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May 23, 2026

Time Is Generally Not The Essence Of Contract In Sale Of Immovable Property; Unilateral Notice Cannot Alter Mutually Agreed Terms: Himachal Pradesh High Court

By: sayum

"It is a well-accepted principle that in the case of sale of immovable property, time is never regarded as the essence of the contract. In fact, there is a presumption...

May 23, 2026

Patent Rights Stand Exhausted Once Components Are Sourced From Authorized Market Dealers; Royalty Cannot Be Calculated On Entire Product: Delhi High Court

By: sayum

"Right to vend is exhausted by a single, unconditional sale, the article sold being thereby carried outside the monopoly of the patent law and rendered free of every restriction which...

May 23, 2026

Surviving Spouse’s Elevation To Second In Line Of Succession Not ‘Manifestly Arbitrary’: Bombay High Court Upholds Goa Succession Act Amendments

By: sayum

"Legislature is entitled to rectify the order of legal succession and, having regard to the unique matrimonial regime in Goa founded on communion of assets, the surviving spouse's elevation to...

May 23, 2026

Appointment Obtained Via Fraud Vitiates Initial Entry; Article 311 Protection Not Available To Such Employees: Allahabad High Court

By: sayum

"If the very entry or the crossing of threshold into the area of the civil service of the State or the Union is put in issue and door is barred...

May 23, 2026

Mother Surreptitiously Marrying Away Daughter Without Father’s Knowledge Amount To Mental Cruelty: Madras High Court Grants Divorce

By: sayum

"At that particular point of time when the marriage of the daughter had occurred, as a parent he would have undergone extreme mental agony, pain and suffering which can never...

May 23, 2026

Bail Applicant Under 'Solemn Obligation' To Disclose Criminal History; Material Suppression Disentitles Discretionary Relief: Orissa High Court

By: sayum

"Any suppression, concealment or selective disclosure of such material facts amounts to an abuse of the process of law and strikes at the very root of the administration of criminal...

May 23, 2026

Property Allotted In Lieu Of Ancestral Land Left In Pakistan Retains Coparcenary Character; Karta Cannot Gift It Away: Punjab & Haryana HC

By: sayum

"Once the original property possessed ancestral/coparcenary character, the substituted property retained the same legal incidents in the hands of the allottee. The mere conferment of ownership rights through sanad allotment...

May 22, 2026

Lack Of Videography, Independent Witnesses During Contraband Seizure Relevant Factors For Granting Bail Under NDPS Act: Delhi High Court

By: sayum

"Absence of any independent evidence to support recovery (presence of public witnesses, videography or photography) is a relevant factor while considering applications for grant of bail as the same casts...

May 22, 2026

High Court Can Initiate Suo Motu Inquiry Against Judicial Officers Based On Information; Sworn Affidavit Not Mandatory: Gujarat High Court

By: sayum

"Power of the Disciplinary Authority to initiate an inquiry against its employee on the formation of an opinion cannot be made subject to the requirement of there being a written...

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