Right to sue Archives

Bombay High Court | No ‘right to sue survives’ to the married daughter to claim for enhancement of maintenance in respect of deceased mother

The phraseology “right to sue survive” used under Order 22 Rule 1 means right to seek relief. The general rule is that cause of action whatsoever existing in favour or against a person at the time of his death survives to or against his legal representatives.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court| A legal representative with conflicting interest with that of the deceased cannot be permitted to represent the estate of the deceased

The relief claimed in the present suit by Late Shri S.K. Beri was specifically against Deepak Beri and his family members. Deepak Beri has contested the suit by filing a written statement controverting the averments made to the plaint and seeking dismissal of the present suit.

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCDRC | On suffering a bad outcome from medical treatment, will a person have an automatic right to sue for compensation? Read on

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): The Coram of Justice R.K. Agrawal (President) and Dr S.M. Kantikar (Member), upheld the State Commission’s

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL SC | Appeal is not fresh suit but continuation of original proceeding; Right to sue held to survive in heir in suit for malicious prosecution

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: An Application for leave to appeal under and in terms of Article

Case Briefs

In actions seeking relief personal to the deceased, right to sue does not survive against his representatives; inquiry against deceased noticee abated: SEBI

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): A single member bench comprising of Satya Ranjan Prasad, Adjudicating Officer ordered to abate the

Case Briefs High Courts

No abatement of suit in case of death of a party if right to sue survives

Jharkhand High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Shree Chandrashekhar, J., dismissed a writ petition filed against the order of the trial