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What Rights Does a Long-Term Oral Commercial Tenant Have Against Eviction?
A shop tenant of six decades with no written lease pays the landlord's municipal tax arrears to de-seal the premises, then faces an eviction demand. How oral tenancy law, restitution under Sections 69-70 of the Contract Act, rent control and injunction doctrine stack the defence in the tenant's favo
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What Defences Can an Ex-Director Raise Against a Personal GST Penalty Under Section 122(1A)?
Section 122(1A) of the CGST Act penalises only taxable persons who retain the benefit of specified transactions. The defences open to an ex-director facing a personal penalty: the taxable-person requirement, no vicarious liability, non-retrospectivity, defective service and natural justice.
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When Will a High Court Condone Delay? Section 5 of the Limitation Act and the Late Counter Affidavit in Writ Proceedings
Section 5 of the Limitation Act 1963 lets courts excuse delay for sufficient cause. What the Supreme Court accepts and rejects, how much latitude the State really gets, and what a delay condonation application and counter affidavit must contain in High Court writ proceedings.
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