Supreme Court Restricts Amendment of Pleadings to Challenge Mortgages: Asian Hotels (North) Ltd. vs. Alok Kumar Lodha & Ors. (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a plaintiff can amend their suit to challenge mortgages on a property when their original suit concerns the revocation of a license agreement. CASE TYPE: Civil. Case Name: Asian Hotels (North) Ltd. […]
Supreme Court Upholds Plaintiff’s Right to Choose Parties in Specific Performance Suit Date of the Judgment: July 17, 2019 Citation: Civil Appeal Nos. 5522-5523 of 2019 Judges: Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud, J., M.R. Shah, J. Can a third party, who purchased a property during the pendency of a suit for specific performance, be added as a
Date of the Judgment: October 3, 2017 Citation: (2017) INSC 879 Judges: Arun Mishra, J., Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, J. Can a suit against a dead person be rectified by adding their legal heirs later? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed this crucial question in a case concerning a property dispute where one of the
