Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 -- Employees' Compensation -- Murder on Duty -- Death of an employee by assault while on duty qualifies as accidental death arising out of and in the course..

Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O.47 R.1 r/w S.114 -- Review Jurisdiction -- Non-Consideration of One of Multiple Orders Challenged -- Failure to consider one of two impugned orders challenged i..

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.223(1) -- Pre-Cognizance Hearing -- Supply of Evidence -- The proviso to S.223(1) BNSS mandates that the accused be given an opportunity of hearin..

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.482 -- Quashing -- Quashing of FIR Does Not Amount to Acquittal -- Quashing of criminal proceedings under S.482 CrPC on the ground of omnibus and unspecific ..

Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.498A -- Cruelty to Wife -- Unlawful Demand -- Explanation (b) to S.498A covers any unlawful demand by the husband or his family and is not limited to demands for d..

Once a registered Sale Deed is executed between parties specifying a sale consideration, a suit to recover any balance amount based on an earlier Agreement to Sell is barred under Sections 9..

The obligation of a husband to maintain his wife and minor children under Section 125 CrPC is a legal and ethical duty that cannot be evaded on grounds of lack of regular income or contract-..

A complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act filed by a power of attorney holder, without explicitly stating direct personal knowledge of the transactions, is a curable ir..

Under Section 127 CrPC, corresponding to Section 146 of the BNSS, a wife securing a government job constitutes a change in circumstances sufficient to modify or limit maintenance. The underl..

Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.499 -- Defamation-- Impotency of Husband -- An allegation of impotency made by a wife against her husband in a complaint to the police, as part of a genuine matrim..

Under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, the cheque must be drawn for discharge of a legally enforceable debt or liability. The statutory presumption under Section 139 is r..

A plaint for specific performance cannot be summarily rejected under Order VII Rule 11(d) of the CPC by mechanically imputing constructive notice of registered documents under Section 3 of t..