Contract Law

Level 9 Biz Pvt. Ltd. vs Himachal Pradesh Housing & Urban Development Authority 2024 INSC 257 :: [2024] 4 S.C.R. 1 – Letter of Intent

Contract Law – Letter of Intent – Letter of Intent is merely an expression of intention to enter into a contract. It does not create any right in favour of the party to whom it is issued. There is no binding legal relationship between the party issuing the LOI and the party to whom such …

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Vinayak Purushottam Dube (D) vs Jayashree Padamkar Bhat 2024 INSC 159 :: [2024] 3 S.C.R. 127 – Contract Law – Obligations Of Builder – Liability Of LRs

Summary: NCDRC held that the death of a developer has no effect upon the obligations of the developer under the Development Agreement and the same have to be executed by the legal heirs of the developer – Allowing appeal, SC held: the legal representatives of the deceased developer are not liable to discharge the obligation …

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Bharti Cellular Limited vs Assistant Commissioner Of Income Tax 2024 INSC 148 – Principal & Agent – S 194H Income Tax Act

Income Tax Act, 1961; Section 194-H- Commission or brokerage – Cellular mobile telephone service providers would not be under a legal obligation to deduct tax at source on the income/profit component in the payments received by the distributors/franchisees from the third parties/customers, or while selling/transferring the pre-paid coupons or starter-kits to the distributors – the …

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Authorised Officer , Central Bank Of India vs Shanmugavelu 2024 INSC 80 :: [2024] 2 S.C.R. 12 -R 9(5) SARFAESI Rules – Ss 73,74 Contract Act

SARFAESI Act; Section 37 ; – SARFAESI Rules; Rule 9(5) – Indian Contract Act, 1872; Sections 73,74 – Whether, the underlying principle of Section(s) 73 & 74 respectively of the 1872 Act is applicable to forfeiture of earnest-money deposit under Rule 9(5) of the SARFAESI Rules? In other words, whether the forfeiture of the earnest-money …

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Bharat Sher Singh Kalsia vs State of Bihar 2024 INSC 77 – S 482 CrPC – Contract

Code of Criminal Procedure,1973; Section 482 – In the appropriate case, protection is to be accorded against unwanted criminal prosecution and from the prospect of unnecessary trial – Priyanka Mishra v State of Madhya Pradesh, 2023 SCC OnLine SC 978 and Vishnu Kumar Shukla v State of Uttar Pradesh, 2023 SCC OnLine SC 1582. (Para …

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