Partnership Act, 1932, Section 12, 39 -- War widow allotted dealership of Indane Gas - Joined some partners being an old lady to look after day to day functioning of the firm but still holding 51% share in the firm - Held, her dealership could not be cancelled on the ground that she assigned/transferred the distributorship in violation of the terms and conditions of the..........
Representation of the Peoples Act, 1951, Section 116A -- Election - Corrupt practice - Where appellant in discharge of his official duty distributed, sanctioned, approved or permitted grant of old age/widow/handicapped pension prior to the filing of his nomination, it could not be construed as indulgence in corrupt practice...........
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 19 -- Maintenance - Claim from father-in-law after death of husband - Widow given compassionate appointment in MC, Delhi on death of her husband and getting Rs.60,000/- per month as salary - Widow also received pensionary benefits of her deceased husband and also insurance money of her husband - Father-in-law has no..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 1, Rule 10, Succession Act, 1925, Section 372 -- Necessary party - Application for grant of succession certificate - Application filed by widow and children of deceased - Petitioner sought impleadment as intervener claiming himself elder brother of deceased testator and denying that applicants are widow and children of deceased - Held,..........
Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 6, 14(1), 14(2) -- Three brothers holding family property jointly - Death of one of the brothers in 1954 - Partition of family property between brother and widow of the deceased by way of family arrangement - Widow getting share of her deceased husband - Widow selling property which fell to her share - Challenge against sale by brothers..........
Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 14(1) -- Widow in possession of property in pursuance of her pre-existing right of maintenance on the date of coming into force of Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - Held, right of life interest ripened into full ownership...........
Prevention of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Section 22 -- Interim order allowing stay/reside in house and awarding maintenance of Rs.10, 000/- per month - Order upheld in appeal but maintenance reduced to Rs.6, 000/- p.m. - Husband expired - Order did not specify as to which of the respondent out of the five would be liable to make the payment and why - Order..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Death of woman by consuming poison - As per father of deceased, no demand of dowry made at the time of marriage - No evidence to suggest that soon before her death deceased was subjected to harassment on account of dowry demand - Only evidence that accused was interested in widow sister of deceased - Also there..........
Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, Section 14D -- Right of widow landlady to evict tenant - Widow landlady filed eviction petition on the ground that she requires the premises for her own residential purposes - Tenant inducted in the suit property by the previous owner from whom the husband of window landlady purchased tenanted premises - Tenant neither inducted by landlady nor..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Exparte decree - Setting aside - Defendant proceeded exparte on 27.5.2000 whereas he died on 14.11.1999 - Decree against a dead person is a nullity - Neither any notice nor any information was ever sent to the wife and L.R's of deceased defendant - Widow an illiterate Pardanashin lady cannot be supposed to have any knowledge..........
