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Wrongful gain
Matched in: Term Wrongful gain
Wrongful gain, wrongful loss
Matched in: Term Wrongful gain, wrongful loss
Gaining wrongfully
Gaining wrongfully, A person is said to gain wrongfully when such person retains wrongfully, as well as when such person
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Dishonestly
defined by s. 24 of Indian Penal Code. A person who does anything with the intention of causing wrongful gain to one person or wrongful loss to another person, Dr. S. Dutt v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR … A person is said to do a thing dishonestly when he does anything with the intention of causing wrongful gain to one person or wrongful loss to another person. In the case of illegal seizures and impounding of
Wrong
Wrong, the privation of right, an injury, a designed or known detriment. See TORT, and Addison or Clerk and … or breach of duty, Re London Celluloid Co., (1888) 39 Ch D 206, per Bowen, LJ. An estate gained by wrong is always a fee simple. A squatter may, of course, be ejected before the Statute of
Theft and larceny
Theft and larceny, a temporary retention of property by the person wrongfully gaining or a temporary 'keeping out' of property from the person legally entitled thereto, may amount to 'theft' … Theft and larceny, a temporary retention of property by the person wrongfully gaining or a temporary 'keeping out' of property from the person legally entitled thereto, may amount to 'theft' under
Dishonest intention
of the property to which the person so gaining is not legally entitled or to cause loss, by wrongful means, of property to which the person so losing is legally entitled, K.N. Mehra v. State of Rajasthan, … can be said to have 'dishonest intention' if in taking the property it is his intention to cause gain, by unlawful means, of the property to which the person so gaining is not legally entitled or to
Quasi-fee
Quasi-fee, an estate gained by wrong; for wrong is unlimited and uncontained within rules. … Quasi-fee, an estate gained by wrong; for wrong is unlimited and uncontained within rules.
Corruption
limited sense it connotes allowing decisions and actions of a person to be influenced not by rights or wrongs of a cause, but by the prospects of monetary gains or other selfish considerations, State of A.P. v. … person to be influenced not by rights or wrongs of a cause, but by the prospects of monetary gains or other selfish considerations, State of A.P. v. Vasudeva Rao, (2004) 9 SCC 319 (323): AIR 2004 SC
Doctrine of pari delicto
both parties have voluntarily and by their free will joined hands to flout the law for their mutual gain, Mohd. Salimuddin v. Misri Lal, (1986) 2 SCC 378: AIR 1986 SC 1019: (1986) 1 SCR 622.
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