Suppression, concealment, or selective disclosure of material facts in a bail application amounts to abuse of process and vitiates the order at its root. Where a High Court ignores official ..

A sale deed executed after attachment is void under Section 64(1) CPC against all claims enforceable under the attachment. The exception under Section 64(2) applies only where the transfer i..

Under Section 14(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act, the one-year bar on filing a divorce petition may be waived where exceptional hardship is established. Where a marriage is never consummated, p..

A transferee who acquires property after the institution of proceedings or the passing of an arbitral award is a transferee pendente lite and is barred under Order XXI Rule 102 CPC from resi..

Whether a complainant in a Section 138 NI Act prosecution qualifies as a "victim" under the proviso to Section 372 CrPC, entitling appeal against acquittal without special leave under Sectio..

Non-disclosure of an FIR cancelled by judicial order before the recruitment process commenced does not amount to suppression of a material fact justifying termination. Relying on Avtar Singh..

Under Section 2(1)(d) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, the determinative test for excluding a buyer from the definition of 'consumer' is the dominant purpose at the time of purchase, no..

A photocopy of a notarised Power of Attorney is inadmissible unless statutory requirements for secondary evidence under Sections 63 to 65 of the Evidence Act, 1872 are strictly complied with..

Under Section 2(f) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, a 'relationship in the nature of marriage' requires, inter alia, that both parties be legally qualified to ent..

Section 362 CrPC, which prohibits alteration or review of final judgments, does not bar cancellation of anticipatory bail granted on the strength of a court-recorded compromise subsequently ..

Under Section 25 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, child welfare remains the paramount consideration but cannot be assessed in isolation. Custody determination must integrate parental co..

Unlike Section 125(4) CrPC, which expressly bars maintenance to a wife living in adultery, the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 contains no such statutory disqualificatio..