Undertake/Undertaking - Indian Laws - General

Meaning of the word Undertake/ Undertaking In Blacks Dictionary of Law , Fifth Edition. It reads thus : UNDERTAKE To take on oneself; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; set about; attempt; as, to undertake a task or a journey; and, specifically, to take upon oneself solemnly or expressly. To lay oneself under obligation or to enter into stipulation; to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract. Hence, to guarantee; be surety for; promise; to accept or take over as a charge; to accept responsibility for the care of. To engage to look after or attend to, as to undertake a patient or guest. To endeavor to perform or try; to promise, engage, agree, or assume an obligation. KARTAR SINGH BHADANA VERSUS HARI SINGH NALWA ORS.- 2001 (3) TMI 975 - SUPREME COURT In Black s Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition defines UNDERTAKING in the following words: A promise, engagement, or stipulation. An engagement by one of the parties to a contract to the other, as distinguished from the mutual engagement of the parties to each other. It does not necessarily imply a consideration. In a somewhat special sense, a promise given in the course of legal proceedings by a party or his counsel, generally as a condition to obtaining some concession from the court or the opposite party. A promise or security in any form. In M. v. Home Office and Another reported in (1992) Q.B. 270 : (1992) 2 WLR 73 : (1992) 4 All ER 97, the expression undertaking has been dealt with in the following manner: If a party, or solicitors or counsel on his behalf, so act as to convey to the court the firm conviction that an undertaking is being given, that party will be bound and it will be no answer that he did not think that he was giving it or that he was misunderstood. BALWANTBHAI SOMABHAI BHANDARI VERSUS HIRALAL SOMABHAI CONTRACTOR (DECEASED) REP. BY LRS. ORS- 2023 (9) TMI 1526 - SUPREME COURT