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Proceedings pending before a court

Proceedings pending before a court, means judicial proceedings which started with the submission of a chargesheet or a complaint, or taking cognizance thereon, Satyadhari Choudhary v. State, AIR 1953 Cal 661: 1953 Cr LJ 1540.

Warrantor potest excipere quod qu'rens non tenet terram de qua petit warrantiam, et quod donum fuit insufficiens

terram de qua petit warrantiam, et quod donum fuit insufficiens. Hob. 21, (A warrantor may object that the complaint does not hold the land of which he seeks the warranty, and that the gift was insufficient.)

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is in consonance with justice to interpret it in one of the ways permissible, there can be no complaint on the other side, Musharraf Hussain v. Agha Munawar Ali Khan, 186 IC 881: AIR 1940 Lah 7:

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Unclean hands

relief if he or she has engaged in misconduct (as acting in bad faith) directly relating to the complaint. The condition of having engaged in such misconduct and being barred from equitable relief, Royal Sch. Labs., Inc.

Trial

controversy that arises from an issue. It may equally mean the trial of an election petition or a complaint or an action from beginning to end, H.V. Kamath v. Election Tribunal, AIR 1958 MP 168. Means the

Taking cognizance of an offence

Taking cognizance of an offence, when on receiving a complaint, the Magistrate applies his mind for the purposes of proceeding under s. 200 and the succeeding sections in

Such court

have committed an offence in respect of a document produced or tendered in evidence by him, on whose complaint the offence can be taken cognizance of, Nirmaljit Singh Hoon v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1972 SC

Respondent

aggrieved wife or female living in a relationship in the nature of a marriage may also file a complaint against a relative of the husband or the male partner. [Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005,

Plaint

Audible expression of sorrow lamentation complaint hence a mournful song a lament

Rape

s. 4 of which connection induced by personation of the woman's husband is declared to be rape. The complaint of the woman shortly after the occurrence, and its particulars, may be given in evidence for the prosecution,

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