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Schiller v/s Sooltan Chand: A Landmark Case on Breach of Contract and Anticip...

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Schiller And Ors. V. Sooltan Chand And Ors. Facts Of The Case The appeal stems from a ruling rendered in the Original Jurisdiction of the High Court by Mr. Justice Pontifix, wherein...

Click-Wrap Contract And Shrink Wrap Contract

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Contract is consist of two things that it should fulfil the conditions of agreement [S. 2(E)] and should be enforceable by law [S. 10]. In today's world the Technology has had a huge impact on ...

Service of Summons in Legal Proceedings

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Service of Summons: When the plaintiff files a suit, the defendant has to be informed that a suit has been filed against him, and that he is required to appear in the court to defend it. The inti...

Contract Formation in Instantaneous Communications: Analyzing Bhagwandas Gove...

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This article elucidates the seminal judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in Bhagwandas Goverdhandas Kedia v. Girdharilal Parshottamdas & Co. [(1966) AIR SC 543], a pivotal case de...

Legislation Analysis: Section 11: Res Judicata

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The term "Res Judicata" has been widely recognized in legal frameworks all over the globe as a doctrine of finality, which fixates over the idea that a case which has already undergone litigati...

Testamentary Succession: Legal Rights and Testamentary Laws in India: Key Cas...

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Prior to the enactment of the Hindu Succession Act, a coparcener was not entitled to either gift or will his interest in the coparcenary property. This ban or embargo has been removed concernin...

Corruption in India: causes, consequences and remedies

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Corruption as defined by the World Bank refers to the abuse of public office for private gain and covers a wide range of behaviour, from bribery to theft of public funds. It not only harms the ...

Contribution of Public Interest Litigation and Protection of Rights

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Public interest Litigation (PIL) means litigation filed in a court of law to protect the "Public Interest". Any matter where the interest of the public at large is affected can be redressed by ...

Rebutting Conclusive Proof Under The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 In The...

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The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 or "BSA, 2023" (previously the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 or "IEA, 1872") preserves the doctrine of conclusive presumptions, such as those related to the le...

Special Provision Respecting Dwelling-Houses

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Widow having share in the property and right of residence, ousted by other co-sharers is entitled to an injunction in a suit brought by her - Section 23 of the Hindu Succession Act , bestows a ...