Supreme Court Upholds Assignability of Repurchase Rights in Conditional Sale: Indira Devi vs. Veena Gupta (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the right to repurchase a property in a conditional sale deed is personal to the vendor or can be assigned to another person. CASE TYPE: Civil Law, Property Law, Contract Law Case Name: Indira Devi vs. […]
Supreme Court Upholds Land Rights: Salem Muslim Burial Ground Case (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether land recorded as a burial ground, but not used as such for a long time, can be considered Wakf property and if a High Court can direct the government to consider claims under Section 19A of the Tamil Nadu Estate (Abolition
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Supreme Court Dismisses Petition for Will Copy in Decades-Old Probate Case LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a court can order an investigation into the whereabouts of an original Will when the probate records have been destroyed and the Will is untraceable after a long period. CASE TYPE: Probate Law Case Name: A. Wilson Prince vs. The Nazar
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Supreme Court Dismisses HUDA’s Appeal for Additional Plot Price: Haryana Urban Development Authority vs. Jagdeep Singh (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) can demand additional price for a plot from an allottee based on an increase in the cost of land when the land was not acquired under the Land Acquisition
Supreme Court Upholds Sale Deed, Settles Land Dispute: Damodhar Narayan Sawale vs. Shri Tejrao Bajirao Mhaske (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Validity of a registered sale deed and the applicability of the Maharashtra Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1947. CASE TYPE: Civil Case Name: Damodhar Narayan Sawale (D) through LRs. vs. Shri Tejrao Bajirao
Supreme Court Upholds Land Acquisition: Delhi Development Authority vs. Anita Singh (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the acquisition of land lapses under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, if either possession is taken or compensation is paid. CASE TYPE: Land Acquisition Case Name: Delhi
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 Directs Expedited Resolution on Interest and Mesne Profits in Auction Sale Dispute: Rockline Construction Company vs. Doha Bank QSC (24 April 2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Determination of the rate of interest and mesne profits in a dispute arising from a set-aside auction sale. CASE TYPE: Debt Recovery/Civil. Case Name: Rockline Construction Company vs. Doha
Supreme Court Settles Property Ownership Dispute: Murti Shri Durga Bhawani Trust vs. Diwan Chand (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Determination of property ownership and the validity of claims based on adverse possession. CASE TYPE: Civil Property Dispute. Case Name: Murti Shri Durga Bhawani (Hetuwali) Trust & Anr. vs. Sh. Diwan Chand (Dead) through LRs & Ors. Judgment
Supreme Court Restores Trial Court Decree in Property Dispute: Murti Shri Durga Bhawani Trust vs. Diwan Chand (2023) Date of the Judgment: 11 April 2023 Citation: 2023 INSC 348 Judges: Abhay S. Oka, J. and Rajesh Bindal, J. Can a court deny relief to a property owner when the opposing party admits the property belongs
Supreme Court Clarifies Tenant’s Obligation to Pay Rent After Landlord’s Notice: Man Singh vs. Shamim Ahmad (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a tenant can continue to deposit rent in court after the landlord has issued a notice demanding rent. CASE TYPE: Rent and Eviction. Case Name: Man Singh vs. Shamim Ahmad (Dead) Thr. Lrs. [Judgment Date]:
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 prior petition was dismissed due to the landlord’s failure to prove the landlord-tenant relationship. CASE TYPE: Civil (Eviction under Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958) Case Name: Prem
