Amendment to the gratuity act is NOT retrospective: Supreme Court of India
Pension is payable periodically as long as the pensioner is alive whereas the gratuity is ordinarily paid only once on retirement. Therefore, any a
A consent decree cannot be frustrated under Section 56 of the Contract Act: Delhi High Court
The doctrine of frustration of contract does not apply to a consent decree and that a decree remains binding on the parties till set aside. A compr
The petitioners were released on bail after being arrested under sections 188, 269, 323, 447, 307, 353, and 504/34IPC: High court of Patna
The petitioners were arrested under section 188 IPC, “Disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant”, section 269, “Negligent
Failure to demonstrate reasonable grounds for being absent for the trial court proceedings, petitioner deserves no leniency against initiation of ex-parte proceedings: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh
Whether the marriage stands dissolved or not is the question of fact and that can be proved only by leading of evidence. Once the petitioner absent
To hold a person liable for abetting suicide, active role is required which can be described as instigating or aiding in doing thing. : High Court of Odisha
Human beings by their very intrinsic nature of being individualistic react and behave differently in different situations because of the personal m
Court, while exercising supervisory jurisdiction, cannot go into the controversy whether putting the property for auction by SBI, is authorized or not: High Court of Uttarakhand.
Where there is controversy as to whether SBI’s act of auctioning a property was authorized or not, the court felt that it wasn’t supposed to go
Lawfully wedded wife of a deceased government servant has claim to a share of pension even if another person was nominated by deceased: High Court of Jharkhand
The lawfully wedded wife will have the right to claim a share of her deceased husband’s pension from the government even if another person was no
The Court is not inclined to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner as he was arrested under Sections 379/511/34 of the Indian Penal Code.: High court of Patna
This is in connection with Parasbigha PS Case No. 138 of 2011 dated 07.12.2011, the petitioner was held behind bars under Section 379, Indian penal
The Court declined pre-arrest bail to the petitioner as he was apprehended under Sections 304B, 201, and 120B/34IPC: High court of Patna
The petitioner was apprehended under Section 304B Indian Penal code, “Dowry death”, section 201, “Causing disappearance of evidence of the of
Plaint under order VII rule 11(d) of CPC cannot be rejected on grounds of res judicata: Supreme Court of India
The adjudication of res judicata needs the consideration of the pleadings, issues and decision in the previous suit, such a plea is beyond the scop
