Vivek's legal notes

  Respected Sir/Madam, Jai Mata Di! I had visited Mata Vaishno Devi sometime ago. I had walked to the temple during daytime and had returned back at night. During both sides, I came across a large number of ponies/horses used for carrying devotees to the temple.  I was extremely pained to see the condition of these ponies. I found a few ponies who were vomiting or unable to take a step further or showing other symptoms of fatigue, over-use and exploitation. I believe you have the jurisdiction to regulate the use of ponies, so this mail is written to you. In case you are not the right authority on this, please reply so that I can approach the right authority.  I have the following questions, kindly provide reply to them: (pony and horse are used interchangeably and should be read to include all animals used for transportation on the temple track) 1. How many ponies are in service as on 5th July 2022 for transportation of devotees? Please provide data for the past...

 Format for drafting of plaint is described in Order 6 of CPC. A plaint when accepted by the court and notice issued to the opposite party becomes a suit. The following point numbers do not match with the actual point number in Order 6. The actual point numbers in Order 6 are called "Rules". So a term like "order 6 Rule 8" means 8th point in the list under Order 6. 1) CPC says that you only need to specify the statements/facts on which you're going to rely to either show your losses or as a defense. You need not put evidence. "It should contain statements in a concise form of the material facts on which the party pleading relies for his claim or defence as the case may be, but not the evidence by which they are to be proved." 2) Every pleading shall, when necessary, be divided into paragraphs, numbered consecutively, each allegation being, so far as is convenient, contained in a separate paragraph. 3)  Dates, sums and numbers shall be expressed in a pl...