Equity follows the law. Equity does not override the law. Where a law prevails, equity has no role to play.
Equity follows the law. Equity does not override the law. Where a law prevails, equity has no role to play. # Case Laws on Equity # 1. Raghunath Rai Bareja v. Punjab National Bank, (2007) 2 SCC 230 When there is a conflict between law and equity, it is the law which has to prevail, in accordance with the Latin maxim ‘dura lex sed lex‘, which means ‘the law is hard, but it is the law’. Equity can only supplement the law, but it cannot supplant or override it. # 2. Madamanchi Ramappa v. Muthaluru Bojjappa, AIR 1963 SC 1633 What is administered in Courts is justice according to law, and considerations of fair play and equity however important they may be, must yield to clear and express provisions of the law. # 3. Council for Indian School Certificate Examination v. Isha Mittal, (2000) 7 SCC 521 Considerations of equity cannot prevail and do not permit a High Court to pass an order contrary to the law. # 4. P.M. Latha v. State of Kerala, (2003) 3 SCC 541 Equity and law a...