Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, S.12 -- Contempt of Court -- Scope of Jurisdiction -- The jurisdiction of a court in contempt proceedings is confined solely to examining whether the directions..

Interest Act, 1978, S.3--Where parties have entered into a contract expressly governing the payment of interest or acceptance of delayed payments, such parties shall be bound by the terms st..

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 -- Motor Accident -- Attendant Charges -- Precedents in motor accident compensation cases have only persuasive value, since each case must be decided individually on..

Constitution of India, Arts.14 and 15(1) -- Fair Price Shop -- Married Daughter -- Dependent Quota -- Dependency, not marital status, is the governing criterion for allotment of a fair price..

Hindu Succession Act, 1956, S.8 -- Partition -- Property Inherited Under Section 8 HSA -- Property inherited under S.8 does not automatically acquire the character of coparcenary property, a..

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, S.34(3) -- Arbitration -- Application Under Section 33 -- Limitation for Section 34 Application -- Limitation for filing an application under S.34 is ..

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, S.163A -- Motor Accident Claim -- Standard of Proof -- Motor accident claim proceedings must be decided on the standard of preponderance of probability and not proo..

Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O.VIII R.9 -- Additional Written Statement -- Wholly Inconsistent Defence -- A defendant cannot file an additional written statement under O.VIII R.9 CPC at an ad..

Exclusion of natural heirs from a Will does not, by itself, constitute a suspicious circumstance invalidating the Will. The purpose of a Will is precisely to alter the normal line of success..

A plaint cannot be rejected in its entirety under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC merely because one of the prayers or reliefs sought therein is found to be legally untenable, so long as the other relie..

Mediclaim reimbursement received under a contractual health insurance policy, obtained through payment of premiums, is not deductible from compensation awarded under the Motor Vehicles Act, ..

A matrimonial appeal challenging a divorce decree must be adjudicated on merits and cannot be dismissed or disposed of solely on the ground of non-payment of maintenance arrears by the appel..