MUMBAI: An article from the CITIZEN entitled RAM RAJ TO POLICE RAJ: Military Veterans Hit with Armed Police and Broken Promises, by Lt General Vijay Oberoi [retd], provoked my personal reflections about the OROP related events being played out at Jantar Mantar since June 2015. Following the totally unwarranted police brutality against the peaceful protesters…
DetailsIn this article, we deal with the legal aspects of damage caused by the tenant to the leased premises and the remedies available to the landlord. Section 108(B)(o) of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, casts a duty upon the lessee to use the leased premises the way a person of ordinary prudence would use…
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The general principles governing the drafting of a lease are no different from drafting any other contract. Therefore, like any other contract, a lease, too, will have certain distinct portions, such as title of the agreement; place and date; introductory clause, which provides the description of the parties; recitals; testatum and testimonium. Lease additionally also…
DetailsIn the last column, we had examined the general principles governing the drafting of a lease. The different parts of an agreement including recitals and testatum were explained. In today’s article, we shall focus a little more on these two aspects.
It is well known that tenants enjoy protection from eviction if they are statutory tenants under the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (the “DRC Act”). A statutory tenant is a term used to describe a tenancy that is covered by the DRC Act. SO, therefore, any property in Delhi, that is given for rent below.…
DetailsIf indeed Maggi noodles or any other product is a health hazard, a prosecution against the company and its officials must follow – there’s no justification in law in making film stars as co-accused
Its important for me to see first generation women lawyers to get out there and set up practices – Former HSA Partner Payal Chawla sets up full service law firm Juscontractus
DetailsLease deed can be created in perpetuity (an unspecified period of time). Such lease deeds can be created either by an express grant. It is therefore essential that lease deeds be carefully drafted so as to ensure that they stand determined after a stipulated time.
A word that often plagues real estate related transactions are injunctions, more colloquially known as “stays”.
The Companies Bill, 2011, might not be garnering as much attention as the Lokpal Bill this Parliament session, but it too is a game changing piece of legislation that promises to regulate India’s corporate governance on the lines of global best practices. And one of the most significant features of the bill is that it…
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