Complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act filed through a Power of Attorney holder is maintainable when the complaint and affidavit under Section 145 explicitly state tha..

Pendency of matrimonial litigation does not grant license to forcibly enter a house without permission and assault the occupants. Even if the incident occurred in the presence of police offi..

Mere threats, absent clear intention to cause alarm and vague allegations unsupported by prima facie cogent evidence, cannot sustain a charge under Section 506 IPC. Mere presence of a lawyer..

Under Section 125 CrPC, a wife cannot claim maintenance if her own acts or omissions, or those of her family members, cause or contribute to the husband's incapacity to earn. Granting mainte..

To establish an offence under Section 498A IPC, the prosecution must prove cruelty beyond reasonable doubt with specific instances of torture inflicted with intent to cause grave injury or d..

Lawyers have no right to go on strike, give a call for boycott, or observe even a token strike. Lawyers abstaining from work hold litigants to ransom and directly violate the constitutional ..

Statement "go away and die" made during a heated quarrel lacks the necessary mens rea to attract Section 306 IPC (Abetment of Suicide). Casual words uttered in the spur of the moment, withou..

When signatures on a Will are not disputed but execution is challenged on lack of free will and consent, expert handwriting opinion is unnecessary. However, admission of signatures does not ..

Prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, fails where privity of contract and legal debt are not established. Partners cannot be prosecuted without specific aver..

Endorsement "Not Negotiable" merely restricts transferability of title under Section 130 of the Negotiable Instruments Act but does not extinguish the drawer's liability or negate the instru..

Concealment of a prior live-in relationship before marriage constitutes fraud as to a material fact under Section 12(1)(c) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, rendering the marriage voidable. F..

A marriage cannot be dissolved through a notarised affidavit alone. Under the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939, lawful dissolution requires proper invocation of statutory provisions..