Supreme Court Remands Motor Accident Claim: Balveer Batra vs. New India Assurance Company (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal can dismiss a claim petition for lack of territorial jurisdiction after allowing evidence and framing issues, and whether such dismissal, along with decisions on other issues, is legally sound. CASE TYPE: Motor Vehicle […]
Supreme Court Upholds State’s Secured Creditor Status under GVAT Act in IBC Proceedings: Sanjay Kumar Agarwal vs. State Tax Officer (2023) INSC 963 (31 October 2023) Date of the Judgment: 31 October 2023 Citation: (2023) INSC 963 Judges: A.S. Bopanna, J. and Bela M. Trivedi, J. Can a State’s claim under the Gujarat Value Added
Supreme Court Upholds Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Award Against Non-Signatories Date of the Judgment: 5 July 2023 Citation: (2023) INSC 610 Judges: B.R. Gavai, J. and Vikram Nath, J. Can a foreign arbitral award be enforced against individuals or entities not directly party to the arbitration agreement? The Supreme Court of India, in this review
Supreme Court Remands Land Acquisition Case for Review of Cross-Objections Date of the Judgment: 04 July 2023 Citation: (2023) INSC 609 Judges: Krishna Murari, J. and Bela M. Trivedi, J. Can a High Court ignore cross-objections filed by a party in an appeal? The Supreme Court recently addressed this critical question in a land acquisition
Supreme Court Clarifies Res Judicata in Eviction Cases: Prem Kishore vs. Brahm Prakash (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a second eviction petition is barred by res judicata when a previous petition was dismissed due to the landlord’s failure to prove the landlord-tenant relationship. CASE TYPE: Civil (Eviction) Case Name: Prem Kishore & Ors. vs. Brahm Prakash
Supreme Court Clarifies Review of Land Acquisition Judgments Post Indore Development Authority LEGAL ISSUE: Scope of review of judgments concerning land acquisition after a key precedent is overruled. CASE TYPE: Land Acquisition, Civil Review Case Name: Govt. of NCT of Delhi Through the Secretary, Land and Building Department & Another vs. M/s. K.L. Rathi Steels
Supreme Court Reviews Land Acquisition Judgments Post Indore Development Authority LEGAL ISSUE: Review of judgments related to land acquisition following the overruling of Pune Municipal Corporation by Indore Development Authority. CASE TYPE: Land Acquisition, Civil Case Name: Govt. of NCT of Delhi Through the Secretary, Land and Building Department & Another vs. M/s. K.L. Rathi
Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Suit as Time-Barred in Property Dispute: Sukhbiri Devi vs. Union of India (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a suit for declaration of co-ownership of property is barred by limitation when the suit is filed more than three years after the knowledge of a registered relinquishment deed. CASE TYPE: Civil Case Name:
Supreme Court Transfers Matrimonial Case for Wife’s Convenience: N.C.V. Aishwarya vs. A.S. Saravana Karthik Sha (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Transfer of matrimonial proceedings based on convenience and economic dependence. CASE TYPE: Matrimonial Law Case Name: N.C.V. Aishwarya vs. A.S. Saravana Karthik Sha [Judgment Date]: July 18, 2022 Introduction Date of the Judgment: July 18, 2022 Citation:
Supreme Court sets aside decree for possession based on admissions: Karan Kapoor vs. Madhuri Kumar (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a judgment on admissions under Order XII Rule 6 of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) can be passed solely based on the admission of a landlord-tenant relationship, without considering the tenant’s defense of an agreement
Supreme Court Clarifies Suit Valuation for Injunctions: Bharat Bhushan Gupta vs. Pratap Narain Verma (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Determining the correct method for valuing a suit seeking a mandatory injunction, particularly in cases involving property and licenses. CASE TYPE: Civil Law (Property and Injunctions) Case Name: Bharat Bhushan Gupta vs. Pratap Narain Verma & Anr. Judgment
Supreme Court Upholds National Green Tribunal’s Validity and Jurisdiction Date of the Judgment: May 18, 2022 Citation: (2022) INSC 488 Judges: K.M. Joseph, J., Hrishikesh Roy, J. (authored the judgment) Can the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act, 2010, bypass the High Court’s powers under the Constitution? The Supreme Court recently addressed this crucial question regarding
