The law presumes that a man intends the natural and probable consequences of his acts. And the test to be applied in these circumstances is the…

The failure to produce the murder weapon during the trial is, in my view, inconsequential. It is the intentional murderous assault on a vital part of…

A person is clearly guilty of an offence under Section 221 if he does an act which causes death with intention to cause death or if…

In the definition of culpable homicide punishable with death under Section 221(b) of the Penal Code it has been made clear that whether death was the…

It is a mandatory requirement that an issue for the determination of appeal must relate to and be distilled from any of the grounds of appeal.…

Again, the expression 'may' in Order XXVII r.1 is not directory but mandatory. The defendant can only raise the defence at the time prescribed in the…

It is well settled that an amendment speaks from the date of the original pleading. Upon an amendment of the statement of claim, the defendant is…

In the latter class of applications, the points of law desired to be raised by the defendant as a preliminary issue are required to be set…

Where the time limited for delivering an amended statement of defence in response to the amendments in the statement of claim had elapsed and no consequential…

For the purpose of such application, the defendant shall be taken as admitting the truth of the plaintiff's allegations, and no evidence respecting matters of fact,…

The whole basis of a demurrer is in effect to short circuit the action and by a preliminary point of law to show that the action…

For the invocation of Order XXVII Federal High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules therefore, one must apply not before a statement of claim, and not after statement…