The true nature of a property transaction must be determined by reading the document in its entirety, and not from the label or description assigned to it. A deed styled as a sale may, in su..

Condonation of delay under Section 5 of the Limitation Act requires "sufficient cause" that genuinely prevented the party from approaching the court in time. Active participation in executio..

Once a first appellate court forms an opinion to remand a case on cogent grounds, it is not required to decide the dispute on merits. Non-joinder of a necessary party is expressly excluded f..

Oral evidence of an alleged financing or security arrangement is inadmissible to contradict, vary, or subtract from the terms of a registered written contract. Section 92 of the Indian Evide..

Non-compliance with Order VI Rule 15A of the Code of Civil Procedure — requiring a Statement of Truth and page-wise attestation in commercial suits — is a curable procedural defect. Sub-..

Convenience of the wife is not the paramount consideration in deciding transfer petitions under Section 24 of the CPC in matrimonial disputes. Video conferencing and compensation for travel ..

An electricity company alleging theft of energy bears the burden of proving such positive assertion through cogent evidence. A laboratory report merely indicating that tampering "can" occur,..

Once income of a deceased is proved through a duly filed Income Tax Return, an insurer cannot demand separate proof of the source of such income in motor accident compensation proceedings. N..

Under the proviso to Section 6(a) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956, the mother is the natural guardian of a girl child below five years of age. A disputed separation deed, ob..

Salary details and pay slips of a government employee constitute "personal information" under the RTI Act and are exempt from disclosure where no public interest is demonstrated. Information..

Delay in lodging an FIR does not defeat a motor accident compensation claim under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act where the delay is satisfactorily explained. In Indian social conditio..

A pujari is merely a servant of the deity and holds no proprietary right over temple land or attached properties. Property of a temple belongs to the deity, not to the manager or pujari. Eve..