Legal Maxims

The maxim “Delegatus non potest delegare” derives its origin from the Catholic Canon Law but it was first put into words by John Willis in Canadian Bar Review in 1943. The principle has gained much recognition in United States, United Kingdom and India.

The court held that though the Plaintiff suffered injury but the act was done be natural cause, so the defendant according to the doctrine of Actus Dei Nemini Facit Injuria can’t be held liable for the same

This legal maxim of Per Incuriam exemplifies that if any decision is given ignoring the provisions of any statute or any rule, then such decision or judgment will be considered as it was given per incuriam

Meaning of “Lex Non Requirit Verificari Quod Apparet Curiae” is “The law does not require that to be proved which is apparent to the court”.

The doctrine of Lis Alibi Pendens because the suit was not regarding the title/interest of an Immovable Property. it was regarding the payment of the rents

Ex turpi causa non oritur actio, which implies that no action can arose from any illegal act. It is one of the defenses which can exempt the defendant from his liability because the plaintiff has also committed an illegal act.

In the 18th century alibi was meant to be ‘an assertion by a person that he or she was elsewhere’. However, in the 20th century, a new sense arose to the meaning as ‘an excuse’.