Author: Bharat Chugh
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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”…
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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…
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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…
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Cardozo on Judicial Discretion..
“The judge, even when he is free, is still not wholly free. He is not to innovate at pleasure. He is not a knight-errant…
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Justice Krishna Iyer on Law of Bails – Gudikanti Narasimhulu (1977)
Comment : Bail and not Jail as the guiding principle is back with SS Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra (2011) SC. Let’s see what…
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Wife claiming maintenance after Mutual Consent Divorce.
In Geeta Satish Gokarna vs Satish Shankarrao Gokarna on 29 March, 2004 in this case the wife agreed, at the time of divorce by mutual consent…
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Right of Maintenance of a wife of void marriage – Suresh Khullar v. Vijay Khullar – 2007 Delhi High CourtHig
In this decision – the husband married second time after obtaining divorce by ex parte from first wife, after 4 years of ex parte…
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Validity of GPA, Agreement to Sell transactions after Suraj Lamp Decision.
Comment : A Landmark Judgment that has outlawed GPA/Will/Agreement to Sell as means of conveyance of properties. The judgement has a prospective effect so as…
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SALE BY POA Holder – POA TO BE PROVED
COMMENT : In this case a woman’s relations with her husband soured – her property was sold by her husband to his sister purporting to…
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Case note on Ghulam Abbas v. Hav Kayyum Ali 1973 (SC)
THE LAW : Mahomedan Law-Estoppel-Execution of deeds acknowledging receipt of valuable consideration and relinquishing future possible rights of inheritance in the properties of father- On…
