Civil Law Articles
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BY Navin Kumar JaggiMisuse of Domestic Violence Laws: A Legislative Dynamism �No nation founded upon injustice can stand. From the sand enshrouded Egypt, from the marble wilderness of Athens, from every fallen, crumbling stone of once mighty Rome Comes a wail, as
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BY Smita SinghIntroduction When under a contract an employer entrusts works to a contractor to be carried out in a time bound manner by supplying specified material and/or by deploying resources like staff, labour, machinery etc., the employer usually undertakes r
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BY Smita SinghIntroductionThe parties entering into a contract usually reduce the agreed terms into writing for record and affix their signatures to the document as evidence of its due execution. Often such documents, apart from signatures of the parties contain s
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BY PrashantiThe point of discussion is whether in a broken Live- in relationship, the non- maintenance of a woman would attract Section 3 of the Domestic Violence Act. Before going into detail, t
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BY Smita SinghIntroduction Often an employer entrusts to a contractor certain works to be carried out under a contract, in a time bound manner by deploying resources like staff, labour, machinery etc. In such cases the employer typically assumes reciprocal obliga
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BY Smita SinghMisrepresentation as to content Section 19 of the Indian Contract Act makes an agreement consent to which is caused by misrepresentation voidable at the option of the party whose consent was so caused. A party to contract, whose consent was caused by
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BY Smita SinghThe proposed amendment to section 20 of Specific Relief ActSection 20 of the existing Specific Relief Act 1963 recognizes that grant of relief of specific performance, is discretionary. The court is not bound to grant such relief merely because it is
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BY Smita SinghUnderstanding promissory estoppelThe doctrine of promissory estoppel is evolved by equity to avoid injustice and to mitigate the rigor of strict law. The doctrine is neither in the dominion of contract nor in the domain of estoppel[1]. It is based on
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BY Smita SinghIntroduction It is not uncommon for the parties to a contract to, upon agreeing into principal/broad terms of their agreement, reduce the same into writing and call the same as Letter of Intent (LoI), Term Sheet or Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
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BY Raja Mani.K1. Earlier the pecuniary jurisdiction was fixed as Rs. 1 Crore and above, now it was reduced to as �not less than Rs. 3 Lakh�.2. The pecuniary value shall not less than Rs. 3 Lakh and not more than the pecuniary jurisdiction exercisable b
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BY SPITI SARKARELECTRICITY AS A LEGAL RIGHTElectricity as a basic amenity and the mode of its supply to consumers has various facets. The electricity distribution in major cities is the domain
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BY Rudrawar NarayanreddyLaw regarding vesting and divesting in Mithakshara joint family property. Mithakshara Coparcenary family, there is community of interest and unity of possession between all the members of the family, and upon the death of any one of them the others m
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BY Vignesh VenkatTerritorial Jurisdiction of 'Court' to entertain applications under Section 9 in respect of domestic Arbitration under The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
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BY Rudrawar NarayanreddySection 12(b) of Hindu adoption and Maintenance act 1956�Property vested before adoption cannot be divested and he will take along with him to his adopted family�.Whether birth right of coparcenary interest is vesting or not?What constitu
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BY Chirag BhattAs a lawyer, it becomes routine to come across the issue pertaining to a fact that a suit is 'barred by law'. An issue involved in this article is whether a suit for cancellation of any instrument is barred by law . Let me discuss it in d
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BY Anil SatyagrahaACTUS CURIAE NEMINEM GRAVABIT. ACT OF THE COURT SHALL PREJUDICE NO ONE. In this article, the author delves upon the issue of Alternative Relief versus Main Relief in a Suit For Specific
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BY Dr J C VashistaImportant Judgments on Presumption of Service by Registered PostIntroductionPresumption of certain facts:The legal proposition in context of presumption of service by registered post can be found under Section 114 of the Indian Evidence Act. The prov
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BY Ricky ChopraHIM, a technology equipment supplier from a foreign land and YOU, a technology equipment agent from India entered into an agreement. The arbitration clause of the agreement clearly mentioned that all disputes aris
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BY Dr J C VashistaIntroductionPresumption of certain facts:The legal proposition in context of presumption of service by registered post can be found under Section 114 of the Indian Evidence Act. The provision envisages the law regarding presumption of certain facts.
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BY Nitish BankaWhat is a Transfer Petition ?Section 25 of the Code of Civil Procedure enables the Supreme Court to transfer any Case, appeal or other proceedings from High Court or other civil court in one State to a High Court
