The Calcutta Law Journal Short Notes of Cases Articles and other Matters January to June 1934

The question raised in the pleadings was whether in the absence of any proof tosstablish a connection between the murder and the insurance policy as to its nature the case was not taken out of the operation of the rule of 'public policy Sir Charles Russel Q. C. on behalf of the executors suing the Insurance Company for the policy money put the matter thus : " Assuming the executor have not c [...] The judgments add as the motive for the crime the accelerating of the succession to the estate of the deceased as if the application of the rule of public policy depended upon the issue whether the murderer had that motive in view in committing the crime or not. [...] 7. This is the latest of a series of translations of the remarkable work of Nilkantha which is of interest not only to the people of a portion of the Bombay Presidency where it is of paramount authority but also to the student of the history of Hindu law. [...] The great merit of the book consists in the lucid exposition of the fundamental legal principles dealt with in it and the clarity of conception of the legal ideas and the accuracy of statement of the net position with respect to every legal propostion raised for discussion. [...] As to the liability of the assets in the hands of the Official Assignee Setion 66 of the Indian Trusts Act applied for the insolvents had in fact mixed the deposit money with their own moneys and consequently the respondent was entitled to a charge on the property vested in Official Assignee for the said sum of Rs.