(i) Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.125 -- Maintenance to Wife -- Concealment of Subsisting Marriage -- A party cannot take advantage of her own wrong. Concealment and deceit practised in c..

(i) Bihar Control of Crimes Act, 2024, S.2(b) -- Externment Order -- Anti-Social Element Declaration -- Requires at least two cases within the 24 months immediately preceding commencement of..

Railways Act, 1989, S.124A -- Railway Accident Compensation -- Absence of Ticket -- Mere absence of a ticket on the person of a deceased or injured passenger cannot by itself defeat an other..

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.299 -- Evidence -- Absconding Accused -- Requires only that the accused is absconding and there is no prospect of immediate arrest before deposition of a wit..

Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.376(2)(n) -- Framing of Charge -- Rape on False Promise of Marriage -- Subsequent marriage to third party sufficient to create grave suspicion. Marriage of accused..

(i) Specific Relief Act, 1963, S.22 -- Specific Performance -- Refund of Earnest Money -- Statutory relief cannot be granted without specific claim. Refund of earnest money in a suit for spe..

Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021, S.4(iii)(v)(c)(I) -- Surrogacy -- Age Restriction on Intending Couple -- Rigid application infringes reproductive autonomy under Article 21. Age restriction..

Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, S.20 -- Monetary Relief to Daughter -- Postgraduate Education of Major Daughter -- Father liable to bear educational expenses despite da..

(i) Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.482 -- Quashing of Criminal Proceedings -- Matrimonial and Financial Disputes -- Prosecution amounting to abuse of process liable to be quashed. Criminal..

(i) Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O.7 R.11 -- Rejection of Plaint -- Object and Scope of Enquiry -- The object underlying Order 7 Rule 11 CPC is to ensure that frivolous litigation or a suit b..

(i) Document -- Determination of Nature -- Role of Text and Context -- Reference to ex post facto circumstances is unnecessary where the intention of parties is understood from the plain and..

(i) Court Fees Act, 1870, S.7 -- Ad Valorem Court Fee -- Suit for Cancellation of Agreement to Sell and Forfeiture of Earnest Money -- Where a suit is instituted for cancellation of an agree..