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Category: C P C

C P C

Misjoinder of plaintiffs or misjoinder of cause of action—Objection as to— It is a procedural objection and it is not a bar to the entertaining of the suit or the trial and final disposal of the suit. Misjoinder of plaintiffs or misjoinder of cause of action—Held; By no stretch of imagination such a defective suit be held to be barred by any law.

Apr 9, 2017 sclaw

  2007(2) LAW HERALD (SC) 1263 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.K. Balasubramaniyan Civil Appeal No.446 of 2007…

C P C

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) – Section 107 – Interference with finding of fact – Considerations for – The rule of practice is that where the evidence is conflicting and decision hinges upon the credibility of witnesses, the appellate court should not interfere with finding of civil Court on question of fact.

Apr 9, 2017 sclaw

  AIR 1951 SC 120 : (1950) 1 SCR 781 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA SARJU PERSHAD — Appellant Vs. RAJA JWALESHWARI PRATAP NARAIN SINGH AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before…

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Contract Act, 1872 – Sections 17 and 23 – Fraudulent terms – Avoidance of creditor – Rules of Voluntary Provident Fund Trust providing that in case of insolvency of subscriber, the property standing to his credit will vest in the Trust and not the Official Receiver – Such clause if allowed would be fraud perpetrated on insolvency law and therefore is not valid or binding.

Apr 9, 2017 sclaw

  AIR 1956 SC 336 : (1956) 2 LLJ 215 : (1956) 1 SCR 100 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA MUKTI LAL AGARWALA — Appellant Vs. TRUSTEES OF THE PROVIDENT FUND…

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Property Matters Transfer Of Property Act

Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 52 — Doctrine of Lis Pendens — Transfers of property made during the pendency of litigation are subject to the doctrine of lis pendens and are subservient to the final decision of the court — Such transfers are not void ab initio but remain invalid if the litigation goes against the transferor.

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I B C

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 9 — Application for corporate insolvency resolution process — Existence of a pre-existing dispute — Adjudicating authority must reject the application if notice of dispute has been received by the operational creditor or there is a record of dispute — The dispute must bring to the notice of the operational creditor the “existence” of a dispute or the fact that a suit or arbitration proceeding relating to a dispute is pending — The authority needs to see if there is a plausible contention which requires further investigation and that the “dispute” is not a patently feeble legal argument or an assertion of fact unsupported by evidence — It is important to separate the grain from the chaff and to reject a spurious defence which is mere bluster — However, in doing so, the Court does not need to be satisfied that the defence is likely to succeed — The Court does not at this stage examine the merits of the dispute except to the extent indicated above — So long as a dispute truly exists in fact and is not spurious, hypothetical or illusory, the adjudicating authority has to reject the application.

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C P C

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 105(1) — Challenge to interlocutory orders — Rejection of an application under Order 2 Rule 2 CPC does not preclude the party from raising that issue again in an appeal against the final decree, as per Section 105(1) CPC, unless a separate appellate remedy is expressly provided.

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Arbitration

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11 — Appointment of Arbitrator — Scope of Inquiry — Limited to prima facie existence of arbitration agreement — Questions like ‘accord and satisfaction’, limitation, dishonesty, frivolity and arbitrability of subject matter are to be left to the arbitral tribunal under Section 16, reflecting the principle of Kompetenz-Kompetenz.

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