Last Updated on 2 hours by Admin LB Question: The Coca-Cola Company entered into an agreement for grant of a franchise to Gujarat Bottling Company to manufacture, bottle, sell and distribute beverages under trademarks held by the franchiser. There was a negative stipulation in the agreement which restrained the franchise not to manufacture, bottle, sell
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Revisiting Section 48: Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Award against Non-Signatories
[Darshil Sakhia is a second-year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.] In August 2021, a division bench of the Supreme Court of India, in its landmark decision in Gemini Bay Transcription v. Integrated Sales Service, ruled that a foreign arbitral award can be enforced against non-signatories to the arbitration agreement. The Court rejected the
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Discuss the law relating to contracts in restraint of trade in India and compare it with the English law on the subject. ‘A’ firm of lawyers in Delhi when employing a young advocate ‘B’ asks him to execute an agreement undertaking not to practice as an advocate in Delhi for all his life. Is this agreement binding?
Last Updated on 2 hours by Admin LB Question: Discuss the law relating to contracts in restraint of trade in India and compare it with the English law on the subject. ‘A’ firm of lawyers in Delhi when employing a young advocate ‘B’ asks him to execute an agreement undertaking not to practice as an
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Contingent Contracts | ‘A’ contract to pay Rs. 10,000/- to ‘B’ if B’s house is burnt. House of ‘B’ is burnt. Can ‘B’ recover Rs. 10,000/- from A? Is it a wagering agreement?
Last Updated on 3 hours by Admin LB Question: Contingent Contracts | ‘A’ contract to pay Rs. 10,000/- to ‘B’ if B’s house is burnt. House of ‘B’ is burnt. Can ‘B’ recover Rs. 10,000/- from A? Is it a wagering agreement? [UPJS 2016] Find the answer to the mains question only on Legal Bites.
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The Supreme Court reduced the death penalty of a convict in the case of rape and murder of a minor girl, into life imprisonment. The Bench of Justices L Nageshwar Rao, BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna noticed that while the trial court and the High Court considered the gravity of the crime, they neglected to
... Continue Reading.A, a minor fraudulently representing himself to be full age includes B to advance Rs. 10,000 on a simple mortgage of A’s property X of the value of Rs. 15,000. State giving reasons whether: (a) A suit by ‘A’ to set aside the contract will succeed. (b) …
Last Updated on 6 mins by Admin LB Question: A, a minor fraudulently representing himself to be full age includes B to advance Rs. 10,000 on a simple mortgage of A’s property X of the value of Rs. 15,000. State giving reasons whether: A suit by ‘A’ to set aside the contract will succeed. ‘B’
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Breach of the stipulation | ‘A’ who owes a money-lender, undertakes to repay him by delivering to him 10 maunds of grain on a certain date and stipulates…Discuss the nature of this stipulation and state the extent of the liability.
Last Updated on 6 mins by Admin LB Question: Breach of the stipulation | ‘A’ who owes a money-lender, undertakes to repay him by delivering to him 10 maunds of grain on a certain date and stipulates that in the event of his not delivering the stipulated amount by the stipulated date he shall be
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Define Contract of indemnity.
Last Updated on 11 mins by Admin LB Question: Define Contract of indemnity. [MPJS 2001] Find the answer to the mains question only on Legal Bites. [Define Contract of indemnity.] Answer The Contract of indemnity as described in Section 124 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 is a contract between two parties where one party
... Continue Reading.Produce Umar Khalid without Fetters: Patiala Court Orders the Jail Authorities
The Patiala House Court has lately ordered that Umar Khalid who was arrested in the 2016 JNU sedition case be produced before the court without handcuffs or fetters. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of the Patiala Court, Mr Pankaj Sharma has ordered that with regards to the facts and circumstances of the case, Umar Khalid should be
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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of India directed the State of Tamil Nadu to allot students for Post Graduate admissions to the Christian Medical College Vellore (CMC Vellore) for the academic year 2021-22 from the merit list of NEET Applicant students that were belonging to the Christian minority. This was scheduled to take place after
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