Marriage -- Proof - Long cohabitation and birth of many children is good enough to conclude that relationship between the two was that of a husband and wife - Even if some earlier marriage to some other person is proved, that will be presumed to have lost that status. (Evidence Act, 1872, Ss.50, 114)...........
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 13(1)(d) -- Sentence - Reduction - Accused 64 years of age, retired from service, spent 10 days in jail, lost all retiral benefits and is in frail health suffering from heart problem requiring constant medication attention - Sentence reduced to already undergone...........
Medical negligence -- Petitioner and his wife, both holding a qualification in practicing in medicines known as GCIM but not having specialization in surgical procedures - The petitioners resorted surgical procedures and as a consequence thereof, the life of the deceased was lost - Held that even if they could take up such a matter in extreme urgency but they should not..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(g),14(1),(d) -- Medical negligence - Compensation - Operation of eyes of the respondent complainant in January and June 1992 by appellant - Consultation with some other doctor when vision not improved and complainant came to know about negligence of the appellant - Medical record of the complainant not produced by the appellant..........
Will -- Proof - Original Will not produced as it was stated to have been lost - Scribe and attesting witnesses also not produced as they were stated to have died - Held, Will is not legally proved...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(d) -- Consumer - Subrogation - Loss of consignment paid by the insurance company to the complainant respondent and then got subrogated to the rights of the first complainant - Complaint filed against carrier allowed by the District Forum - Held that the assignment of rights of a consignor in respect of lost consignment to..........
Banking service -- Bank draft purchased by the petitioner allegedly lost and on request of the petitioner it was cancelled on getting indemnity bond with one surety - Bank draft encashed by the person to whom it was sent - Exercise of lien on the account of the complainant as well as on the FDR of Rs. 25,000/- standing in name of the surety - Plea of the petitioner of..........
Courier service -- Appellant applied for admission in the medical entrance test - Documents were sent to the University's Registrar through courier well in time - Documents not received by the Registrar and returned to the courier - Courier-Opposite party held up those documents for 48 days which resulted in failure of the complainant to make necessary formalities for..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, 41 -- Penal Code, 1860, Sections 379 and 403 - Quashing of FIR - Illegal arrest - Compensation - On the basis of an anonymous inland letter, in which it was alleged that the petitioner and another person found a bag containing hundred rupees and five hundred rupees notes totaling Rs.5 lacs, petitioner was arrested and Rs.8,000/-..........
Insecticides Act, 1968, Section 21, 24, 29, 30 -- Complaint - Filed after expiry of life of insecticide - Request of manufacturer for re-testing of sample refused - Date of expiry of sample very much material - Valuable right of accused lost - Proceedings quashed...........
