New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that an advocate cannot compromise or surrender a client’s substantive property rights without express authorisation, holding that a compromise decree passed solely on the basis of a lawyer’s consent, without the client’s signature or clear approval, is contrary to law. A Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and NK Singh dismissed an appeal filed by the legal heirs of the original plaintiffs, affirming the Patna High Court’s decision uphold…
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New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a purchaser arraigned in a decades-old forged Will and property fraud case from Tamil Nadu, holding that mere purchase of disputed property for valuable consideration, without specific material showing involvement in forgery or conspiracy, cannot justify criminal prosecution. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta set aside a Madras High Court order which had refused to quash proceedings against the …