Case Analysis
21st May, 2015
Amendment in Negotiable Instrument Act 1881 may bring some positive changes, while it will create chaos for the existing cases.
11th May, 2015
The presence of suspicious circumstances naturally tends to make the initial onus very heavy; and, unless it is satisfactorily discharged, courts would be reluctant to treat the document as the last will of the testator.
11th May, 2015
The propounder can be initiated to the benefit of Section 71 of the 1872 Act only if the attesting witness/witnesses, who is/are alive and is/ are produced and in clear terms either denies /deny the […]
11th May, 2015
In order to qualify as a C&F Agent, a person is to be engaged in providing any service connected with ‘clearing and forwarding operations’.
11th May, 2015
Section 138 of the N I Act does not admit of any necessity or scope for reading into it the requirement that the directors of the Company in question must also be issued individual notices […]
3rd May, 2015
The legal position settled provides that a conviction can be based solely on the testimony of official witnesses subject to a condition that the evidence of such official witnesses must inspire confidence.
30th Apr, 2015
If the goods are cleared at the factory gate, then the excise duty has to be charged on the valuation of the goods to be arrived at the factory gate as that would be the […]
30th Apr, 2015
The protection given under Section 197 Cr P C is to protect responsible public servants against the institution of possibly vexatious criminal proceedings for offences alleged to have been committed by them while they are […]
22nd Apr, 2015
A tendency has, however, developed for roping in all relations of the in-laws of the deceased wives in the matters of dowry deaths which, if not discouraged, is likely to affect the case of the prosecution even […]
21st Apr, 2015
The Supreme Court was dealing with a matter wherein a suit for declaration was instituted by a person seeking to be declared as the sole owner of a property. The property in dispute belonged to […]
20th Apr, 2015
In the case of A. Dinohamy vs. W.L. Balahamy (AIR 1927 PC 185), the privy council had held that where a man and woman are proved to have lived together as husband and wife, the […]
20th Apr, 2015
Section 9A provides a self-contained scheme with a non-obstante clause which mandates the court to follow the provision and at the same time is a complete departure from the provisions contained in Order XIV Rule […]