Supreme Court Sets Aside Interim Order in Second Appeal: U. Sudheera vs. C. Yashoda (2025) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a High Court can pass an interim order in a second appeal before framing substantial questions of law. CASE TYPE: Civil Case Name: U. SUDHEERA & OTHERS vs. C. YASHODA & OTHERS [Judgment Date]: 17 January 2025 […]
Supreme Court Upholds Divorce Decree Citing Cruelty and Irretrievable Breakdown: Amutha vs. A.R. Subramanian (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether filing false complaints and prolonged separation constitute cruelty and grounds for divorce. CASE TYPE: Matrimonial Law Case Name: Amutha vs. A.R. Subramanian [Judgment Date]: 19 December 2024 Date of the Judgment: 19 December 2024 Citation: 2024 INSC
Supreme Court Upholds Eviction Order, Emphasizes Proper Framing of Legal Questions in Second Appeals: Rashmi Kant Vijay Chandra & Ors. vs. Baijnath Choubey & Company (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a High Court can overturn a First Appellate Court’s factual findings in a second appeal without framing a substantial question of law regarding those findings, and
Supreme Court Clarifies Second Appeal Jurisdiction in Punjab Courts Act: Lehna Singh vs. Gurnam Singh (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Scope of second appeal under Section 41 of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918 and its interplay with Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. CASE TYPE: Civil Case Name: Lehna Singh (D) By Lrs. vs.
Supreme Court Rules on Adverse Possession in Property Dispute: Brij Narayan Shukla vs. Sudesh Kumar (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court erred in reversing the findings of the Trial Court and First Appellate Court on the issue of adverse possession. CASE TYPE: Civil Property Dispute Case Name: Brij Narayan Shukla (D) THR. LRS. vs.
Supreme Court clarifies tariff determination in electricity sector: GRIDCO vs. WESCO & Ors. (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: The core legal issue revolves around the determination of tariffs for electricity supply, including the permissibility of passing on principal loan amounts in tariffs, treatment of revenue from power trading, and the locus standi of distribution companies (DISCOMS) to
Supreme Court Upholds Title Based on Registered Sale Deed: Appaiya vs. Andimuthu (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a certified copy of a registered sale deed can be admitted as evidence to prove the contents of the original document, and whether the High Court can overturn concurrent findings of fact by lower courts in a second appeal.
Supreme Court Upholds Contractual Clause: Specific Performance Denied in Land Sale Dispute LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a clause in a sale agreement providing for double the advance payment as remedy for non-performance bars a decree for specific performance. CASE TYPE: Civil (Contract Law) Case Name: T.D. Vivek Kumar & Anr. vs. Ranbir Chaudhary [Judgment Date]: 28
Supreme Court Upholds Family Partition: Azgar Barid vs. Mazambi (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Can a High Court overturn a lower appellate court’s factual findings in a property partition suit? CASE TYPE: Civil – Property Partition Case Name: Azgar Barid (D) By Lrs. vs. Mazambi @ Pyaremabi And Others [Judgment Date]: 21 February 2022 Date of the
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Supreme Court Upholds Sale Deed Executed by Power of Attorney Holder: Amar Nath vs. Gian Chand (28 January 2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a sale deed executed by a power of attorney holder is valid when the principal claims the power of attorney was cancelled before the sale. CASE TYPE: Civil Law – Property Dispute Case
Supreme Court Upholds Property Rights: Seethakathi Trust Wins Land Dispute LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a decree for specific performance can be enforced against a subsequent bona fide purchaser who was not a party to the original suit. CASE TYPE: Civil Property Dispute Case Name: Seethakathi Trust Madras vs. Krishna Veni Judgment Date: 17 January 2022 Date
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Supreme Court Upholds Property Rights: Seethakathi Trust Wins Against Krishna Veni in Land Dispute LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a decree of specific performance can be enforced against a bona fide purchaser who was not a party to the original suit. CASE TYPE: Property Law/Civil Case Name: Seethakathi Trust Madras vs. Krishna Veni Judgment Date: 17 January
