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April 21, 2025 6:09 am

The instant suit by the legal heirs of “G” was filed more than 30 years later on 11.11.1987 after his death – Plaintiffs failed to established or lead any evidence with regard to availability of funds with “G” so as to make an endeavour to purchase his own property in the auction sale through Govindan. Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) – Section 66(1) – Auction sale

Mar 20, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH PALANIAMMAL AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. KAMALAKANNAN AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Ashok Bhushan and Navin Sinha, JJ. ) Civil Appeal…

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Limitation Act, 1963 – Sections 5 and 14 – Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) – Order 21 Rule 90 – Auction sale – Setting aside of – Extension of time – Section 5 of the Act which deals with extension of time or condonation of delay is not applicable to proceedings under Order XXI Rule 90 of the CPC

Mar 20, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH AARIFABEN YUNUSBHAI PATEL AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. MUKUL THAKOREBHAI AMIN AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao and Deepak…

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Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) – Sections 92 and 92(1) – Public Charities – Public charity is perpetual and the Court is the guardian of a charity HELD If in respect of a trust which had set up a hospital, a request was made for framing of a proper scope of administration by appointing trustee from medical profession and from public for proper and effective administration of the Trust, the matter would definitely fall within the scope of Section 92 of the Code

Mar 3, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH ASHOK KUMAR GUPTA AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. M/S. SITALAXMI SAHUWALA MEDICAL TRUST AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Uday Umesh Lalit and…

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Cause Of Action To A Plaintiff To File A Suit Accrues When There Is A Clear And Unequivocal Threat To Infringe A Right: SC

Mar 1, 2020 sclaw

Cause Of Action To A Plaintiff To File A Suit Accrues When There Is A Clear And Unequivocal Threat To Infringe A Right: SC [Read Judgment] LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK 1…

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Suits With Basic Relief Of Challenging Decree Passed By DRT Not Maintainable: SC HELD “Without exhausting the remedy of appeal provided under the RDDBFI Act, the suits with the basic relief of challenging the decree passed by the DRT were liable to be dismissed.”

Feb 29, 2020 sclaw

Suits With Basic Relief Of Challenging Decree Passed By DRT Not Maintainable: SC [Read Judgment] Ashok Kini 28 Feb 2020 9:43 PM “Without exhausting the remedy of appeal provided under…

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High Court has totally erred in relying on the lease deed dated 12.3.1997, which was found to be insufficiently stamped and brushing aside the report of the Registrar (Judicial), when the respondents had failed to pay the insufficient stamp duty and penalty as determined by the Registrar (Judicial) of the High Court of Karnataka. Dismissed

Feb 17, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH M/S. DHARMARATNAKARA RAI BAHADUR ARCOT NARAINSWAMY MUDALIAR CHATTRAM AND ORS. — Appellant Vs. M/S BHASKAR RAJU & BROTHERS AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before…

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HELD we find that the High Court erred in law in interfering with the finding of fact recorded by the trial court as affirmed by the First Appellate Court. The findings of fact cannot be interfered with in a second appeal unless, the findings are perverse. The High Court could not have interfered with the findings of the fact.

Feb 17, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH C. DODDANARAYANA REDDY (DEAD) BY LRS. AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. C. JAYARAMA REDDY (DEAD) BY LRS. AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before :…

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The matter is remitted to the trial court to decide the objection of admissibility of the document on account of being insufficiently stamped in light of the findings recorded, after evidence is led by the parties.

Feb 17, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH M/S. Z. ENGINEERS CONSTRUCTION PVT. LTD AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. BIPIN BIHARI BEHERA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : S. Abdul Nazeer…

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Findings Of Fact Cannot Be Interfered With In A Second Appeal Unless Findings Are Perverse, Reiterates SC

Feb 15, 2020 sclaw

Findings Of Fact Cannot Be Interfered With In A Second Appeal Unless Findings Are Perverse, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment] LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK 15 Feb 2020 5:45 PM The findings of…

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The expression ‘appeal’ has not been defined in the CPC. Black’s Law Dictionary (7th Edn.) defines an appeal as “a proceeding undertaken to have a decision reconsidered by bringing it to a higher authority.” It is a judicial examination of the decision by a higher court of the decision of a subordinate court

Feb 12, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH MALLURU MALLAPPA(D) THR. LRS. — Appellant Vs. KURUVATHAPPA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : S. Abdul Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ. ) Civil…

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Defamation — Imputation in Good Faith for Protection of Interests — Exception 9 to S. 499 IPC engrafts the principle of qualified privilege, stating it is not defamation to make an imputation on the character of another, provided it is made in good faith for the protection of the interest of the person making it, or of any other person, or for the public good

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Anticipatory Bail

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Circumstantial Evidence I P C

Murder (Filicide) vs. Suicide — In cases based on circumstantial evidence where the question is whether the death was homicidal (filicide) or suicidal, the prosecution must establish a complete chain of circumstances that points exclusively to the guilt of the accused and is inconsistent with any hypothesis of innocence

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