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Short notes on judgements

Possession - Illegal possession - Damages - Rs.3,000/- per month determined as damages after hearing the parties as to monthly rent which it could fetch in the market during period in question - Appellant directed to pay Rs.3,000/- per month from the date of illegal possession till date he vacates. (2019(1) Apex Court Judgments 377 (S.C.) CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT Additional evidence at appellate stage - Rejection of application before hearing appeal on merits, is unsustainable and contrary to law. (2015(Suppl.) Civil Court Cases 707 (Chhattisgarh) PUNJAB & HARYANA HIGH COURT Complaint u/s 340 Cr.P.C. - Merely by ordering institution of complaint against appellants without conducting a fact finding inquiry as contemplated u/s 340 Cr.P.C. does not meet and satisfy the requirements of the provision - Complaint quashed. (2015(Suppl.) Criminal Court Cases 142 (P&H) KERALA HIGH COURT Cr.P.C. S.125 (3) -- Maintenance - Non payment for more than one month - Magistrate has discretionary

Practice and Procedure Relating to Proof of Documents

  The matter is called out, you walk into court confidently thinking all your documents will be marked because you have them neatly arranged in a compilation…15–20 minutes later you wonder why the documents are marked for identification and half your documents are not admitted. That senior who appeared just before me got his documents admitted….what happened to me? Well most of us have faced this at least in our junior days at the bar. Why did that happen? The answer lies in the realm of sufficiency of proof of the document sought to be marked. I’m going to discuss how to get over this as best as possible given the documents you have in hand in a given case. First we need to understand that evidence consists ­­of “documentary evidence” and “oral evidence” This article restricts itself to proof of documentary evidence. Documentary evidence under the Evidence Act, 1872 (the Act) is of various types: Broadly and most often we deal with “private documents” [1] . Document

20 legal rights every citizen of India should know

  1. According to the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 , Section–185 & 202, the Police can arrest you without a warrant on the charges of drinking & driving if your alcohol consumption is more than 30mg per 100ml of blood. 2. According toCRPC, Section 46, no womencan be arrested after 6 in the evening or before 6 in the morning. 3. According to IPC, Section 166A , a police officer under any situation can not refuse to write a FIR. This is a punishable crime that may lead to a police officer being jailed between 6 months to 1 year. 4. According to Indian Series Act 1887 , Any kind of hotel doesn’t matter how big it cannot refuse you from using their washroom or drink their water. 5. According to IPC, Section 498 , if a married man gets involved in a physical relationship with a widow or unmarried girl by their consent then it is not treated as a crime. 6. According to Domestic Violation Act, 2005 , if an adult boy and an adult girl want to be in a living relationshipwith their cons