Section 25 CPC empowers the Supreme Court, on a party's application and after notice and hearing, to transfer a civil proceeding from a High Court or civil court in one State to a High Court or civil court in another State when transfer is expedient for the ends of justice.
Read MoreA contested divorce case in Delhi is won or lost on disciplined pleadings and proof: the petition must plead the statutory ground with material facts, while the written statement should answer each material allegation and preserve the respondent's own legal case.
Read MoreMental cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia) HMA is assessed from the matrimonial relationship as a whole; there is no rigid checklist, and allegations must be proved through admissible evidence, context and conduct rather than labels.
Read MoreThe Armed Forces Tribunal can grant interim protection, but Section 26 of the AFT Act imposes notice and document requirements, subject to an exceptional power to act without them for recorded reasons where necessary to prevent loss.
Read MoreAfter a court-martial finding or sentence has been confirmed, Section 164(2) of the Army Act permits an aggrieved person to petition the Central Government, the Chief of the Army Staff or a prescribed superior officer, who may pass such order as it thinks fit.
Read MoreSection 160 of the Army Act permits one revision of a court-martial finding or sentence that requires confirmation, by order of the confirming authority; the court may take additional evidence if the confirming authority directs it to do so.
Read MoreSection 164(1) of the Army Act permits a person aggrieved by an order of a court martial to petition the officer or authority empowered to confirm the finding or sentence, allowing scrutiny of correctness, legality, propriety and procedural regularity before confirmation.
Read MoreSection 15 of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act gives the Tribunal appellate jurisdiction over court-martial orders, decisions, findings and sentences, with powers that include setting aside unsustainable findings, mitigating or commuting sentence and, in appropriate cases, suspending imprisonment.
Read MoreAn Original Application before the Armed Forces Tribunal is the principal statutory route for many service-matter disputes under Section 14 of the AFT Act, subject to jurisdiction, exhaustion of departmental remedies, limitation and the Tribunal's procedural rules.
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