Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 15, 16 -- Review application filed after about 1 year and 9 months - Under Section 15 limitation for filing review application is 90 days - No genuine reason about delay - Revision petition twice earlier dismissed for default - Only motive of petitioner to delay proceedings as long as possible by misusing Court platform - Review..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, 353, 362 -- Multiple sentences - Obligatory on the part of Court to specify as to whether sentences should run concurrent or consecutive - Conviction in eleven cases and accused in each case sentenced to one year imprisonment and fine of Rs.1,000/- imposed - All sentences ordered to run concurrently inspite of a bar to alter the..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 201 -- Ingredients of offence under Section 201 are (i) that an offence has been committed; (ii) that the accused knew or had reason to believe the commission of such an offence; (iii) that with such knowledge or belief he - (a) caused any evidence of the commission of that offence to disappear, or (b) gave any information relating to that..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 201 -- Husband and wife sleeping in the same room but his sister sleeping in a separate room - Dead body of wife found in the kitchen - Sister acquitted under section 302 IPC - No evidence that sister had knowledge of the dead body - Conviction under section 201 set aside...........
Himachal Pradesh Ceiling on Land Holdings Rules, 1973, Section 17 -- Applicable only if any person after 24.1.1971 acquires any land by inheritance or bequest or gift from a person to whom he is an heir - Plea that every addition or reduction in number of members of a family requires redetermination of ceiling area of such a family - Not tenable as it would mean almost..........
Himachal Pradesh Ceiling on Land Holdings Rules, 1973, Section 3, 4, 6, 8 -- Purpose of enacting Section 4(4) - To give right to landowner as defined in Section 3(g) or a person as defined in Section 3(n) to select one unit of land for himself and his family consisting of husband, wife and three minor children to retain permissible area of land of the extent mentioned in..........
Himachal Pradesh Ceiling on Land Holdings Rules, 1973, Section 17, 3, 4, 6, 8 -- Surplus area of landowner and his son has to be seen on the appointed day (24.1.1971) - Death of son issueless after appointed day - Title and. ownership of unit of son never stood vested in him and the extent of land of the unit of son has not devolved upon landowner on the death of his son..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(d),(ii) -- Service - Before the amendment of the Act rendering of service even for commercial purpose has not been ousted from the jurisdiction of the forum - Material of cloth, which was of complainant, was not dyed and treated as per instructions - Clear case of rendering `service' only as per definition of consumer as defined..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(d) -- Consumer - Defective looms - Looms purchased by the complainant-respondent which is private limited company engaged in the business of manufacture of cloth at a larger scale to earn huge commercial profits allegedly not giving satisfactory result - Held that it was a transaction of purchase and sale of goods between two..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304 Part II -- Accused objected to parking of a scooter by the deceased at a particular place which resulted in an altercation and a scuffle - Accused took out his gun and fired resulting in the death of deceased - No previous enmity between the two - Act done in the heat of moment- High Court convicted under section 304 Part I - Held..........
