A party to a mediation settlement cannot withdraw consent from mutual consent divorce when the settlement constitutes full and final resolution of all disputes between the parties. While sta..

Under Section 311 CrPC (now Section 348 BNSS), a trial court may summon witnesses or exhibit documents at any stage of trial, including after closure of evidence, if such evidence appears es..

Dearness allowance payable to serving employees and dearness relief payable to pensioners share a common object of neutralising the impact of inflation. Granting a higher rate of dearness al..

A person not party to original writ proceedings cannot be denied impleadment where an interim order passed in those proceedings directly and demonstrably affects such person's rights or prop..

An Insurance Company impleaded as a party-respondent in a motor accident claim petition is entitled to contest the claim on all available grounds, without restriction to the grounds enumerat..

Where unimpeachable material of sterling quality demonstrably displaces the factual foundation of accusations and the prosecution fails to effectively counter it, the Court is justified in e..

For computing limitation under Section 468 of the CrPC, the relevant date is the date of filing of the complaint or lodging of the FIR, and not the date on which the Magistrate takes cogniza..

Adverse inference drawn against a plaintiff for non-appearance in the witness box is rebuttable and not conclusive. Where cogent and reliable evidence on record successfully displaces such p..

Phenothiazine and Promethazine do not fall within the definition of "narcotic drug" under Section 2(xiv) or "psychotropic substance" under Section 2(xxiii) of the NDPS Act, 1985. Neither sub..

Potential earning capacity of a wife does not negate her entitlement to maintenance. A distinction exists between "may earn" and "is earning." Where a wife discontinues employment due to mar..

Continuation of criminal prosecution under POCSO Act against a party to a subsisting marriage, where the couple is living happily with a child, amounts to undue harassment and warrants exerc..

Kidnapping under Section 363 and abduction under Section 366 of the IPC require proof of active inducement, enticement, or force by the accused. Voluntary accompaniment by a minor, absent so..