CDJ Law Journal

Appellate Court has the power to entertain an appeal even after the statutory period of 90 days- Courts cannot be mute spectators or helpless and dismiss an appeal, simply because it is filed beyond 90 days, despite sufficient cause being shown, for filing the appeal belatedly.

there is no rules or regulations, nor even, SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for on-line matrimonial web-site before for hoisting profiles of bride or bridegroom, as the case may be. In most of cases, the victims of this kind of on-line matrimonial fraud are woman. Central or State Government shall take initiation for formulation of rules governing some kind of preventive measure to protect the prospective person for marriage, needs necessary regulation of web-site ensure material facts are not suppressed or omitted at the initial time of initiation of marriage proposal. (CDJ 2023 MHC 5328)

For a lady to travel alone for the proceedings to a Court where the fate of her marriage is going to be decided without any family member would definitely be a matter of concern and cause not only physical inconvenience but also emotional and psychological inconvenience. The Court allowed wife’s Transferred Petition.

the accused persons/ Appellants had no weapons with them or might not have assaulted the deceased but certainly they were part of the team that surrounded the deceased with the common intention to kill the deceased. The Apex Court upholds the rigorous life imprisonment order.(CDJ 2023 SC 839)

If any report of the accident is forwarded to it under Section 159, the same shall be treated as an application for compensation. The claim petition is only a reminder to the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal to perform its duty under Rule 21 Annexure XIII of Central Motor Vehicles Rules and to process the claim petition. (CDJ 2023 MHC 5040)

Wife inability to bear a child is neither impotence nor any ground for dissolving the marriage. Divorce is not provided as per the Hindu Marriage Act. CDJ 2023 Bihar HC 079