Family law - Matrimonial cause - application for nullification of marriage on the ground that the petitioner had a previous subsisting marriage and therefore he had not capacity to enter into the present marriage - bigamy - whether marriage should be annuled.

FAMILY LAW – divorce – petition for divorce due to cruelty – proof of – factors court considers in such petitions – validity of order

Family law - matrimonial cause - wife's petition for divorce on grounds of cruelty - respondent married to another woman at the time of his marriage to the petitioner - bigamy - petition allowed.

Criminal law - charge of robbery with violence - accused convicted and sentenced to death - apeal - evidence of the complainant being at variance with the particulars of the charge - evidence not proving the charge - facts establishing lesser offence of assault - accused in custody for two years - conviction for assault substituted - period of incaceration taken into account and accused set free.

Criminal law - robbery with violence - appeal against conviction and sentence of death - EVIDENCE - state counsel conceding the appeal on the ground that the testimony of the complainant was inconsistent with the particulars of the charge with regard to the property stolen in the robbery - medical evidence establishing that the complainant had suffered injuries classified as harm - whether the offence of causing bodily harm had been established and should be substituted with the conviction for robbery with violence - Penal Code sections 251, 296(2); Criminal Procedure Code section 354

Civil Procedure - application for leave to appeal out of time and for stay of execution pending appeal - applicant alleging that advocate had failed to advise it of the judgment hence the delay in filing an appeal - court considering whether the intended appeal was arguable or frivolous - applicant offering security by deposit of decretal sum.

[Ruling] - CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - pleadings – striking out of – application for – applicant sought to strike out the pleadings of the respondent on the grounds that they were scandalous and frivolous – proof of – applicable principles – validity of order