Tag: free legal aid
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Dishonoured cheque as Acknowledgment for the purpose of limitation
Comment : In this case the question that arose for consideration was “Whether a cheque subsequently dishonored is payment within the meaning of S.19/20 Limitation…
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Decree for Specific Performance a preliminary decree
Comment : In this case the court held a decree of specific performance to be a preliminary decree – in the factual matrix : the…
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Wrongful Dismissal of Employee – Period of Limitation
Comment : In this case the question that arose for consideration was that in a suit for declaration by a employee dismissed wrongfully – which…
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Vicarious Liability of the State for malicious prosecution by agent
Comment : In this decision the court was faced with the question “whether state is vicariously liable if its agent maliciously prosecutes a person ?”…
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Limited Period Tenancy – S.B.Noronah v. Prem Kumari – 1980
Comment : In this landmark decision on S.21 of the Delhi Rent Control Act – which provides for limited period tenancy, if a landlord does…
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Standard of Proof in family cases
COMMENT : What is the nature, extent and quality of evidence which a prudent person would expect and demand in the facts and circumstances of…
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Conditions for admissibility of Secondary Evidence (xerox)..
Comment – This case is a preposition on ‘That secondary evidence can be lead only i) proof that original existed; ii) Section 65 conditions are…
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Supreme Court on Legal Insanity.
Comment : In this landmark decision the Supreme Court laid down the fundamentals of burden of proof, the standard of proof – the primary…
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Delhi High Court on attempted evasion of excise/cheating/forgery
Comment : Factual Matrix : A wine shop owner was indicted for having obtained liquor sanctioned for sale only in Haryana, and forged by…
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Fraud vitiates all says Supreme Court
Comment : In this classic judgment by J.Kuldip Singh, the court was faced with the following factual matrix : A obtained a decree against B,…
