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Confession
person would not make a statement which would incriminate him unless urged by the promptings of truth and conscience, Sahib Singh v. State of Haryana, (1997) 7 SCC 231: AIR 1997 SC 3247 (3254). [Terrorist and Disruptive … and implies acknowledgment of guilt--its evidentiary value and its acceptability however shall have to be assessed by the Court having due regard to the credibility of the witnesses. In the event, however, the Court is otherwise in
Fraud
defined as an act or omission to act or concealment by which one person obtains an advantage against conscience over another or which equity or public policy forbids as being prejudicial to another. In Black's Legal Dictionary, … the very nature of the subject, be invariable. fraud is infinite: 'Crescit in orbe dolus'; and were the Courts to prescribe the limits of their equitable relief against fraud, or to define the species of evidence receivable
Confession to a priest
that 'if any man confess his secret and hidden sins to the minister for the unburdening of his conscience, and to receive spiritual consolation and ease of mind from him,' he 'do not reveal to any person … Phillimore, L.J., when at the bar, the view is taken that it is not improbable that an English Court would decide the question in favour of the inviolability of confession and expand the law into harmony with
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Consideration
investigation into the motives of the parties. If the consideration, however, be so insufficient as to 'shock the conscience,' equity would quash the contract, upon the ground that such great inequality betokens mutual mistake, or fraud or … 137 h; Currie v. Misa, (1875) LR 10 Exch 153. Consideration is one of the facts which the courts require as evidence of intention, (a) that a person intends his promise to be binding on him, or
Power
Will or the party to whom they are given. Trusts are always imperative and are obligatory upon the conscience of the party entrusted. The test is whether what is expressed by the testator is his direction intended … Power, in respect of court the word 'power' means an authority expressly or impliedly conferred on the court by law to do that
Oath
3(37)] An oath is a 'form of attestation by which a person signifies that he is bound in conscience to perform an act faithfully and truthfully. It involves the Idea of calling in God to witness what … make affirmation instead of oath, but an atheist, although permitted by law (see AFFIRMA-TION) to affirm in a Court of justice, could not affirm under this Act, Clarke v. Bradlaugh, (1881) 7 QBD 38, and in Mr.
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