Articles

11th Jul, 2019

Outer limitation for suit for possession based on title is not lost merely because relief of declaration is also sought.

The Constitutional bench of the Supreme Court in the matter of Sopanrao & Anr vs. Syed Mehmood &  Ors. (Civil Appeal No. 4478/2007), decided on 03.07.2019 has held that in a suit filed for possession […]
11th Jul, 2019

Plaint under Order 7 Rule 11 can only be rejected as a whole or not at all

The Supreme Court in the matter of Madhav Prasad Aggarwal and  Anr. vs.Axis Bank Ltd. & Anr., arising out of SLP (C) No.31579 of 2018 decided on 01.07.2019 has held that relief of rejection of […]
5th Jun, 2019

Paternity Dispute: DNA test ought not be done on casual basis and merely on the basis of bald statement of the Applicant as it effects the right to privacy of the parties as well as have devastating effect on the child.

The Single Judge Bench of the Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur in Mahendra Vs. Mamta @ Guddi bearing S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 7839/2019 vide its judgment dated 23.05.2019 held that Courts, while considering the […]
5th Jun, 2019

Financial deprivation amounts to economic abuse under Domestic Violence Act

The Bombay High Court has held that financial deprivation amounts to economic abuse under the Domestic Violence Act. The Court held that if a widow in a joint family, who is entitled to financial resources, […]
18th May, 2019

When an appeal is filed against a joint and indivisible decree and one of the co-appellant dies and the legal representative of the deceased appellant is not brought on record, the appeal will abate against the surviving appellant also.

The Apex Court in Hemreddi (D) Through Lrs. versus Ramachandra Yallappa Hosmani and Ors. bearing no. Civil Appeal No. 4103 of 2008 decided on 07.05.2019 held that where appeal is being filed by more than […]
18th May, 2019

Under specific performance plea of hardship cannot be raised if not pleaded in written statement.

The Supreme Court has observed that a defendant in a specific performance suit should plead in his written statement the hardship that will be caused if the decree of specific performance of the contract is […]
18th May, 2019

Section 21(b) does not provide for filing of a Revision Petition before the National Commission against an Order passed by the State Commission in execution proceedings.

The Supreme Court held that a revision under Section 21(b) can only be filed challenging a ‘consumer dispute’ and an execution proceedings being independent proceedings, cannot be said to fall under the meaning of “consumer […]
6th May, 2019

Once a document is admitted, rightly or wrongly, in the evidence, it is not permissible under Section 36 of the Stamp Act, at any subsequent stage of the Suit to reject the said document and it has to be acted upon as a document duly stamped, even though it forms foundation of the Suit

The Bombay High Court further held that Section 35 of the Stamp Act only gives finality to the decision in regard to the admissibility of the said document in evidence, it however does not operate […]
6th May, 2019

Categorisation of Unskilled employees as Semi Skilled and Semi Skilled as Skilled on the basis of their experience is ultra vires to the Minimum Wages Act.

The Supreme Court held that the Government while reconsidering the minimum wages ought not cross its jurisdiction and alter the provision of the contract between the employee and the employer. The Court further held that […]
6th May, 2019

Registered trade union can file insolvency petition as operational creditor on behalf of its members

A registered trade union which is formed for the purpose of regulating the relations between workmen and their employer can maintain a petition as an operational creditor on behalf of its members. The above-mentioned observation […]
6th May, 2019

Limitation Act applicable to suits, appeals, application filed in courts, not before statutory authorities

The Supreme Court has observed that the suits, appeals and applications referred to in the Limitation Act, 1963 are suits, appeals and applications which are to be filed in a Court and not before a […]
24th Apr, 2019

In order to claim extended stay compensation, the Claimant ought to substantiate the claim by showing the damages that it has incurred due to such delay and mere delay per se is not sufficient to claim compensation

The Delhi High Court observed that while deciding a petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, the Courts should not re-assess or re-determine the evidence and interfere with the arbitral award […]