Category: C P C

Rule 3 of Order 17 of the CPC, also known as Or 17 R 3, gives courts the authority to proceed with a case even if one of the parties fails to provide evidence. This power can significantly limit the options for the losing party to seek justice, and is considered a drastic measure. Therefore, courts should exercise this power only in rare and exceptional situations.

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH PREM KISHORE AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. BRAHM PRAKASH AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Sudhanshu Dhulia and J.B. Pardiwala, JJ. ) Civil…

It is well settled that even if the decision on a question of law has been reversed or modified by subsequent decision of a superior court in any other case it shall not be a ground for review of such judgment merely because a subsequent judgment of the Single Judge has taken contrary view.

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SHRAMJEEVI COOPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED — Appellant Vs. DINESH JOSHI AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : S. Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta, JJ.…

(CPC) – Section 20, Order VII Rule 10 and Order VII Rule 11 – Court cannot lose sight of the ground reality that in most of the civil disputes, half the battle is won through interim orders and do not think that the court should be a party to the practice of allowing a litigant to use one court for the purpose of temporary reliefs and another court for permanent reliefs

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH FUTURE SECTOR LAND DEVELOPERS LLP AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. BAGMANE DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS ETC. — Respondent ( Before : V. Ramasubramanian…

(CPC) – Or 41 R 23 – Evidence Act, 1872 – S 114 – HELD merely because a particular evidence which ought to have been adduced but had not been adduced, the Appellate Court cannot adopt the soft course of remanding the matter – provision is inapplicable because the suit in question had not been disposed of on a preliminary point.

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SIRAJUDHEEN — Appellant Vs. ZEENATH AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Dinesh Maheshwari and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ. ) Civil Appeal No. 1491 of…

AIADMK internal conflict – The logic and reasoning of the Division Bench of the High Court stand in accord with law as also the facts of the present case – The facts of the case make it abundantly clear that so far as convening of the meeting is concerned, the same had never been in doubt or in any dispute – The said meeting was indeed convened by the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator jointly — When Coordinator and Joint Co-ordinator were shown to be not functioning jointly (for whatsoever reason), a functional deadlock came into existence for the party and a workable solution was required to be found

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH THIRU K. PALANISWAMY — Appellant Vs. M. SHANMUGAM AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ. ) Civil Appeal…