Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 20, 3(b)(ii) -- Maintenance to daughter - Marriage expenses - As per Section 3(b)(ii) of the Act, in case of an unmarried daughter, maintenance include not only the reasonable expenses of marriages but also expenses incident to her marriage i.e. which are directly incurred for marriage and which are incurred indirectly or..........
Special Leave petition -- Civil and criminal proceedings - Exemption from filing certified copy of judgment/order under challenge - Direction issued viz: (i) If any special leave petition, arising out of civil proceedings as well as criminal proceedings, is accompanied by an application for exemption from filing certified copy of the judgment and/or order under challenge,..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 156(3) -- Application u/s 156(3) Cr.P.C. - Pre conditions to be satisfied before seeking investigation u/s 156(3) Cr.P.C. are : (i) Application to be supported by an affidavit duly sworn by the complainant; (ii) In an appropriate case, Magistrate would be well advised to verify the truth and also verify the veracity of the..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife - While deciding criminal revision against order passed u/s 125 Cr.P.C or corresponding section under Domestic Violence Act, Court shall take into consideration the present income of husband and wife for determining maintenance payable to wife and children...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376AB, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 3, 4, 5(d), 6 -- Alternate punishment- Where an act or omission constitutes an offence punishable under POCSO Act and also Indian Penal Code or Information Technology Act, 2000, then, the offender found guilty of such offence shall be liable to punishment only under this..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376AB, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 3, 4, 5(d), 6 -- Alternate punishment- Where an act or omission constitutes an offence punishable under POCSO Act and also Indian Penal Code or Information Technology Act, 2000, then, the offender found guilty of such offence shall be liable to punishment only under this..........
Service -- Promotion - Denial of - Post of Under Secretary - Respondent appointed as Section Officer not disputed by appellant - However, co-respondents were ineligible for promotion as held by High Court - There was thus, no impediment for promotion by selection of respondent to the post of under secretary under statutory rules - Action of appellant denying promotion to..........
Service -- Benefit of personal/promotional pay scale - Recovery of - Benefit of personal/promotional pay scale was granted only to Ayurvedic Medical Officers upon completing 8 and 14 years of service - Said order was contrary to order of Finance Department and therefore, rightly withdrawn - Personal time bound pay scale was granted to appellants, subject to condition that..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 102 -- Freezing of bank account - Investigating agency have power u/s 102 Cr.P.C to seize the bank accounts, an action which falls within the scope of term seizure of "property" as used in said Section...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 65 -- Secondary evidence - Law as to - (a) Law requires the best evidence to be given first, that is, primary evidence; (b) S.63 of the Evidence Act provides a list of the kinds of documents that can be produced as secondary evidence, which is admissible only in the absence of primary evidence; (c) If the original document is available, it has..........
