Category: Legal Articles

OFFENCES AND PENALITIES Section 7 – Offence relating to public servant being bribed – Any public servant who,- (a) Obtain or accepts or attempts to obtain from any person, an…

Section 20 – Contents and verification of petitions- (1) Every petition presented under this act shall state as distinctly as the nature of the case permits the facts on which…

Section 19 – Court to which the petition shall be presented- Every petition under this act shall be presented to the District Court within the local limits of whose ordinary…

Summary Procedure Courts and classes of suits to which the order is to apply –(1)This order shall apply to the following Courts, namely:-(a)High Courts, City Civil Courts and Courts of…

APPEALS FROM ORIGINAL DECREES Procedure on hearing 17. Dismissal of appeal for appellant’s default. – (1) Where on the day fixed, or on any other day to which the hearing…

APPEALS FROM ORIGINAL DECREES Procedure on hearing 16. Right to begin (1) On the day fixed, or on any other day to which the hearing may be adjourned, the appellant…

Section 390 Robbery – In all robbery there is either theft or extortion. When theft is robbery – Theft is “robbery” if, in order to the committing of the theft,…

Limitation For Taking Cognizance Of Certain Offences Section 468 – Bar to taking cognizance after lapse of the period of limitation – Except as otherwise provided elsewhere in this Code,…

Limitation For Taking Cognizance Of Certain Offences Section 467 – Definitions – For the purpose of this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “period of limitation” means period specified in…

Reference And Revision Section 397 – Calling for records to exercise powers of revision – (1) The High Court or any Session Judge may call for and examine the record…