It is needless to say that the FIR is not an encyclopedia. It is sufficient for Criminal Administration of Justice to set in motion if the FIR discloses a cognizable offence. FIR is not a substantive piece of evidence,...
CALCUTTA HIGH COURT JUDGMENTS
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 is a special law. At the risk of repetition, it is recorded that Section 28 of the said Act clearly states that all proceedings under Section 12, 18, 19, 20, 21,...
HINDU LAW-Whether under the Hindu law current in the Bengal School, a Brahmin rival wife's daughter is entitled to succeed to the streedhan of a deceased Hindu in preference to her husband's brother.
Dayabbaga- Stridhan--according to the Dayabhaga in Chap. IV, Section 2, paras. 18 and 19 of which it is laid down that, '"'that alone is her peculiar property which she has power to give, sell or use independently of her...
WRIT PETITION- Petitioner made out a completely new case by filing
successive supplementary affidavits - The only issue which the Court can consider is a possible threat to law and order situation in the concerned area, if the petitioner holds...
It is the plaintiffs' case that all the properties purported to have been dealt with in the said alleged deeds of appointment formed part of the debutter estate belonging to the deities, namely, Sree Guru Gouranga Gandharbika and Giridhari...
SEDITION LAW-The writer himself is a Christian and he believes that the Cross is an eternal principle, an immortal and inexhaustible source of strength and power. In other words, the writer believes that there is in the Cross already...
Protima Dutta Versus The State of West Bengal & Ors-The questions that arise for consideration in the instant writ petition are, inter alia, whether the High Court, under Article 226 can transfer the investigation from the State Police to...
This is an application for bail under Section 439, read with Section 436A of the Code ofย Criminal Procedure, 1973 on behalf of the petitioner who has prayed for his enlargement on bailย on any condition.
The KMC authorities cannot have double standards before a court of law. A person cannot be sent to jail and an illegal construction is regularised, if it is at all illegal and endangering human life. A court is not...
Whether the learned Magistrate has the jurisdiction to restore the proceeding under Section 125, Cr.P.C. to file once it is dismissed for default.
The concept of "continuing offence" gets attracted from the date of deprivation of stridhan, for neither the husband nor any other family members can have any right over the stridhan and they remain the custodians... Regard being had to...
