https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=430876 A husband had no locus to maintain a writ petition or writ appeal on behalf of his wife in a private dispute arising from pending civil suits, especially when the wife and the third party were not impleaded. Section 120 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 only makes a spouse competent to testify in civil and criminal proceedings; it does not authorise one spouse to institute proceedings as the litigating party for the other. The proper course was for the wife herself to sue after impleading necessary parties, so the dismissal of the writ petition was upheld, though the costs imposed by the single judge were expunged. en-us Tue, 18 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:29:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=430876 A husband had no locus to maintain a writ petition or writ appeal on behalf of his wife in a private dispute arising from pending civil suits, especially when the wife and the third party were not impleaded. Section 120 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 only makes a spouse competent to testify in civil and criminal proceedings; it does not authorise one spouse to institute proceedings as the litigating party for the other. The proper course was for the wife herself to sue after impleading necessary parties, so the dismissal of the writ petition was upheld, though the costs imposed by the single judge were expunged. Case-Laws Income Tax Tue, 18 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=430876