Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 35B -- Non-payment of costs - Closure of evidence of defendants - Case adjourned for DWs subject to payment of costs of Rs.200/- - Cost not paid and no DW was present and defendant's evidence was closed by order - No application u/s 148 CPC filed for extension of time - Evidence of defendants rightly closed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 17, Rule 1, 2 -- Closure of evidence of plaintiff - Court granted 22 opportunities to plaintiff to lead evidence and out of which on three occasions plaintiff was present - Though apparently, there is no justification forthcoming for not leading evidence for over three years, however, looking to nature and manner in which trial Court has..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 137 -- Closure of right to cross examine witness - Court gave last chance to cross examine with cost, number of times but witnesses not cross examined - High Court granted one last opportunity to cross examine witness and counsel gave an undertaking that he will not seek any further adjournment - Last opportunity availed but still adjournment..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Closure of defence evidence - Ten dates were fixed for accused to adduce defence evidence - Accused did not produce any witness and kept on praying for adjournment - They kept on protracting the proceeding - Trial Court justified in closing defence evidence...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173(2) -- Closure report - Murder case - Criminal conspiracy - Investigation and closure report do not contain any material with regard to nature of investigation against accused for conspiracy to arrive at conclusion for insufficiency of evidence against them - Closure report is based on ipse dixit of I.O - Investigation appears to..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 17, Rule 3 -- Closure of evidence of defendants - Mere fact that plaintiffs not produced documents as per order of Court, that by no means extended opportunity for defendants not to lead their remaining evidence...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 17, Rule 3 -- Closure of evidence of defendants - Defendants granted five effective opportunities for leading their entire evidence, including last opportunity - Earlier also evidence of defendants was closed - However, even after granted last opportunity, defendants did not produce any witnesses and again sought adjournment - Even the..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Closure report - Murder - Investigation of case remained inconclusive for nearly three long years with investigating agency - It is only when SC ordered that investigation be concluded within 2 months, that suddenly very lengthy investigation closure report is filed - Closure report is..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 17, Rule 1, 3 -- Closure of evidence of defendant no.4 - Witness of defendant no.4 was present for cross-examination on two occasions - But on both the occasions witness of defendant no.4 not cross-examined by Counsel for plaintiff - Witness of defendant no.4 did not appear on one date on which his evidence was closed by Court - Evidence..........
Environment -- Expansion of industrial projects - Ex post facto environmental clearances (ECs) - Three industries in question failed to obtain their ECs - Functioning of these industries without a valid EC would have had an adverse impact on environment, ecology and biodiversity in the area where they are located - Even these three industries were not entitled to benefit..........
