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Vested Interest

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Vested interest, when there is immediate right of present right for future enjoyment. An interest is said to be contingent if the right of enjoyment is made dependent upon some event or condition which may or may not happen. On the happening of the event or condition a contingent interest becomes a vested interest, Quoted from B.N. Vishweswariah v. Usha Subarao, (1996) 5 SCC 201; Kokilambal v. N. Raman, (2005) 11 SCC 234.

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