The Kerala High Court observed that the principle of res ipsa loquitur can be extended to criminal cases, only as an aid for assessment of evidence. The Trial Court applied the principle of res ipsa loquitur and concluded that the private bus went to the wrong side of the road. Based on Ext.P3, the contents of the same left without …
Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Justice Jagmohan Bansal dismissed multiple writ petitions challenging the Labor Court's award, affirming that payment of differential wages under the Minimum Wages Act does not create a fresh cause of action to override the principle of res judicata in labor disputes. In the initial reference dated March 21, 2000, the …
The Allahabad High Court has observed that a second application seeking maintenance under Section 125 of CrPC can sustain, after the rejection of the first application, if there are changes in the circumstances, entitling a person to be a claimant under the said provision. The Court observed thus while upholding the January 2004 order of the court allowing the second …
The Bombay High Court recently upheld trial court's decision to dismiss a partition suit citing the principle of res judicata. They contended that in January 2009, the civil court in another suit filed by the plaintiff's mother had held that the properties are not ancestral properties. The trial court held that the properties were not ancestral properties and since the …
