Maintenance Has Three Statutes and No Coherent Doctrine
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It took part in the arbitration for four years and never objected. The award still falls
Section 12(5) can only be waived by an express written agreement made after the dispute arises. The Delhi High Court holds that nothing else will do — not pleadings, not counter-claims, not silence.
The Enforcement Directorate needed a scheduled offence in somebody else’s charge-sheet, and asked the trial court to add one
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court holds the agency had standing to be heard — the trial court could not shut it out after ruling its application maintainable — and then refuses the charges it asked for.
The rule against a second FIR protects against duplicated investigation. It does not merge offences committed in another city
Charged in Bhopal, and charged again in Indore over the same children, the petitioner said he was being prosecuted twice. The Madhya Pradesh High Court holds that each incident of penetrative sexual assault is a distinct offence.
He used a forged certificate to get the job. Nobody proved he was the one who forged it
Twenty-nine years after a reserved-post appointment obtained on a false caste certificate, the Himachal Pradesh High Court separates the offence of forging a document from the offence of using one, and sets aside half the conviction.
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A defaulting charterer kept the ship, so a creditor had it arrested. The Supreme Court asks who the charterer actually was that day
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A three-month injunction, stayed at the first hearing of the appeal, then wiped out along with the stay itself
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Their son died of his injuries after a month in hospital, and the High Court refused the claim because nobody had kept his ticket
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The Sessions Judge disbelieved her on one charge and believed her on the other, and explained the gap with a remark about daring women
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The accused never said he was prejudiced, so the cheque case should not have gone back for fresh trial
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Maintenance Has Three Statutes and No Coherent Doctrine
Maintenance Has Three Statutes and No Coherent Doctrine
Read essay →The Purpose of Article 30: Satish Chandra Sharma's Dissent on Establishment, Administration, and Aligarh Muslim University
The Purpose of Article 30: Satish Chandra Sharma's Dissent on Establishment, Administration, and Aligarh Muslim University
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