Legal Quotes
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Adverse Inference – John H. Wigmore – Quote
“It has always been understood – the inference, indeed, is one of the simplest in human experience – that a party’s falsehood or other fraud in the preparation and presentation of his cause, his fabrication or suppression of evidence by bribery or spoliation, and all similar conduct is receivable against him as an indication of…
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Law is Valuable – Henry Ward Beecher Quote
“Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.”~ Henry Ward Beecher “A Law is valuable not because it is a law, but because there is right in it.”~ Henry Ward Beecher “Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.”~ Henry Ward…
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Judgment obtained by Fraud – American Jurisprudence Quote
In American Jurisprudence, 2nd Edn., Vol. 46, para 825, it is stated:“Indeed, the connection of fraud with a judgment constitutes one of the chief causes for interference by a court of equity with the operation of a judgment. The power of courts of equity in granting such relief is inherent, and frequent applications for equitable…
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Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer – Quotes
“Whenever fundamental rights are flouted or legislative protection ignored, to any prisoner’s prejudice, this Court’s writ will run, breaking through the stone walls and iron bars, to right the wrong and restore the rule of law. Then the parrot cry of discipline will not deter, of security will not scare, of discretion will not dissuade,…
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Wills’ Circumstantial Evidence – Extract – Quote
Sir Alfred Wills in his admirable book “Wills’ Circumstantial Evidence” (Chapter VI) lays down the following rules specially to be observed in the case of circumstantial evidence: (1) the facts alleged as the basis of any legal inference must be clearly proved and beyond reasonable doubt connected with the factum probandum; (2) the burden of…
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Meaning of Bias
A predisposition to decide for or against one party, without proper regard to the true merits of the dispute is bias. There must be reasonable apprehension of that predisposition. The reasonable apprehension must be based on cogent materials. Supreme CourtSecretary to the Govt, Transport Deptt Madras vs Munuswamy Mudaliar & Ors 1988 AIR 2232 Bias…
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Meaning of Malice in Law
“Legal malice” or “malice in law” means ‘something done without lawful excuse’. In other words, ‘it is an act done wrongfully and wilfully without reasonable or probable cause, and not necessarily an act done from ill feeling and spite’. It is a deliberate act in disregard of the rights of others’. [See Words and Phrases…
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