Category: Case Summary

  • Sansar Chand v State of Rajasthan, 2010 (10) SCC 604

    To get daily updates, Join Team Attorneylex’s WhatsApp group.  Also, check us out on Instagram and Twitter This Case Summary is written by Shrasti Singh, a student of Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow Introduction India is well known for its diverse flora and fauna. But over the decades, due to illegal trade, hunting, poaching and export of the animals…

  • Ragunath Prasad vs Sarju Prasad (1923) 51 I.A. 101.

    This Case Summary is written by Shrasti Singh, a student of Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow Introduction This case is a landmark judgement in Indian Contract Act, 1872 for free consent and undue influence.  For valid contract, one of the main essential element is free consent. The Consent of the parties means that they understand…

  • M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, AIR 1988 SC

    This Case Summary is written by Sreeya Chowdary Kesanapalli, a student of Gitam School of Law, Visakhapatnam Introduction The petitioner was a concerned citizen who wanted to preserve the lives of those who used the Ganga’s water, and so his right to file the case could not be questioned. The contamination of the Ganga constituted…

  • Gloucester Grammar School’s Case (1410) YB 11 Hen IV, fo. pl. 201, 23

    To get daily updates, Join Team Attorneylex’s WhatsApp group.  Also, check us out on Instagram and Twitter This Case Summary is written by Sreeya Chowdary Kesanapalli, a student of Gitam School of Law, Visakhapatnam Introduction ‘DAMNUM SINE INJURIA’ a legal maxim which means damage without injury. The concept is dealt under Law of Torts. Torts provides damages to the…

  • Felthouse V. Bindley (1862) 11 CB 869

    This Case Summary is written by Shivanshi Aggarwal, a student at Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies, GGSIPU Introduction To make a contract valid and legally bound, offer, acceptance of that offer and consideration are considered to be essential elements. The Indian Contract Act, 1872 defines offer and acceptance as “When one person signifies to…

  • Lalman Shukla v. Gauri Dutt (1913) XL ALJR 489 (AII.)

    This Case Summary is written by Shivanshi Aggarwal, a student at Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies, GGSIPU Introduction For a valid and binding contract, there must be an offer and acceptance of that offer. If any one of the element is missing then it will not be considered as the valid contract. Further offer…

  • Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug V. Union Of India (2011) 4 SCC 454

    To get daily updates, Join Team Attorneylex’s WhatsApp group.  Also, check us out on Instagram and Twitter This Case Summary is written by Arfa Aslam Khan, a student at School of law, University of Kashmir  SYNOPSIS The case of Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug is one of the most famous and intriguing cases in the Indian judicial history which legalized passive…

  • THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE v. BABITA PUNIYA & Ors (2020 SCC ONLINE 200)

    This Case Summary is written by Ritika Srivastava, a student at The ICFAI University, Dehradun SYNOPSIS The Constitution of India enumerates various provisions for women for their upliftment and to bring gender equality in the society. But it is still a question whether women are treated equally on par with men after 74 years of…

  • SHAYARA BANO V. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS (2017) 9 SCC 1

    This Case Summary is written by Krithika CJ, a student of Bishop cotton women’s Christian law college INTRODUCTION: On 22nd of August in 2017 the Supreme Court of India pronounced Muslim separation through triple ta-laq illegal. Via triple (talaq–e–biddat) Muslim men could separate from their spouses in a flash and without state intercession by articulating “talaq”…

  • Joseph Shine v. Union of India (2019) SCC 29

    This Case Summary is written by Saurabh Gupta & Yashaswini Sangania, students of Nirma University Synopsis The provision of adultery under section 497, Indian Penal Code saw women as men’s property has been repealed because it treats women as chattels rather than human beings. The culture in which we live has two sets of morality standards for assessing…