Supreme Court Upholds Mining Lease, Dismisses Waqf Board’s Claim Over Dilapidated Structure (29 April 2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a dilapidated structure on a mining lease area, claimed as a waqf, can prevent mining activities. CASE TYPE: Civil Law, Waqf Law, Mining Law Case Name: Waqf Board, Rajasthan vs. Jindal Saw Limited & Ors. Judgment Date: […]
Supreme Court Clarifies Stamp Duty on Assignment Deeds with Power of Attorney Date of the Judgment: 26 April 2022 Citation: Civil Appeal No. 3070 of 2022 (@ Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 34723 of 2016) Judges: Hemant Gupta, J., V. Ramasubramanian, J. Can a single document, an assignment agreement, be subjected to stamp duty twice,
Supreme Court Holds Organizers Primarily Liable in Meerut Fire Tragedy: Sanjay Gupta & Ors. vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2022) Date of the Judgment: April 12, 2022 Citation: Sanjay Gupta & Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh Through Its Chief Secretary & Ors. [2022 INSC 350] Judges: Justice Hemant Gupta, Justice V. Ramasubramanian Can organizers
Supreme Court Upholds Civil Court Decree Despite Rent Act Applicability: Shankarlal Nadani vs. Sohanlal Jain (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a civil court’s decree for possession is valid if passed after a state Rent Control Act becomes applicable to the area. CASE TYPE: Civil (Property Law, Rent Control) Case Name: Shankarlal Nadani vs. Sohanlal Jain Judgment
Supreme Court Upholds Haryana Amendments on Village Common Lands: State of Haryana v. Jai Singh (2022) Date of the Judgment: April 7, 2022 Citation: 2022 INSC 371 Judges: Hemant Gupta, J. and V. Ramasubramanian, J. Can amendments to land laws retroactively change the definition of village common lands? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed
Supreme Court rules on housing transfer dispute due to name discrepancies: A. Venugopal vs. Telangana Housing Board (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a housing board can deny transfer of property based on minor discrepancies in the name of the original allottee, especially after decades of possession and payments by the family. CASE TYPE: Property Law, Housing
Supreme Court Upholds Partition Suit, Invalidates Sale by Power of Attorney Holder Date of the Judgment: April 1, 2022 Citation: (2022) INSC 259 Judges: Hemant Gupta, J. and V. Ramasubramanian, J. Can a person who holds a general power of attorney sell a property if the document does not explicitly grant them the power to
Supreme Court Upholds Probate of Wills, Dismissing Suspicion of Fraud: Swarnalatha vs. Kalavathy (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court was correct in setting aside the probate granted by the District Court based on alleged suspicious circumstances surrounding the execution of the wills. CASE TYPE: Probate Law Case Name: Swarnalatha & Ors. vs. Kalavathy &
Supreme Court Upholds Contractor’s Claim: No Abandonment of Contract in Shripati Lakhu Mane vs. Maharashtra Water Supply Board (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a contractor’s refusal to continue work due to material alterations in the original contract terms constitutes abandonment of contract. CASE TYPE: Civil Contract Law Case Name: Shripati Lakhu Mane vs. The Member Secretary,
Supreme Court Upholds Waqf Board Certificate, Settles Mosque Management Dispute: P. Nazeer vs. Salafi Trust (2022) Date of the Judgment: March 30, 2022 Citation: 2022 INSC 299 Judges: Hemant Gupta, J., V. Ramasubramanian, J. Can a local mosque committee claim management rights over a mosque if the land is owned by a registered Waqf Trust?
Supreme Court on Limitation under IBC: SVG Fashions vs. Ritu Goyal (2022) Date of the Judgment: 29 March 2022 Citation: (2022) INSC 234 Judges: Hemant Gupta, J., V. Ramasubramanian, J. (authored the judgment) Can a letter acknowledging a debt, along with dishonored cheques, revive a time-barred claim under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)? The
Supreme Court Upholds Municipal Authority’s Right to Reject Auction Sale: Municipal Committee, Barwala vs. Jai Narayan and Company (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a successful bidder in a public auction has a legal right to demand execution of a sale deed if the auction is not confirmed by the competent authority. CASE TYPE: Civil Law –
