It is settled that object of Section 24 of HMA is to avoid vagrancy but it is not meant to equalize the income of the wife with that of the husband. A co-ordinate Bench of this Court has observed in
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Delhi HC: Whether wife is entitled to get maintenance if her expenses are more than her recurring income?
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The appellant has relied upon her monthly expenditure, which according to her affidavit is approximately Rs. 1,16,150/-, apart from litigation expenses. The mere assertion of an expenditure figure, however, cannot be treated as conclusive. Section 24 requires the Court to …
Retirement corpus can’t be treated as monthly income for maintenance, Delhi High Court clarifies in matrimonial dispute
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In considering these assets, a distinction has to be made between the retirement corpus and the income generated from that corpus. The retirement corpus is accumulated capital. It cannot, merely because it is substantial, be treated as if it were …
Supreme Court: Whether appellate court must hear accused on the point of sentence while convicting him after setting aside order of his acquittal?
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It can be seen from Section 386(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, that where in an appeal from an order of acquittal, the court hearing the appeal finds the Accused guilty it is required to pass a sentence on him according …
Supreme Court: What should be approach of appellate court while deciding appeal against acquittal?
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Since the impugned judgment is one of reversal of acquittal, the broad principles to be borne in mind by an appellate Court when it considers an appeal from an order of acquittal are required to be noted. In this regard, …
Supreme Court: Procedural Violation Will Not Vitiate Seizure But Can Affect Evidentiary Value
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It is true that non-compliance of the requirements of Section 100 of the Code by itself would not vitiate a seizure and the same would be an irregularity in the investigation. However, when this factor is considered cumulatively with other …
Supreme Court: Victim Also Has Right To Seek Speedy Trial Like Accused
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Therefore, to say that the role of the victim is limitedto being a witness, is not correct. A victim or the legalguardian of the victim is a definite stakeholder in thecriminal justice system. Like the accused, she has also a…
Supreme Court: Under which circumstances Non-collection of tower location of the two mobiles is a serious investigational lapse?
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Lapse in collecting tower location of mobile(s) whileobtaining CDR51. During investigation, the investigating officer wasapprised of mobile numbers of the deceased MithileshKumari (D-1) and the accused respondent. PW-19 wasproduced to prove the CDR of one of the…
Investigating Officer Must Not Create Evidence’ : Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal After Finding Witnesses Were ‘Set Up’
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To a lay man, the above circumstances may appearirrelevant in assessing credibility/ trustworthiness of awitness. But to a trained judicial mind it is an importantcircumstance in assessing whether a person is a naturalwitness, who is aware of relevant …
Speak to Type: A Complete Guide to Using Voice Typing in Google Docs
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Writing doesn’t always require a keyboard. Google Docs includes a powerful, built-in feature called Voice typing that transforms your spoken words into written text in real time. Whether you want to draft an essay hands-free, speed up your writing process, …