Lawyers have no right to go on strike, give a call for boycott, or observe even a token strike. Lawyers abstaining from work hold litigants to ransom and directly violate the constitutional ..

Statement "go away and die" made during a heated quarrel lacks the necessary mens rea to attract Section 306 IPC (Abetment of Suicide). Casual words uttered in the spur of the moment, withou..

When signatures on a Will are not disputed but execution is challenged on lack of free will and consent, expert handwriting opinion is unnecessary. However, admission of signatures does not ..

Prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, fails where privity of contract and legal debt are not established. Partners cannot be prosecuted without specific aver..

Endorsement "Not Negotiable" merely restricts transferability of title under Section 130 of the Negotiable Instruments Act but does not extinguish the drawer's liability or negate the instru..

Concealment of a prior live-in relationship before marriage constitutes fraud as to a material fact under Section 12(1)(c) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, rendering the marriage voidable. F..

A marriage cannot be dissolved through a notarised affidavit alone. Under the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939, lawful dissolution requires proper invocation of statutory provisions..

Compensation under the 'Uttar Pradesh Rani Lakshmi Bai Mahila Samman Kosh Rules, 2015' cannot be denied to a victim of penetrative sexual assault under Section 4 of the POCSO Act merely beca..

Prosecution under Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (cruelty by husband or his relatives) requires two essential ingredients—a legally valid marital relationship and cruelty ..

Delay condonation petitions in Section 138 complaints cannot be rejected merely on technical grounds without affording the parties an opportunity for a full-fledged trial--Substantial justic..

Under Section 307 IPC, mens rea of a homicidal degree is a sine qua non (essential condition) for establishing attempt to murder--- Section 307 IPC criminalizes the attempt, not the conseque..

Section 125 CrPC is meant to prevent vagrancy and destitution, not for unjust enrichment, and a litigant must approach the Court with clean hands, mind, and heart...