Supreme Court Clarifies Mesne Profits Inquiry Timeline in Property Dispute: Choudappa vs. Choudappa (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an application for determination of mesne profits, filed years after a decree for possession, is barred by limitation. CASE TYPE: Civil Property Dispute Case Name: Choudappa & Anr. vs. Choudappa Since Deceased By Lrs. & Ors. Judgment Date: […]
Supreme Court Upholds Ten-Times Penalty on Deficient Stamp Duty: N.M. Theerthegowda vs. Y.M. Ashok Kumar (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a trial court can impose a ten-times penalty on deficit stamp duty for an unstamped agreement presented as evidence, or if the document must be sent to the District Registrar for penalty determination under Section 39
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 Upholds Variation of Town Planning Scheme: Mrugendra Indravadan Mehta vs. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a Town Planning Scheme can be varied, resulting in a reduction of land allotted to a landowner, and whether the landowner is entitled to further compensation or allotment of land. CASE TYPE: Civil Law – Town Planning
Supreme Court Upholds Consolidation Officer’s Order: Ram Balak Singh vs. State of Bihar (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a Civil Court can overturn an order passed by a Consolidation Officer under the Bihar Consolidation of Holdings and Prevention of Fragmentation Act, 1956. CASE TYPE: Civil. Case Name: Ram Balak Singh vs. State of Bihar and Anr.
Supreme Court quashes Allahabad High Court order in land dispute case: Suneeta Devi vs. Avinash and Others (2024) INSC 194 (11 March 2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a High Court can pass an order in a writ petition without providing a proper opportunity for all parties to be heard, especially when the petitioner has concealed material
Supreme Court Overrules Automatic Stay Vacation in Civil and Criminal Cases Date of the Judgment: 29 February 2024 Citation: 2024 INSC 150 Judges: Dr Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, CJI, Abhay S. Oka, J., J. B. Pardiwala, J., Manoj Misra, J., Pankaj Mithal, J. (Concurring) Can a High Court’s interim stay order in civil or criminal proceedings
Supreme Court Revives Land Acquisition Challenge: J.N. Puri vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2024) Date of the Judgment: 29 January 2024 Citation: 2024 INSC 64 Judges: B.R. Gavai, J. and Sandeep Mehta, J. Can a decades-old land acquisition case be revived after multiple dismissals? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed this question in a
Supreme Court Clarifies Maintainability of Revision Petition against Order IX Rule 13 CPC: The Koushik Mutually Aided Cooperative Housing Society vs. Ameena Begum (2023) INSC 1065 Date of the Judgment: 01 December 2023 Citation: 2023 INSC 1065 Judges: Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan Can a revision petition be filed before the High Court
Supreme Court Modifies High Court Order in Property Partition Dispute: M/s Multicon Builders vs. Sumandevi (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a non-family member can challenge a preliminary decree in a property partition suit. CASE TYPE: Civil Property Partition Case Name: M/s Multicon Builders vs. Sumandevi and Others Judgment Date: November 6, 2023 Date of the Judgment:
Supreme Court Clarifies Rejection of Plaints Under Order VII Rule 11 CPC: Geetha vs. Nanjundaswamy (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: The correct application of Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, regarding the rejection of plaints, and whether a plaint can be rejected partially. CASE TYPE: Civil Law, specifically concerning property partition. Case
Supreme Court clarifies scope of ‘future disputes’ in power purchase agreements: Nabha Power Ltd vs. Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (2023) Date of the Judgment: October 09, 2023 Citation: 2023 INSC 883 Judges: Sanjay Kishan Kaul, J., Sudhanshu Dhulia, J., Aravind Kumar, J. Can a party repeatedly raise the same issues under the guise of
