Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 156(3), 197 -- Complaint u/s 156(3) Cr.P.C. - Police official discharging his official duty - There must be a prior sanction to proceed against such officer - Filing of private complaint itself is abuse of process of law - Moreover, entertaining such complaint and directing to register FIR without applying mind by Magistrate is..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 100 -- Second appeal - Once finding of fact recorded by two Courts below are justified and based on due appreciation of evidence, re-appreciation of evidence at the stage of second appeal in order to draw a different conclusion is not warranted...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 14, Rule 1, 2 -- Additional issue - Suit for declaration and possession - Defendant raising plea of adverse possession - Framing of additional issue with regard to adverse possession - Trial Court striking issue in that regard placing onus of proof upon defendant - Order upheld...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 22, Rule 3 -- Substitution of L.R's - Two independent proceedings - It cannot be said that substitution application filed in one proceeding is sufficient and only formal application is required in other proceeding - Substitution application not properly filed and Court in place of taking liberal view, took a arbitrary view which cannot be..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 82 -- Proclamation - Publication of proclamation was effected on 15.12.2018 - Mandatory period of 30 days had not elapsed on 21.12.2018 - Case was adjourned solely for the said reason to 18.1.2019 when order in question was issued - Order passed u/s 82(1) Cr.P.C is in violation of statutory procedure prescribed under Cr.P.C, as period..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 100, Order 9, Rule 9 -- Second appeal - Order passed U.O.9.R.9 CPC do not have trappings of decree - Second appeal u/s 100 CPC held, not maintainable...........
Mutation -- Sanction of - It is duty of revenue officials to incorporate decree in revenue record in letter and spirit and the impugned order dismissing application for entering mutation cannot be upheld in any manner...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 382 -- Rape - Quashing of proceedings - Prosecutrix and her husband do not wish to continue with proceedings in order to remove matrimonial hardship between prosecutrix and her husband - There is no likelihood of conviction of accused in trial as prosecutrix turned hostile - Proceedings quashed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 18 -- Amended plaint - O.6.R.18 CPC gives outer limit of 14 days to comply with the order of amendment - If same is not complied with, Court has liberty to extend the time in a given case and such discretion given to Court is to be exercised by considering the relevant fact...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 18 -- Amended plaint - Condition to pay Court fee not complied with - Plaintiff failed to make prayer for extension of time - On the contrary, defendants asked for deletion of amendment which was sought by plaintiff - Court rightly allowed the application - High Court declined to extend the period as order of paying Court fee..........
