The Supreme Court in Sanjay Kumar Rai Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh, dated 07.05.21, held that “The correct position of the law laid down in Madhu Limaye (supra), thus is that orders framing charges or refusing discharge are neither interlocutory nor final in nature and are therefore…

The Supreme Court in Municipal Committee, Hoshiarpur vs. Punjab State Electricity Board, (2010) 13 SCC 216 has decided that “There is no prohibition on entertaining a second appeal even on a question of fact provided the court is satisfied that the findings of fact recorded by the…

The Supreme Court in the High Court of Judicature at Madras, Rep. by its Registrar General Versus M.C. Subramaniam & Ors., dated 17.02.21 held that “thus, in our view, the High Court was correct in holding that Section 89 of the CPC and Section 69A…

The Supreme Court in UNITECH Limited & Ors. Vs. Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC) & Ors., dated 17.02.21 held that “It is necessary to postulate that recourse to the jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution is not excluded altogether in a contractual matter. A public…

The Supreme Court held that “A suit for specific performance cannot be dismissed on the sole ground of delay or laches. However, an exception to this rule is where an immovable property is to be sold within a certain period, time being of the essence,…

The Supreme Court during an appeal against the Order of NCDRC where the manufacturer was equally made responsible with dealer for the sale of an old car instead of new one to the consumer held that “The record establishes the absolute dearth of pleadings by…

The Supreme Court in Compack Enterprises India (P) Ltd. Versus Beant Singh, dated 17.02.21, reiterated that “It is well settled that consent decrees are intended to create estoppels by judgment against the parties, thereby putting an end to further litigation between the parties. Resultantly, this Court has held that it would be slow…

The Supreme Court in Amitabha Dasgupta Versus United Bank of India & Ors., dated 19.02.21 held that “In the present case, the Respondent bank has not disputed their negligence in breaking open the locker in spite of clearance of rental dues by the Appellant. However, the number…

The Supreme Court in Kotak Mahindra Bank Pvt. Ltd. Versus Ambuj A. Kasliwal & Ors., dated 16.02.21 reiterated that “It is noticed that this Court while considering an analogous   provision contained in Section 18 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement   of   Security Interest…

The Constitutional bench of Supreme Court in New India Assurance Co. Ltd. versus Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd., (2020) 5 SCC 757, held that “District Forum has no power to extend the time for  filing  the  response  to  the   complaint   beyond  the period  of  15  days  …