#LegalMaxim Actio Personalis Moritur Cum Persona – A pe | Judiciary UP
#LegalMaxim
Actio Personalis Moritur Cum Persona –
A personal right of action dies with the person .
Supreme Court held that the maxim “ _actio personalis moritur cum persona_ ” – a personal action dies with the person – has a limited application – operates in a limited class of actions such as :
actions for damages for defamation ,
actions for assault or
actions for other personal injuries not causing the death of the party ,
and in other actions where after the death of the party the relief granted could not be enjoyed or granting it would be nugatory.
