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Judgments and Orders

The need and severity of the punishment granted by the Court Martials in relation to certain offences

 24 July 2020

The Court looked into the previous judgments on the same matter and decided that the perusal as to the charges was not conducted in the appropriate manner and therefore complete understanding of the charges and the facts as to the said charges needs ..

Posted in Others |   1213 hits

Confidentiality of communications under Section 126 extends to the pleaders as well under Section 127

 23 July 2020

The Court held that the evidence of the pleaders was inadmissible because it involved the disclosure of privilege information and communication, the disclosure of which is incorrect. The evidence is therefore rightfully excluded on the part of the Ma..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   868 hits

Privilege in case of communication within a corporation between employees, including a legal adviser

 23 July 2020

The Court held that the first question that is to be answered is whether the document of communication contains any confidential information. It was concluded that this particular document and the information contained within upon speculation does no..

Posted in Others |   1724 hits

Section 132 only protects the accused in the case where he is compelled to answer a question and not where the accused voluntarily answers

 23 July 2020

As per the dissenting opinion of Justice Birchwood, section 132 of the Indian Evidence Act read with section 14 of the Indian Oaths’ Act, compels a witness to answer criminating questions and he is protected by the proviso to section 132 from crimina..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   1832 hits

A dying declaration not in the question-answer form is admissible under s.32 of the Indian Evidence Act

 23 July 2020

The Supreme Court examined the question on the admissibility of the three dying declarations of Smt. Uma Devi and observed that the principle on which the dying declarations are admitted in evidence is indicated in legal maxim – “Nemo moriturus praes..

Posted in Others |   918 hits

As far as the entries in the register of births or deaths or marriages are concerned, the evidence must be produced to connect the entries with the persons whose births or deaths or marriages have to be established

 23 July 2020

The court held that there was no justification for the Authorities under the Rules to reject the school certificate and the medical certificate. There was not even an iota of evidence on the record to show that the appellant was minor on the date of ..

Posted in Others |   750 hits

Evidentiary value of photograph

 23 July 2020

The court held that Ethyl Wong was a competent witness. Under Section 118 of the Indian Evidence Act all persons are competent to testify unless the court considers that they are prevented from understanding the questions put to them for reasons indi..

Posted in Others |   1713 hits

Privilege in case of documents filed by the opposite party in Court

 23 July 2020

The Court held that the provisions of Section 126 to 129 of the Evidence Act (Professional Communications, privilege, etc.) would apply to a situation like this where in therefore, Annexure 3 cannot be excluded as a point of consideration by the Cour..

Posted in Legal Documents |   1422 hits

The burden of proof lies on the appellant under section 106 of the Evidence Act

 22 July 2020

The court held that the burden of proof lies on the appellant Anil since all that was required of the him was to explain the unusual situation, namely, of the unnatural death of his wife in their room, but he made no attempt to do this. Under Section..

Posted in Others |   949 hits

The expert in the present case did not commit perjury

 22 July 2020

The court held that merely because an expert has tendered an opinion while also furnishing the basis of the opinion and that too without being conclusive and definite, it cannot be said that he has committed perjury so as to help somebody...

Posted in Others |   926 hits

Sections 93 and 94 deal with patent ambiguity and Sections 95, 96 and 97 deal with latent ambiguity

 22 July 2020

In the result, the appeal is allowed and the judgment and decree dated 29-7-1993 passed by the learned 1st Additional Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad, in O.S. No. 754 of 1983, are hereby set aside. In sequel thereto, the suit stands dismissed. The..

Posted in Others |   976 hits

Forcing the husband to leave his parents, who are dependent on his income, amounts to cruelty

 22 July 2020

Dealing with the case, the Court said that in a Hindu society, it is a pious obligation of the son to maintain the parents...

Posted in Family Law |   828 hits

Whether a marriage certificate is a public document

 22 July 2020

The certified copy of the Hindu Marriage Register was adjudged as being a public document within the meaning of Sec.74 of the Evidence Act. The certified copies were also admissible as secondary evidence under Sec.65(e) and 65(f) of the evidence Act...

Posted in Legal Documents |   4113 hits

Whether a map can be admitted under Section 83 without proving accuracy

 22 July 2020

The Judge allowed this appeal and stated that the if any map or plan is made for the purpose of any cause, the said map or plan will have to be proved to be accurate. The onus of proving such map as accurate lies on the party who wants to rely on the..

Posted in Others |   2245 hits

Husband can seek divorce if wife aborts without his consent

 21 July 2020

The apex court after persuing the records and citing a number of judicial rulings said that the actions of Suman amounted to mental cruelty and the husband was entitled to a decree of divorce. However, since Sudheer married another woman during the p..

Posted in Family Law |   2018 hits

The statements made before the circumstances of death as being included in Dying Declaration

 21 July 2020

Stating that, “a confession must either admit in terms the offence or at any rate substantially all the facts which constitute the offence. An admission of a gravely incriminating fact, even a conclusively incriminating fact is not in itself a confes..

Posted in Others |   1465 hits

Indian Evidence Act, 1872- Section 27- Shri Silash Singh Kurid v. The State

 20 July 2020

The Trial Court on the examination of the evidence and materials on record held that the circumstantial evidence surrounding the commission of the offence clearly connected the accused persons with the offence and it further ordered conviction under ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   2859 hits

The admission of guilt in criminal case would be admissible in civil suit

 20 July 2020

The court held that in terms of the provision under Section 43 of the Evidence Act, the judgment in a criminal case shall be admissible provided it is a relevant fact in issue, and its admissibility otherwise is limited. It was held that a civil proc..

Posted in Civil Law |   2105 hits

Civil proceedings as well as criminal proceedings are required to be decided on the evidence

 20 July 2020

In this case, the Supreme Court held that civil proceedings as well as criminal proceedings are required to be decided on the evidence, which may be brought on record by the parties...

Posted in Civil Law |   2021 hits

The previous judgment of a criminal proceeding would not be binding on a civil suit

 20 July 2020

The court held that under the principle laid down under section 40 of the evidence act would only be applicable if the suit is found to be barred by the principle of res judicata or by reason of the provisions of any other statute and it does not lay..

Posted in Civil Law |   2136 hits







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