Amendment application under order 6 rule 17 of CPC is maintainable in domestic violence act 2005

Citation

CDJ 2016 SC 451

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Domestic Violence Act, 2005 – Amendment – Whether Court dealing with petition-complaint filed under provisions of the Act has power to allow amendment to petition-complaint originally filed -

Court Held – Reliefs that can be granted by final order or by interim order, have already been pointed out above wherein it is noticed that most of these reliefs are of civil nature – Amendment is rightly allowed by the Trial Court and there is no blemish in judgment of the High Court affirming order of the Trial Court – Appeal dismissed.

(Paras 20, 21)

Cases Referred:
1. Ramesh Chander Kaushal vs. Venna Kaushal (1978) 4 SCC 70,
2. Justice Krishna Iyer, S.R.Sukumar vs. S. Sunaad Raghuram (2015) 9 SCC 609
3. U.P. Pollution Control Board vs. Modi Distillery And Ors., (1987) 3 SCC 684).

Comparative Citations:
2016 (5) JT 365, 2016 (4) CTC 314, 2016 (5) Scale 703, 2016(3) RCR(Cri), 315, 2016 (3) RCR(Civil) 317, 2016 (3) RAJ 638, 2016 AIR(SC) 2519, 2016 (2) Crimes 277, 2016 CRLR 600, 2016 CrLJ 2921, 2016(2) ALD(Cri) 21, 2016 ALL MR (CRI) 3143, 2016 (163) ALLINDCAS 149, 2016 (117) ALLLR 268, 2016 (3) Crimes 74, 2016 (3) CriCC 336, 2016 (3) EASTCRIC 118, 2016 (3)AIR(Jhar) R 550, 2016 (2) DMC 751, 2016 (3) JCC 1649, 2016 (3) Pat LJR 242, 2016 (3) CivCC 698, 2016 (4) JBCJ 151, 2016 RajCriC 696, 2016 (2) LAR 513, 2016 (3) AICLR 696, 2016 (3) HinduLR 309, 2016 (3) RAJLW 2138, 2016 (3) JLJR 139, 2016 (4) KCCR 404,  2017 (1) SCC(Cr) 396, 2016 (11) SCC 774, 2016 (2) MWN(Cr) 468, 2017 (1) LW(Crl) 362, 2016 (3) Crimes 74,

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