Prima facie is about the strength and sufficiency of evidence at the outset, whereas ex facie concerns what is immediately clear from the face of a document. Recognizing the distinction between these ...

It is well settled that generally speaking the provisions of a statute creating public duties are directory and those conferring private rights are imperative. When the provisions of a statute relate ...

The Court held that a lease agreement requiring registration under Section 107 of the Transfer of Property Act is inadmissible as evidence if it is not registered. The only exception is for proving a ...

The IT Act adopts the principle that if electronic records satisfy the same level of reliability as paper documents, they ...

So far as the case in hand is concerned, the learned Magistrate upon satisfying himself regarding to record the service of pre-cognizance notice could have inferred, the forfeiture of the right of ...

In a groundbreaking judgment that could reshape how digital evidence is treated in family disputes, the Madhya Pradesh High ...

When there is a specific enactment of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Rule 49 of the Tamil Nadu Pension Rules, 1978 will take a backseat, as Domestic Violence Act, 2005, will come to the driver’s ...

Courts must also consider statutory bail rights. If the charge sheet is not filed within the prescribed period (60 days for regular offenses, 90 days for offenses under Section 111 punishable with ...

The Supreme Court reaffirmed that when an arbitration agreement forms part of a larger contract, there is a strong presumption that the law governing the main contract (lex contractus) also governs ...

On plain reading of the said provisions, the contention of Shri Sudin Usgaonkar, learned Senior Advocate appearing for the Respondents, that the cross examination has to be restricted only to the ...

I have in Kawal Sachdeva Vs. Madhu Bala Rana 2013 SCC OnLine Del 1479 held that, (i) when a vague plea is taken, the Court should hesitate to frame an issue on such a vague plea unless the parties are ...