agreement with his client, one Amarnath Bhardwaj, which appeared to be champertous and this Court took the view that the circumstances under which the said ... considered the question as to whether the agreement in question is champertous or not. The objectionable character of the agreement proceeds, according to the Tribunal
agreement with his client, one Amarnath Bhardwaj, which appeared to be champertous and this Court took the view that the circumstances under which the said ... considered the question as to whether the agreement in question is champertous or not. The objectionable character of the agreement proceeds, according to the Tribunal
Nathani, one Abdul Halim Guznavi and others who have entered into a champertous agreement in writing on February 8, 1926, in order to finance this ... said Raj amongst themselves in certain proportions.
16. That the main champerter Rameswar Nathani is a heavy gambler and speculator in the Stock Exchange
common scheme. It held that it is matter of champertous litigation
prohibited by Section 23 of Contract Act. The City Civil Court further
held that ... amalgamation offers sufficient justification for amalgamation. He
would assail the finding of champertous litigation by pointing out that
the City Civil Court after rendering
pass no title, on the ground that it was champertous, or contrary to public policy.
7. For the respondents it was boldly argued that, although ... introduced does not carry the case any further than does the champertous character of the transaction generally.
9. It was further said, and this
appeal comes, have held that that agreement was not in the circumstances champertous. It is unnecessary that their Lordships should express any opinion on this
enforced if they are entered into under duress, are champertous or in restraint of trade and so on.
22. The principle that emerges is that
England, they should be similarly dealt with in India. Thus, an agreement, champertous according to English law, is not necessarily void in India : cf. Bhagwat
sale deed, however, was challenged by the defendant as without consideration and champertous. There were issues upon the point, and the
defendant appears to have ... plaintiff's sale deed was without consideration and whether it was champertous, and upon both the points the trial Court held in favour
25th March 1958 executed by Watave in favour of the plaintiff was champertous and, therefore, void. He also contended that the plaintiff's suit
