Order VI Rule 17 CPC confers a wide discretionary power on civil courts to permit amendment of pleadings at any stage if the amendment is ne...

  In a groundbreaking judgment that resolves a long-standing jurisdictional confusion in criminal law, the Supreme Court has definitively es...

 We have heard learned counsel for the parties as also perused the evidence as well as the judgments of the two courts below. From the judgm...

  Where both suit and counter-claim are dismissed, the subject-matter of the appeal would be the plaint. Hence valuation would be as per the...

 Having noticed the change in old Code and new unamended Code of Civil Procedure, let me now turn to the further legislative change brought ...

In this context what has been stated by a three-Judge bench in Dinesh M.N. (S.P.) v. State of Gujarat   MANU/SC/7526/2008 : (2008) 5 SCC 66 ...

  We may, however, observe that when the trial Judge assigned reasons in support of his judgment, we are of the opinion that the High Court ...

The High Court was exercising the revisional jurisdiction at the instance of a private complainant and, therefore, it is necessary to notice...

The High Court has in its revisional jurisdiction appraised the evidence which it could not have done. It is the trial court which has to de...

  In this suit though specific averment is made in plaint about title and the same has been refuted by defendant, no specific issue in that ...

 A conjoint reading of Rules 23, 23A and 24 of Order XLI brings forth the scope as also contours of the powers of remand that when the avail...

We have seen the three decisions to which the learned Judge has made reference and they undoubtedly support his conclusion. This decision wa...

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  The appeal is considered to be an extension of the suit because under Section 107 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the appellate court has ...

  An order of remand prolongs and delays the litigation and hence, should not be passed unless the appellate court finds that a  re-trial is...

  It is then urged by learned Counsel for the appellant that the provision of an appeal under Section 22-A of the Act is a complete safeguar...

We are informed by the complainant that there are four private witnesses. The grievance made is that whenever the first witness is under cro...

Arguably, case of the petitioner falls into this category. Be that as it may.  (c) The impugned Endorsement is structured on the ground that...

  For what has been provided in Section 31(1) CrPC read with the expositions of this Court, it follows that the Court of first instance is u...

   The learned Advocate for respondent No. 1 contended that bail order is passed after hearing the prosecution and putting proper conditions...