Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 9 -- Public street - Injunction suit restraining defendant from making construction on 80 feet wide public road abutting plot of plaintiff - Mere existence of 80 feet road proved by the plaintiff does not clothe the plaintiff with any right unless and until it is established that it was a public street...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 123, 124 -- Public Service Commission - Cannot claim privilege for the record of selections made by the Commission...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 123 -- Privilege - Claim of - Record regarding which the privilege can be claimed should relate to the affairs of the State - The disclosure of contents whereof should be against the public interest and may cause public injury...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 123, General Clauses Act, 1897, Section 3(58) -- Haryana Public Service Commission - Not mentioned in the list of the States specified in the First Schedule to the Constitution of India - Not a `State' within the meaning of S.123 of Evidence Act...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 123, 124, General Clauses Act, 1897, Section 3(58) -- Selection of ineligible candidates by Haryana Public Service Commission - FIR against Chairman and members - Police required record of selection in connection with selection - Commission claiming privilege u/ss 123 & 124 Evidence Act - Held, that any of the activities of the Commission in any..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 320 -- Compounding of offence - In disputes where question involved is of purely personal nature and public policy is not involved, Court should ordinarily accept the terms of compromise - FIR quashed...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 320, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 379, 406, 409, 418, 506, 34 -- Compounding of offence - Offence u/s 379, 406, 409, 418, 506 and 34 IPC - Offence u/s 406 not compoundable as amount involved more than Rs.250/- - Dispute arising out of business dealings - Public policy not involved - In disputes where question involved is of a..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 197 -- Public servant - Sanction for prosecution - Inflicting injuries by police officials during investigation - Law does not permit use of third-degree methods or torture of accused in custody during interrogation and investigation with a view to solve the crime - Injuries suffered cannot be termed to have been caused during the..........
Service -- Compassionate appointment - Appointment on compassionate ground can only be granted to tide over the sudden crisis of the family of the deceased - The right to get appointment on compassionate ground would depend upon the scheme operating in the field - Appointment on compassionate ground is not a source of recruitment - The reason for making such a benevolent..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 197, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 166, 167 -- Sanction for prosecution - Prosecution of public servant under Ss.166, 167 IPC - Held, that S.197 of the Code unlike the provision of the Prevention of Corruption Act postulate obtaining of an order of sanction even in a case where public servant has ceased to hold office...........
