- Transfer of matrimonial suit - Inconvenience of wife should be treated as prime consideration in a proceeding u/s 24 CPC arising out of a matrimonial suit...........
Indian Contract Act, 1872, Section 10, 23, 24 -- Valid contract - Oral contract defeating any statutory provision for payment of stamp duty or registration charges - Would be a contract that cannot be enforced even in terms of Ss.23 & 24 of the Act...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 24 -- Transfer of case - Matrimonial dispute - Inconvenience pleaded by wife is completely baseless as distance between Family Court at place `B' is about 54 kms as against 51 kms at place `H' - In any case, in order to compensate wife in alleged inconvenience, it is directed that husband shall pay travelling expenses to wife on her..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 24 -- Maintenance pendente lite - Extension of time for payment - Husband contended that marriage between parties is itself is null and void as per observation of criminal Court, he is not liable to pay maintenance to wife - Contention rejected, as until and unless a competent civil Court passes a decree of divorce, observations made in..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 24, 26 -- Maintenance pendente lite - Husbands failed to produce any evidence that wives had an adequate source of income to maintain themselves - Liability of husband to maintain his wife would not be absolved that he had no sufficient means of income - Family Court rightly awarded maintenance to wives - No interference warranted in..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 24 -- Maintenance pendente lite - Award of a meager amount of Rs.1500/- per month as maintenance allowance and Rs.7,000/- per month as litigation expenses - Maintenance awarded cannot be said to be on higher side or excessive - Order calls for no interference...........