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Apr 02 1976 (HC)

Varkey Vs. Pacific Procon Ltd.

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR1977Ker24

..... is entitled by contract or usage or by a provision of law for interest from a particular date'.6. to the same effect is the decision of the privy council in champsey bhara and company v. jivraj balloo spinning and weaving company ltd., air 1923 pc 66. the board said that the statement of law made by williams ..... withregard to interest as' a court could give onthe basis of the principle underlying section 34, c. p. c.'. that was a case notcovered by the interest act, 1839 or by anagreement regarding interest. this courttherefore upholding the award of interestfrom the date of reference, said that the arbitrators were not competent to award interest for ..... on the subject. if the submission includes expressly or impliedly the question of interest as well, be it a reference under chapter ii, iii or iv of the act, the arbitrators would be competent to decide that question, and award interest. when the question of interest is expressly and specifically raised and submitted for arbitration there can .....

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Jan 08 1987 (HC)

Thomas P. Jacob Vs. M.G. Varghese and ors.

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR1987Ker193

..... obtained in fraud of the creditors of the heirs-at-iaw of the deceased testator. this decision was confirmed by the privy council in sarala sundari v. dinabandhu roy, air 1944 pc 11, lord atkin stated :'..... the question arises whether the creditor of ..... behary lall sandyal v. juggo mohun gossain, (1879) ilr 4 cal 1, 5; and, dhane ali mia v. sobhan ah, air 1978 cal 399.8. these decisions show that like in the case of a purchaser, or an assignee, a creditor too has the locus standi ..... title in appropriate proceedings, but he has no right to enter a caveat and oppose the grant of probate.3. section 283 of the succession act, 1925 says :'283. powers of district judge. - (1) in all cases the district judge or district delegate may, if he thinks ..... the estate of the deceased, and was, therefore, not entitled to notice under section 283(1)(c) of the indian succession act, 1925. the caveat was accordingly discharged.2. the appellant described himself as an adopted son of the testator, but set forth .....

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Feb 07 1992 (HC)

Baby Sarojam Vs. S. Vijayakrishnan Nair

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR1992Ker277; I(1994)DMC79

..... of the child and ultimately found that the paramount consideration must be given for the welfare of the child. it is evident from the following observation of the privy council in annie besant's case: 'as in this country, so among the hindus, the father is the natural guardian of his children during their minorities, but the ..... of every society at any time at any period, the human rights can only be relational. see maharaj v. att. gen. of trinidad and tobago, (no. 2) (1978) 2 all er 670. all rights are relative even the right relating to freedom. in the ultimate analysis, rights are only relations between persons and exercise of certain powers to ..... person of the minor children. apprehending that such an appeal may be incompetent or defective insofar as the appellate provisions contained in the guardian and wards act, 1890, for short, the act, did not allow an appeal only against the conditions imposed in the matter of custody of a ward, the appellant-grandmother wanted to amend the appeal .....

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Jun 17 1985 (HC)

K. Daniel Vs. T. Hymavathy Amma

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR1985Ker233

..... of absolute privilege in a civil action for slander in regard to statements made in the course of judicial proceedings has been followed by courts in india. the privy council accepted the principle in baboo gunnesh dutt singh v. mugneeram choudhary (1873) 11 beng lr 324. see also sullivan v. morton (1887) ilr 10 madras 28 ..... respondent herein. the trial court dismissed the suit and the dismissal has been confirmed in appeal. hence this second appeal.2. appellant herein filed o.s. 254/1978 in the munsiff's court, kayamkulam claiming decree for certain sums of money alleged to have been borrowed from him by the respondent. appellant then was working as ..... in the court under section 148. section 149 enacts a wholesome statutory caution against asking question covered by section 148 without reasonable grounds. section 150 of the act empowers the court to report the circumstances of case, where any question is asked without reasonable grounds, to the high court or other authority to which the .....

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Mar 17 2010 (HC)

Kunhimohammed Vs. Ayishakutty

Court : Kerala

Reported in : 2010(2)KLT71

..... law of divorce would thus offend the concept of fundamental right to life and right to equality as explained in maneka gandhi v. union of india : air 1978 sc 597.46. we have been taken through the decision of justice baharul islam in jiauddin ahmed v. anwara begum (1981) 1 glr 358 and later ..... horns and had not tested the constitutional validity of these stipulations which get the mandate for enforcement under the provisions in the muslim personal law (shariat) application act, 1937. whether the stipulations of muslim personal law tolerating polygamy, and permitting arbitrary and unilateral termination of marriage by pronouncement of talaq by the husband offend ..... in cases where the parties are muslims shall be the muslim personal law (shariat).(emphasis supplied)it is eloquently clear from the language employed in the said act that a statutory stipulation in conflict with the muslim personal law (shariat) shall prevail over the muslim personal law (shariat). the non-obstante clause applies .....

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Mar 25 2008 (HC)

Kolappa Pillai M. and anr. Vs. K. Vadivulekshmi and anr.

Court : Kerala

Reported in : 2008(2)KLJ4

..... belongs to the grandmother of parties, namely kolamma ammal as her stridhana property, the above contentions fail. therefore, on applying the principles laid down by the privy council and in the light of the authorities mentioned above, it can be seen that there is no specific pleading or evidence from the side of the plaintiffs to ..... benami transaction, the alleged anti-nupital agreement, if oral, must be proved by the clearest and most satisfactory evidence of credible witnesses; it would be unwise to act upon oral evidence, unless there was contemporaneous written evidence to corroborate it'. in the present case, the proved facts and circumstances mentioned above are sufficient to hold ..... , at the time of death of madhavan pillai, he had 2/3 share in the schedule property and since madhavan pillai died subsequent to the hindu succession act, both the plaintiffs and the first defendant would get the said 2/3 share of madhavan pillai in the schedule property in equal shares. so, according to .....

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Mar 28 1978 (HC)

Madhavan Pillai Vs. Balanand and ors.

Court : Kerala

Reported in : (1978)IILLJ450Ker

..... corporate educational agency known as h.m.d.p. sabha at vadakekara, parur. the first respondent in the o.p., is the chairman of the managing council of the college as well as the manager of the institution while the principal is its ex-officio secretary. the petitioner alleges in the writ petition that the ..... to take into consideration the provisions of the kerala university act. under section 56 of the kerala university act, 1969 (hereinafter referred to as the 1969 act) no teacher of a private college shall be dismissed, removed, or reduced in rank by the governing body or managing council without the previous sanction of the vice-chancellor or ..... placed under suspension by the governing body or managing council for a continuous period .....

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Jun 29 2012 (HC)

Vasudeva Menon and Others Vs. M/S. K.J. Plantation

Court : Kerala

..... appeals can be disposed of on the available documentary evidence, i.e. from exts.a1 to a14 marked by the court below and the appellants report that they are not pressing ia.no.1062/2011 filed under order 41 rule 27 and its contents. exts.a16 and a17 are irrelevant. ext.a15 is not binding. (13) a tenancy created by holding ..... to a tenancy from year to year. but, these doctrines of english law are not applicable to the whole extent under the bengal tenancy act." in firm sardari lal vishwa nath and others v. pritam singh (air 1978 sc 1518), the apex court was actually dealing with the case of a statutory tenant and the question which arose was whether such a ..... to have any interest in the property, gets the lease deed executed in his favour it is clearly an act of fraud per se and as such the subsequent transferee cannot be bound by such an act." in narayan rana v. balasore municipal council (air 2001 orissa 1), a division bench of the court held as follows: "under sec.106 lease of immovable .....

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Jul 20 1984 (HC)

K.M. Mathew and ors. Vs. T.V. Balan

Court : Kerala

Reported in : 1985CriLJ1039

..... means freedom not only for the views of which you approve, but also freedom for the views of which you most heartily disapprove.' (see vorrall v. great vermouth borough council (1980) 1 all er 839 (844-845), where the learned judge quoted the lines of tennyson, when he referred to england, as the land where -a man may ..... and said in his peroration : 'give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely, according to conscience, above all liberties.31. the power of the press, and the prime importance in its protection is, however, not the exclusive consideration. an individual's reputation has also to be reckoned with by a court of law. if, ..... the court held that there was nothing to indicate who the two police officers in question were. it was observed that when two constables were accused of a particular act, it did not follow from that that all constables suffered in their individual reputation.29. when, therefore a report states that some leaders indulged in a disgraceful conduct, .....

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Feb 24 1978 (HC)

State of Kerala and anr. Etc. Vs. Miss Rafia Rahim Etc.

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR1978Ker176

..... considerations appearing in the case, have appealed to us.ext, p6 is a copy of the recommedationsof the indian medical council addressedto the registrars of all universities andthe other educational functionaries ofthis country. the relevant part of therecommendations reads: 'xx xx ..... circumstances, it is reasonable to assume that they have abandoned their claim and it is too late for them to press their claim. under these circumstances, after discussion with the counsel for the parties we have come to the conclusion ..... fourth and final day of the arguments before us, an application for amendment -- c. m. p. no. 2157 of 1978 was moved in w. a. no. 312 of 1977 alleging additional facts and grounds attacking the reservation. we rejected the petition ..... accept the recommendation, 'malabar area'means the malabar district as denned in section 5(2) of the states reorganisation act.' 22. as recommendation no. 5, the kumara pillai commission recommended that only those residing in the malabar area for .....

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