Of the credit and duty of a judge, no question can arise; but it is otherwise respecting...
LEGAL MAXIM
Expressum facit cessare tacitum – Express mention of one thing implies the exclusion of other. This doctrine...
It is a well settled principle of statutory interpretation that when there is a conflict between the...
When the law gives anything to anyone, it gives also all those things without which the thing...
On this admitted position the petitioners cannot be held to be trespassers in respect of the dharmasala,...
An act does not make a person guilty without a guilty mind (Actus Non-Facit Reum Nisi Mens...
In M.S. Bindra Vs. Union of India and Others[(1998) AIR(SC) 3058], it was held: While evaluating the...
The immediate cause of action
It is a settled legal position that law of limitation may harshly affect a particular party but...
A dying declaration made by person on the verge of his death has a special sanctity as...
“Nemo plus iuris ad alium transferre potest quam ipse habet” rule, which means “one cannot transfer more...
Various legal maxims and principles that outline fundamental legal doctrines. Key themes include the roles of intent,...
FIVE LEGAL MAXIMS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES Matters shall be judged by their objectives(Al-Umur bi-maqasidiha) 1- Contractual stipulations...