District Judge at Port Blair Has Unlimited Jurisdiction to Hear Civil Appeals: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court held that the District Judge at Port Blair possesses unlimited pecuniary and territorial jurisdiction to hear appeals from judgments, decrees, and final orders passed by subordinate civil courts in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The aforesaid order was passed by three-judge bench comprising Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj and Justice … Read more

Mere Prior Complaint by Accused Against Complainant Not Per Se Vexatious; Upholds Continuation of Trial: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court while hearing the Criminal Revision found that the mere filing of a complaint by the instant petitioner against the de-facto complainant prior to her complaint cannot, by itself, be treated as vexatious or as constituting an abuse of the process of law if the trial is allowed to proceed in the … Read more