The court considered the current contract to be a perfectly valid contract and with good consideration. It was held that plaintiff and other persons interested could sue for the amount subscribed and defendant has to pay the money promised. Hence, th..
Being affected by a disease is no sin or crime. However, adding on to the misery if that disease is communicable the patient will have to distant himself from the fellow beings. This not just affects his mental health but also leaves a traumatic impa..
The Court while dismissing the appeal and upholding the findings of the lower courts, ruled that Bhagwan Kaur cannot be held accountable for preferring her brother over the collaterals of her husband. The contentions of the appellants were observed t..
The court keeping in mind the duty to the husband to maintain the wife has directed the husband to pay the wife under the DV Act as he has a responsibility to allow his wife to live life with dignity according to their social status and strata but ha..
The court held that that in view of Section 27(1) of the DV Act, the Metropolitan Magistrate court, Bengaluru has the jurisdiction to entertain the complaint and take cognizance of the offence and since allegation against the other appellants except ..
The court held that the object of grant of maintenance is to afford a subsistence allowance to the wife, who is not able to maintain herself, then the award normally should be from the date of the application. For the court to award maintenance from ..
The court observed, at the time, Respondent having re-married in 1962 prior to the death of Atmaram, it cannot be said that respondent-Rahubai has inherited share of deceased defendant no.1-Atmaram after his death. At that time provisions of Section ..
The Civil Court has the power and jurisdiction to decide the question upon taking appropriate evidence as would be required for passing a declaration in terms of Section 25 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 to disqualify the husband defendant to inhe..
The present case is a landmark Indian case decided by Delhi High Court, which for the first time dealt with the moral rights of an author under the Copyright Act and awarded damages. The judgment gives a new aspect to the right of integrity. It is cl..
In India, the Court for the very first time held that concept note can be a subject matter of copyright protection under the Copyright Act and that it must be ensured that the persons who create an original idea/concept or theme are rewarded for thei..
The present case was filed before the Allahabad HC by Shaad Anwar seeking release of the members of Tablighi Jamaat who were quarantined and have completed the quarantine period. ..
While upholding the view of the High Court dismissing the petition for dissolution of the marriagein the present case, the Court held that the Appellant clearly failed to do behave as a dutiful husband as he not only continued to live with his mistre..
The Court while dismissing the appeal and upholding the order of the High Court, held that it would be unreasonable to disentitle the Respondent to the relief she asked for, only on the ground that she did not respond to the Appellant’s invitation to..
The court held that the appellants are not entitled to any relief in the realm of the law of contracts. In spite of having acquired knowledge of the true facts assuming that there was any mistake or misrepresentation to begin with and having learnt t..
The Supreme Court reiterated the High Court’s statement and dismissed the petition as the ingredients of domestic violence was absent in the case as the petitioners and respondents are not persons living in a shared household...
The Hon’ble court held that the Qualification and the Capacity to Earn cannot be a Ground to deny Interim Maintenance to the wife who is dependant and does not have any source of income...
From the present case, it is clear that copyright subsists in work, not in ideas, themes or plots. The idea is not a subject matter of copyright, and the copyright is not infringed if someone takes the idea and develops his own work...
While determining the facts of the case, the Court made the following key observations pertaining to maintenance claim by husband,..
The Court observed, Remarriage of a widow stands legalized by reason of the incorporation of the Act of 1956 but on her remarriage she forfeits the right to obtain any benefit from out of her deceased husband’s estate. The estate in that event would ..
The observed, the Hindu Law did not provide that even the mother would be disinherited if the remarried.Kasturi claimed inheritance not as a widow of her husband Madhua but as the mother of Karua. Thus, "unchastity of a mother is no bar to her succee..
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