Whether plea of waiver is to be specifically raised?

 It is well established position that waiver is an intentional relinquishment of a right. It must involve conscious

abandonment of an existing legal right, advantage, benefit, claim or privilege, which except for such a waiver, a party could have enjoyed. It is an agreement not to assert a right. To invoke the principle of waiver, the person who is said to have waived must be fully informed as to his rights and with full knowledge about the same, he intentionally abandons them. [See para 41 of State of Punjab (supra)]. There must be a specific plea of waiver, much less of abandonment of a right by the opposite party.

REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL NOS.1217-1218 OF 2017

M/s. Sonell Clocks and Gifts Ltd. Vs The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. 

A.M. Khanwilkar, J.

Dated:August 21, 2018.

Citation:  2018 ACJ 2672 : AIR 2018 SC 4146 : 2018 (4) CPJ 1 : JT 2018 (8) SC 289 : 2018 (4) RCR (Civil) 203 : 2018 (10) Scale 24 : 2018 (7) SLT 325 : (2018) 9 SCC 784.
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