The Supreme Court held that a plaint cannot be dismissed in its entirety merely because one of the reliefs sought is legally untenable, provided that other reliefs are maintainable and arise from independent causes of action.Read More

The Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that change of counsel cannot be a ground to recall a witness.Read More

The bench comprising Justices PS Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi was hearing an appeal arising from Tamil Nadu, where, by virtue of a State amendment to the Registration Act, it is mandatory to register an agreement to sell.Read More

In Feb 2024 a bench of Justices Dipankar Dutta, K.V. Viswanathan, and Sandeep Mehta referred to the larger bench the question of whether the courts have the power to modify the arbitral award under Sections 34 or 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.Read More

Due to death of a patient The NCDRC imposed a total compensation of ₹20 lakhs (₹15 lakhs on the hospital and ₹5 lakhs on the doctor), leading to an appeal before the Supreme Court by the Hospital. Affirming the NCDRC's findings, the bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and AG Masih held in favour of the claimants,Read More

Due to death of a patient The NCDRC imposed a total compensation of ₹20 lakhs (₹15 lakhs on the hospital and ₹5 lakhs on the doctor), leading to an appeal before the Supreme Court by the Hospital. Affirming the NCDRC's findings, the bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and AG Masih held in favour of the claimants,Read More

he appellant, a 75-year-old retired Junior Engineer, owned a self-acquired property (Preeti Rest House) transferred to him by the Bihar State Housing Board. His son and daughter-in-law occupied three rooms in the property without consentRead More

The bench of Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan. observed that the Registration Act, 1908 does not authorize the Registering Authority to deny registration of a transfer document on the ground that the vendor's title documentsRead More

he two-Judge Bench comprising Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice R. Mahadevan enunciated, “What is not to be forgotten is that in case of a gift, it is a gratuitous grant by the owner to another person; in case of a settlement, the consideration is the mutual love, care,Read More

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh has held that When the Facilitation Council under the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Development Act (MSMED Act) fails to initiate the mediation process under Section 18 of the MSMED ActRead More