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Contract of Tenancy with Karta of a Joint Hindu Family does not mean that tenancy is a joint family asset.
The Supreme Court held that “The evidence produced by the plaintiff is payment of rent by either Ram Sewak Ram or by the grandfather of the plaintiff. Such payment of rent is not indicative of the fact that the hotel business was by the joint Hindu family. This Court...
The Promise to marry should be false at inception for considering consensual sex as Rape.
The Supreme Court held that “Bearing in mind the tests which have been enunciated in the above decision, we are of the view that even assuming that all the allegations in the FIR are correct for the purposes of considering the application for quashing under Section...
FIR can be quashed even in Rape case U/s 482 Cr. P. C.
The Delhi High Court stated that “Although, as per the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Parbat Bhai Aahir and Ors. vs. State of Gujarat & Ors. (AIR 2017 SC 4843), the FIR should not be quashed in case of rape as it is a heinous offence, but when...
Use of Well-known Trademark can land you into trouble.
The Delhi High court reiterated that “The fact that the parties are operating in different lines of business may not be a good defence in an action brought by the Proprietor of a well-known mark. The well-known mark is said to be mark which signifies the certain...
Entries in Balance sheet amounts to acknowledgement of debt resulting in extended limitation U/s 18 of Limitation Act.
The Supreme Court stated that – “….There is no doubt that the filing of a balance sheet in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act is mandatory, any transgression of the same being punishable by law. However, what is of importance is that notes that are...
Indian parties can choose the foreign forums for arbitration.
The Supreme Court held that “nothing stands in the way of party autonomy in designating a seat of arbitration outside India even when both parties happen to be Indian Nationals, as has been held hereinabove.” Therefore, the Parties to a Contract who are Indian...