Maintainability of Appeal in Contempt Cases: Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act Date of the Judgment: 29 July 2024 Citation: 2024 INSC 575 Judges: Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI, J B Pardiwala, J, Manoj Misra, J Can an appeal be filed against every order passed in a contempt […]
Supreme Court quashes contempt order for non-compliance of order passed without hearing: State of Odisha vs. Samal Barrage Employees’ Union (2022) Date of the Judgment: March 7, 2022 Citation: 2022 INSC 192 Judges: Uday Umesh Lalit, J. and S. Ravindra Bhat, J. Can a contempt order be issued for non-compliance of an order passed without
Supreme Court sets aside Delhi High Court orders in Amazon-Future dispute: Future Coupons vs. Amazon (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the Delhi High Court’s orders enforcing an Emergency Arbitrator’s award were valid, and whether the High Court followed principles of natural justice. CASE TYPE: Arbitration Case Name: Future Coupons Private Limited & Ors. vs. Amazon.com NV
Supreme Court directs Mittal Group to fulfill obligations in land dispute case Date of the Judgment: 24 April 2020 Citation: Not Available Judges: Ashok Bhushan, J., M. R. Shah, J. Can a party to a settlement agreement, which has become a court order, selectively comply with terms that benefit them while ignoring their obligations? The
Supreme Court Upholds Passport Deposit Order in Property Dispute: Shyam Sahni vs. Arjun Prakash (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a court can direct a party to deposit their passport to ensure their presence in contempt proceedings for not adhering to undertakings given to the court. CASE TYPE: Civil Contempt, Property Dispute Case Name: Shyam Sahni vs.
LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the State of Jammu and Kashmir should be held liable for costs and contempt proceedings for delaying the appointment of a candidate to the Kashmir Administrative Service. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: State of Jammu and Kashmir vs. Mohammad Mehraj-ud-Din Khan & Ors. Judgment Date: 21 November 2017 Can a State
LEGAL ISSUE: Appealability of an order issuing notice in a contempt petition. CASE TYPE: Contempt of Court Case Name: ECL Finance Ltd vs. Harikishan Shankarji Gudipati & Ors. Judgment Date: 16 November 2017 Can an appeal be filed against a notice issued in a contempt petition? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed this critical
LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a report submitted by the Chief Secretary regarding the identification of forest lands can be challenged before the High Court in an appropriate proceeding. CASE TYPE: Contempt of Court and Land Law. Case Name: Viswajeet Khanna and Ors. vs. Sukhwinder Singh and Ors. [Judgment Date]: October 05, 2017 Introduction Date of the
