Comment : these are the basic grounds of divorce for christians in india THE INDIAN DIVORCE ACT, 1869 III-DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE 10. Grounds for dissolution of marriage,- (1) Any marriage solemnized, whether before or after the commencement […]
Author: Bharat Chugh
Bharat currently practices as an Independent Counsel.
Tulsa V. Durghatiya – 2008 SC
Comment : Tulsa v. Durghatiya – This judgment is the perfect manifestation of policy of law in favouring legitimacy and against concubinage. The Judgement in a nutshell purports that if a man and woman are living under […]
Court not under obligation to issue notice to defendant on counsel pleading no instructions
Comment : In a judgment that reflects the court’s concern for a speedy trial and not to show its indulgence to contumacious litigants – the P & H in its judgment – refused to hold […]
FIR Quashing on basis of settlement with Bank in a cheating case
Comment : In this case – the accused succeeded in securing credit facilities from a bank by producing forged lease agreements – as collateral security, the forgery was exposed after real owner made complaints against the […]
Rights of person receiving property under unregistered Sale Deed
Comment : this decision coming from A.P.High Court – is a preposition for the following dicta :- i) An unregistered Sale Deed confers no title; ii) If possession got can be used for limited purpose […]
Nupur Talwar v. CBI (2012 SC) – refusing to interfere with the Magistrate order taking cognizance.
Comment : In this case the magistrate’s order refusing to accept the final report of the CBI, and issuing process to the parents of deceased Arushi, was assailed in first the High Court – and […]
The basics of criminal trial in India – from charge to conviction (or acquittal)!
This article is a part of series “law for the layman” that I am writing, wherein we have tried to make law as understandable as possible to anyone who finds himself in the throes of […]
FAILURE OF STERLISATION – MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE !
State v. Santra (2000 SC) Medical Negligence plays its game in strange ways. Sometimes it plays with life; sometimes it gifts an “Unwanted Child” as in the instant case where the respondent, a poor labourer […]
A Landmark ruling on Benami Transaction in favour of son !
In a nutshell – a brief background, shorn of unnecessary details is that F – the father purchases some property out of his own funds in the name of his son, during his lifetime his relations […]
The Fine line of distinction between a license and a lease
The distinction is important to understand as a lease entails far more rights to the tenant than a license to a licensee in light of Rent Control Legislations, to avert the same – more and […]