Guardian and Wards Act, 1890, S.25 -- Custody of Minor Child -- Breach of Foreign Custody Order by Mother -- Violation of conditions imposed by a foreign court or by the domestic court does ..

Civil Procedure Code, 1908, S.47 -- Execution Proceedings -- Objections Not Raised at Trial -- Issues which could only have been decided at trial cannot be reagitated in execution proceeding..

Divorce Act, 1869, S.3(3) -- Divorce -- Territorial Jurisdiction -- Christian Wife Residing Separately from Husband -- The phrase "within whose jurisdiction the husband and wife reside" mu..

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, S.13(1)(ia) -- Divorce -- Separate Rooms Within Same Premises as Part of Prolonged Discord -- Spouses occupying separate rooms in the same premises, standing alone,..

(i) Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, S.29 -- Bail -- Prosecutrix Turning Hostile Despite DNA Match -- DNA profiling report may establish biological sexual contact prima..

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, S.138 -- Dishonour of Cheque -- Subsequent Settlement Recording Payment by Husband's Company -- A subsequent settlement agreement that a company would disc..

(i) Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, S.3(1)(r) -- Caste-Based Abuse -- Eyewitnesses Interested in Complainant -- The expression "public view" m..

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, S.9 -- POCSO -- Absence of Outcry and Corroboration -- Conviction can rest on the sole testimony of a victim, but such testimony must i..

(i) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, S.85 -- Cruelty to Wife -- Third Parties Not Related to Husband by Blood or Marriage -- The term "relative" in the cruelty provision must be assigned its c..

Constitution of India, Art.22(2) -- Arrest -- Waiting Time at Police Station Before Formal Arrest -- Article 22(2) uses the phrase "arrested and detained in custody," and mere waiting at a p..

(i) Civil Procedure Code, 1908, S.96 -- Composite Appeal -- Common Judgment in Two Consolidated Suits by Same Plaintiff -- A composite appeal challenging a common judgment dismissing two con..

(i) Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O.39 R.1 -- Temporary Injunction -- Mini-Trial Conducted at Interlocutory Stage -- Orders on applications for temporary injunction must be confined to recordi..