Change the Advocate

Posted on January 21, 2021 by ShadesOfKnife

Here are few case laws to support your effort in changing an advocate who is already on record of a Court in your cases.

R.D. Saxena Vs Balram Prasad Sharma on 22 August, 2000
New India Assurance Co Ltd Vs A.K.Saxena on 7 Nov 2003 [SC]
C.V. Sudhindra and Ors. Vs Divine Light School For Blind [KarHC]
Karnataka Power Distribution Vs M RajaShekar on 2 Dec 2016 [NOC not required to engage new advocate, if the advocate was discharged by client, following the procedure established by law]
Bhagya and Ors Vs Jayalakshmi and Ors on 13 Feb 2019 [Only after the advocate was discharged by client, following the due procedure established by law, a client can engage a new advocate]

Case laws or Judgments under SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989

Posted on January 13, 2021 by ShadesOfKnife

A compilation of judgments from various Courts of India in relation to SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989

Shelbin Vs State of Kerala on 16 February, 2018 (AB in a SC and ST Act case)
Pardeep Kumar Vs State of Haryana and Anr on 14 May 2020 (Charge sheet Quashed; insult not in public view but over a phone call)
Jaisingh Agarwal and Anr Vs State of Chhattisgarh and Anr on 27 Oct 2020 (A complaint u.s 156(3) is maintainable in the Special SC/ST Court)
Hitesh Verma Vs State of Uttarakhand and Anr on 05 Nov 2020

Kirti Nagpal Vs Rohit Girdhar Case

Posted on November 21, 2020 by ShadesOfKnife

Set of cases filed by the ex-Couple, Kirti Nagpal Vs Rohit Girdhar

Kirti Nagpal Vs Rohit Girdhar on 12 February, 2019 [Interim Maintenance u/s 24 of HMA was denied]
Kirti Nagpal Vs Rohit Girdhar on 20 Nov 2020 [Appeal on Divorce was dismissed]

Kunapureddy Swarna Kumari Vs Kunapureddy @ Nookala Shanka Balaji Naidu Case

Posted on November 14, 2020 by ShadesOfKnife

Here is the list of the cases fought by this couple. It is just a hilarious case that there are 11 Respondents arraigned in this case. Go figure!

Kunapareddy @ Nookala Shanka Balaji Vs Kunapareddy Swarna Kumari On 18 April, 2016 : (SC says, amendments in petitions can be allowed, before Court takes cognizance of the case)
Kunapureddy Swarna Kumari Vs Kunapureddy @ Nookala Shanka Balaji Naidu on 12 August, 2016 : (Trial Court doles of relief after relief supported by BS)
Kunapureddy @ Nookala Shankar Vs Kunapureddy Swarna Kumari on 5 January, 2018 : (Husband files appeal at Sessions; return of dowry amount of Rs.3.00 Lakhs and compensation amount of Rs.15.00 Lakhs set aside; despite no evidence for DV, but Monthly maintenance of Rs.10,000/- is confirmed anyways)
Kunapureddy Swarna Kumari Vs Kunapureddy @ Nookala Shankar on 5 January, 2018 : (Wife files appeal at Sessions seeking enhancement in monthly maintenance; Dismissed)

Hindu Personal Code Laws

Posted on August 1, 2020 by ShadesOfKnife

Hindu Personal Laws are codified into the following four (4) laws.

Index of all Summary Case Law Pages on Shades of Knife

Posted on July 18, 2020 by ShadesOfKnife

This can be considered as a sitemap of all Summary pages on my Site.

Delivery of Justice

All Bare Acts of India here.
All Compulsory Registration of Marriage in India – Both Acts and Rules here.
All Dowry related case laws here.
All 498A IPC Judgments here.
All 494 and 495 IPC Judgments here.
All Matters related to Exemption from Personal Appearance (u/s 205 CrPC) here.
All Bail Matters here.
All Condone Delay Judgments here.
All Transfer Petition Judgments here.
All Look Out Circular Decisions here.
All Compensation Judgments for Motor Vehicle Accidents or other mishaps here.
All Defamation Judgments here.
All Domestic Violence Judgments here.
All Divorce Judgments here.
All Maintenance Judgments here.
All Acquittal from Criminal Matrimonial Cases here.
All Perjury Judgments here.
All Discharge Judgments u/s 227 Cr.P.C. here.
All Discharge Judgments u/s 239 Cr.P.C. here.
All Quash Judgment u/s 482 Cr.P.C. here.
All Amicable ways of working with Advocates here.
All Life Cycles of various cases here.
All Passport Judgments here.

Administration of Justice:

All Protection from Police High-handedness here.
All Reliefs from Judiciary here.
All Video Conferencing Guidelines of Courts in India here.
Usage of A4 sheets with Double-Sided Printing for all purposed in Court here.
eCourts Project
AI-based Legalbots
Staff on Administration of Justice, such as Registry Staff can not exercise Judicial functions such as deciding/dismissing applications/petitions based on their maintainability. See here.

Personal Interest

All Legal Goals to Achieve under Judicial Activism (Via Public Interest Litigation) here.
All false cases laid on me [Sandeep Pamarati Vs Ungrateful Knife] here.

Dowry Judgments

Posted on July 18, 2020 by ShadesOfKnife

Here are a collection of judgment pertaining to Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 and other cases involving Dowry element.

Sarla Prabhakar Waghmare Vs State of Maharashtra And Others on 10 April 1989 [SC:Cruelty should be such that, as to make woman commit harm to herself]
Sankar Prasad Shaw and Ors Vs The State and Anr on 27 Jul 1990 [CalHC: Agreement is prerequisite for Sec 4 conviction]
Arjun Dhondiba Kamble and Ors Vs The State of Maharashtra on 14 February 1992 [BomHC: Any property demanded not in connection of marriage is not dowry]
Shamnsaheb M. Multtani Vs State of Karnataka on 24 January 2001 [Presumption does not let Prosecution free from establishing their case before burden of proof shifts to accused]
Pandurang Shivram Kawathkar Vs State of Maharashtra on 5 February 2001 [BomHC: Dowry demand is made out anytime before, during or after marriage, as long it is in connection with marriage]
State of U.P Vs Santosh Kumar and Ors on 3 Sep 2009 [SC: Giving dowry under demand is a crime u/s 3 of DP Act read with Sec 2 of the DP Act]
Sharanappa S. Kallur Vs State of Karnataka on 07 Jun 2011 [KarHC: Relies on this case here]
Vipin Jaiswal Vs State of A.P. on 13 March 2013 (Overruled)
Manjunath Eshwar Vs State of TN on 16 Apr 2013 [MadHC: Relies on SC decision here]
Surinder Singh Vs State of Haryana on 13 November 2013 [Demand for dowry in connection with marriage was available so, Dowry Demand allegation is made out]
Gunakala Durga Rani Vs Gunakala Sudhakar on 6 January 2015 [Dowry not proved in a DV Case]
Rajinder Singh Vs State of Punjab on 26 February 2015 [Landmark: Demand for dowry in connection with marriage]
Sudha Vs State (NCT of Delhi) on 4 January 2016 []
Chembeti Srilakshmi Vs Chembeti Sreenu on 7 January, 2016 [Dowry element is time-barred due to AP DP Rules 1998]
Shaik Mehataj @ Jareena Vs Shaik Humayun on 3 October, 2016 []
Korimerla Videesha Vs State of A.P. and Anr on 12 October, 2018 [Invoked AP DP Rules 1998]
Shivendra Raizada and Others Vs State of U.P. and Anr on 6 December 2018 [Gifts are not Dowry]
M. Sudarshan Goud and Ors Vs The State of AP on 24 April 2020 [Dowry should either be given or agreed to be given at or before or after the marriage in connection with the marriage]

Bare Act, Amendments, Rules etc

Dowry Prohibition Act here.

State-enacted Rules are here.

MASTER SITEMAP here.

Video Conferencing Guidelines of Courts in India

Posted on June 22, 2020 by ShadesOfKnife

Supreme Court of India here.
High Court of Andhra Pradesh here.
High Court of Delhi here.
High Court of Karnataka

MASTER SITEMAP here.

Supreme Court mandates use of A4 sheets With Double-Sided Printing for all usages from 01 April 2020

Posted on March 25, 2020 by ShadesOfKnife

The Supreme Court has finally approved the use of A4 size papers for filing documents, with printing on both the sides. The news is here and the circular is below.

For Internal Communications of Registry with Court

12032020_071734

… and…

For all communications between Registry, Court, Advocates and litigants

12032020_071455

Three law students write to CJI, want legal size paper ditched for A4.

Link here.

Supreme Court was not interested to direct other Constitutional Courts and Tribunals to shift to A4 paper usage.

Link here.

Youth Bar Association of India and Anr Vs Union of India and Ors on 31 Oct 2022

The following High Courts also followed the Supreme Court in this regard.

Allahabad HC

The news is here and Order passed in the Writ filed in this regard is below.

Saumitra Anand and 4 Ors Vs Registrar General High Court of Allahabad and 2 Ors on 27 Jul 2020

…

The Registry had taken a decision on this. The Rulebooks are to be revised basis this decision soon.

Use of A4 sheets permitted by Allahabad High Court

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The Rules of the High Court are amended to incorporate the new paper size. The news is here.

Allahabad High Court (Amendment) Rules, 2021

Andhra Pradesh HC

The news is here and Notice is below

2022-07-29 A4 Paper usage effective from 01-09-2022

Bombay HC

The news is here and Notice is below (only applicable to all High Court benches; not to sub-ordinate courts in the State)

2021-07-06 Notification

Calcutta HC

The news is here and Notice is below

notice-2615-18-Feb-2020

Delhi HC

The PIL news is here. Actual news is here.

Practice_direction_A4_Delhi_High_Court

Here is the revised Practice direction…

Practice direction for A4 Paper usage by Delhi High Court

Gauhati HC

The news is here and the Notification is below

Notification-06-02-2015

Gujarat HC

The news is here

Himachal Pradesh HC

The direction is below

Himachal Pradesh HC regd A4 Paper size usage

Jharkhand HC

The news is here

Karnataka HC

The news is here. Here is the Judgment from CJ Karnataka

Akriti Agarwal and Ors Vs Registrar High Court of Karnataka on 19 Nov 2020

Kerala HC

The news is here and Notification is below.

Kerala HC regd Double side Printing

…and…

later news is here and the notification is below.

Kerala_HC_Notification_on_Use_of_A4_sheets

Madhya Pradesh HC

The news is here

Madras HC

The news is here.

Manipur HC

The Notification is below.

Manipur HC - use A4 size

Orissa HC

The news is here and here.

The said Order is below.

P.S. Chandralekha Vs High Court of Orissa on 17 Dec 2020

The High Court Notification is below.

2021-02-02 Orissa HC A4 Paper usage notification

Next HC

The news is here

Rajasthan HC

The news is here. Notice got issued to Registrar, HC

Akriti Agarwal Vs Registrar-General Rajasthan High Court in 18 Nov 2020

Tripura HC

The news is here and Order is below.

THC-6865-91

Telangana HC

The news is here and Circular is below.

2022-02-18 A4 Paper usage effective from 18-02-2022

Uttarakhand HC

The news is here.

The Notification of HC Rules 2020 below.

2020-12-31 Notification - HC of Uttarakhand Rules 2020 - A4 Paper Usage

MASTER SITEMAP here.

498A IPC Judgments

Posted on January 24, 2020 by ShadesOfKnife

Here I will list all judgments both from Supreme Court of India and Various High Courts that may be used in the false cases filed u/s 498A IPC

Once you get hold of your case documents on First date of appearance in Court, see if there are any possible grounds to come out of false cases. This is possible in 2 ways.

By filing a Discharge Petition u/s 239 CrPC at the Trial Court where this false 498A IPC case is filed.
By filing a Quash Petition u/s 482 CrPC at the High Court in that State, where this false 498A IPC case is filed.

This page here contains the provisions available under the above provisions along with Judgments.

MASTER SITEMAP here.

Shades of Knife

True Colors of a Vile Wife

Tag: Summary Post

Change the Advocate

Case laws or Judgments under SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989

Kirti Nagpal Vs Rohit Girdhar Case

Kunapureddy Swarna Kumari Vs Kunapureddy @ Nookala Shanka Balaji Naidu Case

Hindu Personal Code Laws

Index of all Summary Case Law Pages on Shades of Knife

Dowry Judgments

Video Conferencing Guidelines of Courts in India

Supreme Court mandates use of A4 sheets With Double-Sided Printing for all usages from 01 April 2020

498A IPC Judgments