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Venkata Chinnaya Rau v. Venkataramaya Garu (1881) 1 I.J. 137 (Mad.) INNES, J. – The plaintiffs’ sister, by deed of gift on the 9th April 1877, made over certain landed property to the defendant, her daughter. By the terms of…

Abdul Aziz v. Masum Ali AIR 1914 All. 22 RICHARDS, C.J. – This appeal arises out of a suit brought by the plaintiffs against the heirs of Munshi Abdul Karim. The plaintiffs are the members of the Islam Local Agency…

Doraiswami Iyer v. Arunachala Ayyar (1935) 43 L.W. 259 (Mad.) CORNISH, J. – This Civil Revision Petition arises out of a suit in which the trustees of a temple sought to recover a contribution promised by a subscriber to a…

Kedarnath Bhattacharji v. Gorie Mahomed (1886) 7 I.D. 64 Cal. It appeared that it was thought advisable to erect a Town Hall at Howrah, provided sufficient subscriptions could be got together for the purpose. To this end the Commissioners of…

Kanhaiya Lal Aggarwal v. Union of IndiaAIR 2002 SC 2766 S. RAJENDRA BABU, J. – The first respondent invited tenders for execution of five items of work including supply, delivery and stacking of 75,000 cubic metre machine crushed track ballast…

Rajendra Kumar Verma v. State of Madhya Pradesh AIR 1972 MP 131 BISHAMBHAR DAYAL, C.J. – This is a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the recovery being made against the petitioner in the following…

Felthouse v. Bindley (1862) 11 CB 869 WILLLS J: … The horse in question had belonged to the plaintiff’s nephew, John Felthouse. In December, 1860, a conversation took place between the plaintiff and his nephew relative to the purchase of…

Harvey v. Facey [1893] AC 552 LORD MORRIS: The appellants are solicitors carrying on business in partnership at Kingston, and it appears that in the beginning of October, 1891, negotiations took place between the respondent L M Facey and the…

Lalman Shukla v. Gauri Datt (1913) XL ALJR 489 BANERJI, J. – The facts of this case are these:- In January last the nephew of the defendant absconded from home and no trace of him was found. The defendant sent…