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Introduced in Parliament as The Specific Relief (Amendment) Bill, 2017, the said Bill was passed by both houses of Parliament and eventually became an Act, The Specific Relief (Amendment) Act, 2018. The Bill enumerated Objects and Reasons why the need was felt for necessary amendments in The Specific Relief Act, 1963. STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND…
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Supreme Court Judgment on Order VII Rule 11 and Order X CPC when no cause of action is there or when the plaint is manifestly vexatious, and meritless. Landmark SC Judgment by Justice Krishna Iyer. SUPREME COURT OF INDIAT. Arivandandam vs T. V. Satyapal & Another on 14 October, 1977PETITIONER:T. ARIVANDANDAM Vs.RESPONDENT:T. V. SATYAPAL &…
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“Laws, taken in their broadest meaning, are the necessary relations deriving from the nature of things; and in this sense, all beings have their laws: the divinity has its laws, the material world has its laws, then intelligences superior to man have their laws, the beasts have their laws, man has hislaws.” (Montesquieu 1989, 1.1)…
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INTRODUCTION A mature legal system endeavours to provide not merely a remedy for every right infringed, but also an adequate remedy. It was in this process of a search for effective remedial action that Specific Relief emanated from the Equity Courts in England. The principles built up by successive Chancellors of England in this branch…
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INTRODUCTION The first enactment of the kind was Lord Brougham’s Act (13 and 14 Vict., c. 21). The provisions of that statute were adopted to India, and somewhat simplified, by General Clauses Act (1 of 1868), and the General Clauses Act, 1887 (1 of 1887) was a further extension of the same principle. It was…
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“Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments …. It is required in the performance of our most basic responsibilities, even service in the armed forces. It is the very foundation of good citizenship. Today, it is the principal instrument in awakening the child to cultural values, in preparing him…
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“The Directive Principles are like the Instruments of Instructions which were issued to the Governor-General and the Governors of the Colonies by the British Government under the Government of India Act 1935. What are called Directive Principles is merely another name for the Instruments of Instructions. The only difference is that they are instructions to…
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