Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Suit for permanent and mandatory injunction - Amendment sought to correct khasra number mentioned in plaint - Application filed immediately after filing of suit and trial Court even allowed the same before written statement of defendants was on record - Application rightly allowed...........
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Section 23 -- Arbitration proceedings - Statements of claim and defence - When Arbitral Tribunal is constituted claimant is required to file statement and respondent to file his defence statement with counter claim, if any, before arbitrator - Claimant is not bound to restrict his statement of claim to claims raised by him in notice..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Ready and willing - Plaintiff was negligent, inactive and lacked continuous readiness and willingness to perform contract within the agreed period - Unexplained delay between agreement and notice, coupled with absence of any contemporaneous act evidencing readiness and willingness, supports refusal of relief - Relief of specific..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 364, 365, 448, 506, 511, 34 -- Kidnapping - Complainant not explained as to why names of two persons, who were subsequently named by him were not disclosed for 15 long years - It shows that complainant was trying to put forth improved version - Statement of complainant is also contradictory to official witnesses examined by prosecution -..........
Mutation -- On the basis of Will - Where there is no serious dispute raised by any natural legal heir, if any of tenure holder, in absence of any legal bar, mutation based on a Will should not be denied as it would defeat the interest of Revenue...........
Agreement to sell -- Oral agreement - Agreement to sell does not create any interest in or charge on property - Ownership remains with seller hence, it does not require to be written on paper and it can be oral agreement as well...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 164 -- Statement recorded u/s 164 Cr.P.C. - When witness herself disowns voluntarism and truthfulness of her statement recorded u/s 164 Cr.P.C. and also when prosecution fails to offer any plausible explanation for these material inconsistencies, benefit of doubt must necessarily ensure to accused...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of written statement - Court cannot permit an amendment which seeks to withdraw or nullify an admission already made or introduces a defence which is mutually destructive of earlier pleadings...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 148, 149, 34 -- Murder - Major contradictions in deposition given by informant - Material contradictions in deposition of informant regarding the manner in which incident took place and with regard to which information about the incident was given by her grand daughter - Independent witnesses did not support the case of prosecution -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Rape - Testimony of panch witnesses of recovery of clothes of appellant as well as victim - Signatures of panch witnesses were obtained on written paper at the instance of police - Said witnesses had no occasion to go through contents of said panchnama - Thus, High Court has committed an error while placing reliance upon stains of..........
