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(CPC) – Order 20 – Timeline for pronouncement of judgment – Order 20 of the CPC does not apply to the High Court

Feb 21, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SJVNL — Appellant Vs. M/S CCC HIM JV AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Rohinton Fali Nariman and B.R. Gavai, JJ. ) Civil…

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Suit for injunction – Trespasser, who is in established possession of the property could obtain injunction – – rightful owner does not come forward and assert his title by the process of law within the period prescribed by the provisions of Limitation applicable to the case, his right is for ever extinguished and the possessory owner acquires an absolute title.

Feb 9, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH A. SUBRAMANIAN AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. R. PANNERSELVAM — Respondent ( Before : Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M.R. Shah, JJ. )…

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Mutation Entries Do Not By Themselves Confer Title

Jan 27, 2021 sclaw

It is well settled that mutation entries do not by themselves confer title which has to be established independently in a declaratory suit, There are many Apex Court judgments which…

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‘Bordering On Professional Misconduct’: Supreme Court To Proceed Against A Lawyer For Speculating About Outcome Of A Pending Appeal

Jan 24, 2021 sclaw

“Be that as it may, during the pendency of the stated suit for declaration and for direction to handover custody of the minor child, an application had been moved by…

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Whether the acceptance of a conditional offer with a further condition results in a concluded contract, irrespective of whether the offerer accepts the further condition proposed by the acceptor, Held, Acceptance of a conditional offer with a further condition does not result in a concluded Contract.

Jan 17, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH M/S. PADIA TIMBER COMPANY(P) LIMITED — Appellant Vs. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF VISAKHAPATNAM PORT TRUST THROUGH ITS SECRETARY — Respondent ( Before :…

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(CPC) – Or 47 R 1 and S 114 – Review – Powers of review cannot be exercised as an inherent power nor can an appellate power can be exercised in the guise of power of review –

Nov 7, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SHRI RAM SAHU (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. VINOD KUMAR RAWAT AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Ashok Bhushan and…

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C P C – Or 2, R 2 – Suit to include the whole claim – Plea of Bar – The plea of bar under Or 2, R 2 is a technical plea which has to be pleaded and satisfactorily established. If the plea of bar is not taken, the Court should not suo moto decide the plea. It cannot be raised before Supreme Court if not raised in the High Court.

Sep 19, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH B. SANTOSHAMMA AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. D. SARALA AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Uday Umesh Lalit and Indira Banerjee, JJ.…

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Civil Procedure Code, 1908 – Section 96 – Leave to appeal – It is well settled that a person who is not a party to the suit may prefer an appeal with the leave of the Appellate Court and such leave should be granted if he would be prejudicially affected by the Judgment – Mere saying that the appellants are prejudicially affected by the decree is not sufficient – Appeal dismissed.

Aug 21, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH SRI V.N.KRISHNA MURTHY AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. SRI RAVIKUMAR AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao, Krishna Murari and…

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If a plaint is returned under Order VII Rule 10 and 10A, CPC, for presentation in the court in which it should have been instituted, HELD Suit in new Court has to Proceed De Novo on Return of Plaint.

Aug 6, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH M/S. EXL CAREERS AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. FRANKFINN AVIATION SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED — Respondent ( Before : R.F. Nariman, Navin Sinha and…

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Object of Order VII Rule 11 (a) CPC is that if in a suit, no cause of action is disclosed, or the suit is barred by limitation under Rule 11 (d), the Court would not permit the plaintiff to unnecessarily protract the proceedings in the suit. It states that the plaint “shall” be rejected if any of the grounds specified in clause (a) to (e) are made out. Hence suit filed after 3 years of registered deed is barred under, Art 59 Limitation Act.

Jul 9, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH DAHIBEN — Appellant Vs. ARVINDBHAI KALYANJI BHANUSALI (GAJRA)(D) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao and Indu Malhotra,…

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Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 129 — Detention, seizure and release of goods and conveyances in transit — Show cause notice — Payment of penalty — Obligation to pass final order — Where a show cause notice is issued under Section 129(3) of the CGST Act and the taxable person files objections against the proposed levy, the proper officer is duty-bound to pass a reasoned, speaking order under Section 129(3), even if the penalty is paid. Such an order is crucial for enabling the taxpayer to exercise their statutory right of appeal under Section 107 of the CGST Act.

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Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 174 — Inquiry by Police into cause of unnatural death — Requirement of fair and impartial investigation — Evidence considered — Inconsistencies in CCTV footage, suspicious medical findings, and failure to preserve crucial forensic evidence indicated failures in local investigation.

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Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 156(3) — FIR Registration — Application to Magistrate without approaching Police/SP — While a Magistrate ought not ordinarily entertain an application under Section 156(3) CrPC directly without the informant having availed and exhausted remedies under Section 154(3) CrPC, the Magistrate is competent to direct FIR registration if allegations disclose cognizable offence — Such an order is not without jurisdiction and not vitiated on this count, but it is a procedural irregularity.

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Constitution

Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 170(3) — Proviso — Readjustment of seats in Legislative Assemblies — Constitutional bar on readjustment of seats in State Legislative Assemblies until publication of census data after 2026 — Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, Section 26 — Increase in seats subject to Article 170(3) — Petitioners’ claim for delimitation in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana dismissed as it contravened constitutional mandate.

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