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Supreme Court puts an end to about a century-old land dispute under U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act

Supreme Court: While deciding about a century-old land dispute, the Division Bench of Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian*, JJ., upheld the impugned

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Explained| Civil Court versus Writ Court: Breaking down the scope of jurisdiction in execution/registration of documents matters

Supreme Court: The bench of Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian*, JJ has lucidly explained the law on the jurisdiction in case of

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Telangana HC | Interim protection under S. 9 A&C Act for a commercial dispute to be sought in a commercial court only

Telangana High Court: The Division Bench of P. Naveen Rao and Sambasivarao Naidu, JJ. allowed the appeal and set aside the impugned

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Civil Court has no jurisdiction in dispute relating to property governed by the Haryana (Control of Rent & Eviction) Act, 1973: SC

Supreme Court: The bench of Ajay Rastogi* and Abhay S. Oka, JJ has held that jurisdiction of the Civil Court is impliedly

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Explained| Scope of Civil Court’s jurisdiction despite bar under Section 25 of Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act

Supreme Court: Deciding the ambit of the bar of jurisdiction under Section 25 of the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953

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Explained| Jurisdiction under Waqf Act, 1995: Civil Court versus Tribunal

“To say that the Tribunal will have jurisdiction only if the subject property is disputed to be a waqf property and not if it is admitted to be a waqf property, is indigestible in the teeth of Section 83(1) of the Waqf Act.”

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Explained| “A very strange provision”: Section 85A of the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948

Supreme Court: The bench of Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ has explained the scope of a “very strange provision” under Section

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Mutation entry doesn’t confer any right, title or interest in favour of person and the objective is only for fiscal purpose: Supreme Court

Supreme Court of India: Observing the well-settled position of law that, Mutation Entry does not confer any right, title or interest in

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Cal HC | When can S. 29(2) of Hindu Marriage Act come to rescue of parties seeking to prove divorce on basis of custom? Read the case of a second ‘wife’ denied widow pension

Calcutta High Court: Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J., expressed that: Where a conflict arises between individual conscience of the concerned Judge and judicial conscience,

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P&H HC | There could be no blanket rule that concurrent findings cannot be interfered with in the second appeal; It is more a rule of caution and less a rule of law; HC explains

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajbir Sehrawat, J., allowed the instant second appeal challenging the concurrent judgments and decrees passed by the

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High Court not obliged to frame substantial question of law if no error is found in First Appellate Court’s findings; says SC

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta* and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has held that the High Court is

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Are you a homebuyer planning to take builder to Court? SC says you can choose between seeking remedy under the RERA Act or the Consumer Protection Act

The RERA Act does not bar the initiation of proceedings by allottees against the builders under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

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Are words “tries an offence” more appropriate than “tries an offender” in section 461(l) CrPC? Here’s what SC says

Supreme Court: The single judge bench of V. Ramasubramanian, J has held that the issue of jurisdiction of a court to try

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Del HC | Will the jurisdiction to address issues of oppression and mismanagement, elections to board of directors of company, etc., vest exclusively with NCLT? HC considers

Delhi High Court: Najmi Waziri, J., while addressing the present matter considered the following issues: Whether elections to the Board of Directors of

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Ker HC | No bar to simultaneous continuance of a criminal proceeding and a civil proceeding, if the two arise from separate causes of action

Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J. dismissed a petition praying for quashing the criminal proceedings against the petitioner initiated under Section

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Ker HC | Court orders Maintenance Tribunal to reconsider the case and elicit truth by inquisitorial approach under MWPSC Act

Kerala High Court: A. Muhamed Mustaque, J. dismissed a petition challenging the order of Appellate Authority under Maintenance and Welfare of Parents

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MP HC | Orders passed by the Revenue Authority not binding on Civil Court

Madhya Pradesh High Court: This petition was filed before the Bench of Vivek Rusia, J. Facts of the case were such that

Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Application under Section 9 of I&B Code not maintainable where ‘dispute’ existed prior to filing petition under Sections 433(e) and 434(1) of Companies Act

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): A Bench comprising of Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya, Chairperson and Justice Bansi Lal Bhat, Member (Judicial) dismissed

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Civil court has no jurisdiction to direct Commissioner of Police to organise training programme: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court: While disposing of a petition, a Single Judge Bench comprising of Yogesh Khanna, J. set aside the directions given by

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District administration not empowered to direct sealing of shop and eviction of possessor therefrom: Patna HC

Patna High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Mohit Kumar Shah, J. while hearing a civil writ petition ruled that the