whether such a transaction is void ab initio and so incapable of ratification or merely voidable."
6. 'Void' in common parlance denotes ... written statement. According to the learned Judge, that is tantamount to a ratification on their part We are unable to appreciate the argument. Under
authority of law.
28. It is well settled that a subsequent ratification has
retrospective effect and is equivalent to a prior command. This
principle ... omnis ratihabitio
retrotrahitur et mandato priori aequiparatur', which means that
ratification relates back to the date of the original act.
29. In Punjab University
The High Court Of Kerala vs K.A.Augustine on 23 August, 2013
Author: Antony
subject property, solely on the reasoning that there was ratification by
the power givers by silence?
B. Whether ratification of a void document ... Singh & Ors.
[2022 : PHHC : 078731] to substantiate the point that though
ratification can be inferred either expressed or implied acts
Indian Contract Act, 1872, a case of ratification of
the act of the agent by the principal - the plaintiff -
Smt.Anupama is made out. Therefore ... plaintiff would dispel any doubt as regards the question of
ratification. Thus, according to the learned counsel, a clear case
of implied ratification under Section
attempt to sustain the impugned action
on the basis of the subsequent ratification by the Council of
Ministers also would have to fail. The learned ... according to the appellants, the Schools were aided
Schools on 7.6.2016. The ratification of the said decision by
the Council of Ministers would date back
seven Hindu members among
the Council of Ministers supported it. The subsequent
ratification by all the thirteen Hindu members of the Council
of Ministers does ... 36983/2017
-: 17 :-
Hindu member from the Council of Ministers and the
ratification is only to express solidarity. The word 'nominate'
only means
family or inducted therein by adoption before such consent or ratification, his right to avoid the alienation will not be affected . . . . In the instant case ... anything in Ext. B-3 or A-4 which evidences a ratification of Ext. B-5 by the first respondent. The second respondent
making the recommendation
was approved by the Vice-Chancellor subject to ratification by the
Syndicate. The action of the Vice-Chancellor was ratified ... Syndicate in its meeting held on 26.5.07, which is not a ratification of
the recommendation, but only part of the procedure of the University
General Body as Exhibit R7(b)
and contends that though the ratification of enrolment of members
was not an item in the agenda, the same ... Administrative Committee
having no powers to enrol members; whether the ratification by the
General Body would confer the right on such members enrolled
