A plaint for specific performance cannot be summarily rejected under Order VII Rule 11(d) of the CPC by mechanically imputing constructive notice of registered documents under Section 3 of t..

Under Section 122 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, corresponding to Section 116 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, a tenant inducted into a property by a landlord is estopped from su..

Preventive detention under the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 can only be ordered where the activity of a person is prejudicial to maintenance of public order, which is distinct fro..

Rule 13 of the Bar Council of India Rules, falling under the category of duty to clients, only restrains an advocate from accepting a brief where he has reason to believe he may be called as..

Under Order 6 Rule 17 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908, amendment of pleadings must be allowed if required for proper adjudication and to avoid multiplicity of proceedings. Mere delay in fi..

Conviction for attempt to murder under Section 307 IPC requires proof of two essential elements: intention or knowledge to cause death, and an actual act toward committing murder. Gravity of..

The benefit under Section 6 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 is available only if the accused is below 21 years of age on the date of conviction and sentencing, not on the date of com..

Advocates are duty-bound to place before the court all relevant precedents, including judgments adverse to their client's case. Independently, the court itself has a tri-fold duty to apply c..

Though consent is legally irrelevant under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, relationships among young adults involving de facto approval of both participants for a sexual..

A husband cannot evade his obligation to maintain his wife and children by claiming absence of a regular source of income. Maintenance is a sacrosanct duty, and a husband capable of earning,..

A false promise of marriage made without any intention to fulfill it, and subsequently broken on a pretext not beyond the control of the accused, constitutes an offence under Section 69 of t..

Educational qualification alone does not render a wife capable of maintaining herself for the purpose of Section 125 CrPC. Courts may take judicial notice of prevailing unemployment, which a..