As per the 1960 Indus Water Treaty governing six common rivers, India has full rights over the Ravi, Beas and Sutlej rivers while Pakistan has full rights over the Jhelum, Chenab and Indus. This treaty has set up a ...
Month: February 2019
(r) “landowner” includes any person,— (i)whose name is recorded as the owner of the land or building or part thereof, in the records of the authority concerned; or (ii)any person who is granted forest rights under the Scheduled Tribes and...
24. Land acquisition process under Act No. 1 of 1894 shall be deemed to have lapsed in certain cases.— (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, in any case of land acquisition proceedings initiated under the Land Acquisition Act,...
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH ( Before : Kurian Joseph; Rohinton Fali Nariman, JJ. ) PAWAN KUMAR AGGARWAL — Appellant Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS. — Respondent Civil Appeal No.3789 of 2016 (Arising out of SLP (C)...
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH ( Before : Kurian Joseph and Shiva Kirti Singh, JJ. ) DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY — Appellant Vs. ARCHANA KHANNA & ORS. — Respondent Civil Appeal No. 8154 of 2016 (@ Special Leave Petition(C)...
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH ( Before : Kurian Joseph and Shiva Kirti Singh, JJ. ) DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY — Appellant Vs. VEEN MAHAJAN AND ORS. — Respondent Civil Appeal No. 8147 of 2016 (@ Special Leave Petition...
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH ( Before : Kurian Joseph and Rohinton Fali Nariman, JJ. ) DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY – APPELLANTS Vs. VED PRAKASH AND OTHERS – RESPONDENTS Civil Appeal No. 11581 of 2016 (@ Special Leave Petition...
However, the Law of Torts requires that though a trespasser may be evicted forcibly, the force used must be no greater than what is reasonable and appropriate to the occasion. One may here refer to the judgment of the...
Section 110-A of the Motor Vehicles Act does not lay down substantive law in the matter of damages or compensation. It provides only a procedure and a forum for adjudication in regard to disputes relating to compensation. In order...
The action for damages for malicious prosecution is part of the Common Law of England. In India as in other parts of the Commonwealth like Australia the law on the subject is exactly the same as the law in...
The law of Torts is that it must be a case in which a private person may recover damages for loss sustained by him in consequence thereof. Whether damage is small or large that is not important, for the...