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Effect of misrepresentation: Whether renders a document void or voidable?

  Smita Singh   07 June 2018 at 15:03

Misrepresentation 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 ..


Posted in Civil Law  4 comments |   2792 Views


Proposed amendment to Specific Relief Act: Need to deal with impact of lapse of time and escalation of price in specific performance cases

  Smita Singh   31 May 2018 at 14:10

The 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 ..


Posted in Civil Law |   1099 Views


Extent of applicability of promissory estoppel against State

  Smita Singh   28 May 2018 at 12:58

Understanding 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 ..


Posted in Civil Law |   1270 Views


Legal enforceability of Letter of Intent or Memorandum of Understanding

  Smita Singh   21 May 2018 at 16:41

Introduction 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). ..


Posted in Civil Law  3 comments |   5648 Views


Amendments in the Commercial Courts, Division and Appellate Division of High Courts Act 2015

  Raja Mani.K   08 May 2018 at 12:46

1. 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 ..


Posted in Civil Law  2 comments |   642 Views


Electricity as a Legal Right

  SPITI SARKAR   05 March 2018 at 10:54

ELECTRICITY 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 ..


Posted in Civil Law |   2445 Views


Law regarding vesting and divesting in Mithakshara joint family property

  Rudrawar Narayanreddy   05 March 2018 at 10:54

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 ..


Posted in Civil Law  5 comments |   3862 Views


Territorial Jurisdiction of 'Court' on applications u/s 9 of domestic Arbitration

  Vignesh Venkat   02 February 2018 at 10:46

Territorial Jurisdiction of 'Court' to entertain applications under Section 9 in respect of domestic Arbitration under The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ..


Posted in Civil Law  1 comments |   7248 Views


Hindu adopted sons rights in the coparcenary property of his natural family U/s 12(b) of the act

  Rudrawar Narayanreddy   01 February 2018 at 10:14

Section 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 ..


Posted in Civil Law  7 comments |   7481 Views


Whether a suit for cancellation of any registered instrument is barred by law of limitation?

  Chirag Bhatt   29 January 2018 at 10:42

As 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 ..


Posted in Civil Law  3 comments |   5425 Views