Scope of legal fiction in party mergers
- Posted on May 8, 2026
- By The Hindu
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Scope of legal fiction in party mergers
Henry Maine called legal fiction an agency by which law adapts to changing societies. In the Indian context, a 1955 ruling delineating the scope of legal fiction, reaffirmed by the Supreme Court in March, sets limits that the law on defections has yet to absorb.
