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Default And Failure

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Default and failure, 'failure' in the dictionary sense, means's falling short', 'a deficiency' or 'lack'. Default means omission of that which a man ought to do, Dhan Singh Ramkrishna Choudhari v. Laxminarayan Ramkishan, (1974) 2 SCC 293: AIR 1974 SC 1613. [Bombay Tenancy And Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, s. 25(2)]

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