Law Herald (SC and P&H)

Punjab & Haryana High Court Suit for Ownership -- Claim of Daughter -- Remarriage by Mother -- Deceased left behind his widow and a daughter -- Widow performed karewa marriage -- Daughter entitled to succeed to the entire estate of her deceased father Suit for Possession -- Claim on Inheritance -- Limitation Period -- On death of father daughter inherited his estate and became co-owner in the suit land  --  Thus, suit for possession by co-owner cannot be held to be time barred Full Text Judgment (LHPH Part No. 15-16) https://lawheraldonline.in/private/casedetail?id=888382

Supreme Court Accident -- Income -- Student aged 14 years -- Notional Income to be assessed as that of minimum wages of skilled worker Full Text Judgment (LHSC Part No. 15-16) https://lawheraldonline.in/private/casedetail?id=888476

Punjab & Haryana High Court Anticipatory Bail -- Cheating -- Non Fulfillment of contractual obligation of about Rs.14.55 crores -- Case based on documentary evidence -- Question of dishonest intention and role of petitioner being one of the Directors of company is matter of trial -- Anticipatory bail granted Full Text Judgment (LHPH Part No. 15-16) https://lawheraldonline.in/private/casedetail?id=888381

Supreme Court Cheating -- Bonafide Purchaser -- Sale deed executed by seller on basis of fabricated Will in his favour -- Subsequent buyer neither involved nor aware of forgery, cannot be held liable -- FIR quashed Full Text Judgment (LHSC Part No. 15-16) https://lawheraldonline.in/private/casedetail?id=888475

Supreme Court Dishonour of Cheque -- Offence by Company -- Merely because a Director has signed a Board resolution of company it cannot be held that the said director is involved in the day to day affairs of the Company Full Text Judgment (LHSC Part No. 15-16) https://lawheraldonline.in/private/casedetail?id=888457

Punjab & Haryana High Court Rape -- False Promise of Marriage -- Prosecutrix admitted that she had gone to sugarcane fields with accused several times and she wanted to marry the accused -- Acquittal Full Text Judgment (LHPH Part No. 15-16) https://lawheraldonline.in/private/casedetail?id=888361

Supreme Court Blacklisting of Company -- Show Cause Notice -- Notice for termination of contract cannot be assumed or treated as notice for blacklisting of contractor Full Text Judgment (LHSC Part No. 15-16) https://lawheraldonline.in/private/casedetail?id=888453

Punjab & Haryana High Court Outraging Modesty -- Cross Case -- Present FIR lodged after 7 months of incident -- In earlier FIR out of same incident the prosecutrix was an accused therein -- Prosecutrix had not stated her version at that time of earlier FIR -- Present FIR quashed being an afterthought Full Text Judgment (LHPH Part No. 15-16) https://lawheraldonline.in/private/casedetail?id=888360

Supreme Court Anticipatory Bail -- Rape -- Sexual Harassment -- Accused had earlier filed complaint for extortion against complainant and her husband in a Honey Trap attempt -- Present complaint appears to be a counterblast -- Anticipatory bail granted Full Text Judgment (LHSC Part No. 15-16) https://lawheraldonline.in/private/casedetail?id=888452

Punjab & Haryana High Court Village Common Land -- Inclusion in Municipal Limits -- Once the sabha area of a Gram Panchayat has been included within the municipal limits, thereafter it is no longer amenable or subject to the statutory control by the provisions of the 1961 Act Full Text Judgment (LHPH Part No. 15-16) https://lawheraldonline.in/private/casedetail?id=888359

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Punjab & Haryana High Court Ancestral Property -- Inheritance -- A mere assertion that the property was inherited from the father is not sufficient to establish its ancestral character Full Text Judgment (LHPH Part No. 13-14) https://lawheraldonline.in/private/casedetail?id=888268

Supreme Court Murder -- Examination of Accused -- Incriminating circumstances that were relied upon for conviction were not put to the accused in his examination under S.313 CrPC -- Acquittal Full Text Judgment (LHSC Part No. 13-14) https://lawheraldonline.in/private/casedetail?id=888391