Articles
30th Aug, 2018
The Apex court has held that eviction of a tenant, protected by a Rent Control Act of a state, may be ordered only when a valid ground for eviction under the said act is made […]
29th Aug, 2018
The Supreme Court delivered an important judgment qua the provision in the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 which puts a condition on a divorcee in contracting a second marriage. It has been held that the protection […]
25th Aug, 2018
The Supreme Court has upheld compensation awarded to the parents of deceased driver of the vehicle, reiterating that an insurer cannot be permitted to raise a defence of the negligence of the driver (victim) in […]
24th Aug, 2018
In a recent judgment, the High Court of Delhi observed and held that Order VIII Rule 10 has been inserted by the legislature to expedite the process of justice. The courts can invoke its provisions […]
23rd Aug, 2018
In a recent judgment, the Delhi High Court, reiterated the principals of leave to defend in a suit filed under Order XXXVII of Civil Procedure Code, 1908 as crystallized by Hon’ble Supreme Court in IDBI […]
23rd Aug, 2018
The Delhi High Court held that when there are various co-owners/co-landlords, only one co-owner/co-landlord cannot terminate the tenancy for seeking possession of the tenanted property and/or mesne profits. The observation was pronounced by an order […]
22nd Aug, 2018
In a recent judgment, the Himachal Pradesh High Court, held that taking into consideration any dispute which does not require a local or scientific investigation, the Plaintiff cannot call upon the Court to order investigation […]
22nd Aug, 2018
The Delhi High Court has laid down that there cannot be any oral gift of an immovable property and that a gift becomes legally effectively only when a registered instrument is executed in the manner […]
22nd Aug, 2018
The Bombay High Court held that though Section 16 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 confers legitimacy upon an offspring born out of a void marriage, such offspring is not entitled to a share in […]
21st Aug, 2018
In a recent judgment, the High Court of Delhi held that once it is established that the appellant/plaintiff has title to the property, it was for the respondent/defendant to plead and prove the right, if […]
21st Aug, 2018
The Delhi High Court in Veeru Parshad Gupta vs Jogeshwari Devi RFA 586/2018 on 25.07.2018 laid that oral averments in deposition of partition having taken place is not discharge of onus of proof by the […]
21st Aug, 2018
The Delhi High Court has held that limitation of the appellant/ buyer to claim the amounts under the Agreements to Sell, and which are paid to the respondent/ seller, would only commence if the respondent/seller […]