That One Friend Who Never Pays Their Share

You know those group chats where your friends promise to split the bill 3-1-2 but somehow end up owing you a fortune the next day? Yeah, that's basically our take on the doctrine of unjust enrichment, Section 71 of the Contract Act, 1872. If someone benefits at someone else's expense, the law might just say, "Hey, you owe that person money." Imagine if we could make all our defaulting friends pay us back for the last 10 years of group outings.

The Supreme Court case of Shriram Life Insurance Co. Ltd v. Union of India (2012) talks about the application of this section, highlighting the importance of restitution whenever unjust enrichment is proven. Who knows, this might just be the law that saves us from those " accidents" where our friends 'forget' to pay us back.