Articles
5th Jun, 2019
The Bombay High Court has held that financial deprivation amounts to economic abuse under the Domestic Violence Act. The Court held that if a widow in a joint family, who is entitled to financial resources, […]
18th May, 2019
The Apex Court in Hemreddi (D) Through Lrs. versus Ramachandra Yallappa Hosmani and Ors. bearing no. Civil Appeal No. 4103 of 2008 decided on 07.05.2019 held that where appeal is being filed by more than […]
18th May, 2019
The Supreme Court has observed that a defendant in a specific performance suit should plead in his written statement the hardship that will be caused if the decree of specific performance of the contract is […]
18th May, 2019
The Supreme Court held that a revision under Section 21(b) can only be filed challenging a ‘consumer dispute’ and an execution proceedings being independent proceedings, cannot be said to fall under the meaning of “consumer […]
6th May, 2019
The Bombay High Court further held that Section 35 of the Stamp Act only gives finality to the decision in regard to the admissibility of the said document in evidence, it however does not operate […]
6th May, 2019
The Supreme Court held that the Government while reconsidering the minimum wages ought not cross its jurisdiction and alter the provision of the contract between the employee and the employer. The Court further held that […]
6th May, 2019
Registered trade union can file insolvency petition as operational creditor on behalf of its members
A registered trade union which is formed for the purpose of regulating the relations between workmen and their employer can maintain a petition as an operational creditor on behalf of its members. The above-mentioned observation […]
6th May, 2019
The Supreme Court has observed that the suits, appeals and applications referred to in the Limitation Act, 1963 are suits, appeals and applications which are to be filed in a Court and not before a […]
24th Apr, 2019
The Delhi High Court observed that while deciding a petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, the Courts should not re-assess or re-determine the evidence and interfere with the arbitral award […]
24th Apr, 2019
The NCDRC held that a homebuyer may approach either RERA authorities or consumer fora and none of the acts bars the jurisdiction of the other. However, both remedies cannot be pursued concurrently. The above ratio […]
24th Apr, 2019
The Supreme Court has observed that the protection offered to a statutory tenant by Rent Control Laws can only be overcome by following the procedure laid out in such laws. The Supreme Court delivered […]
24th Apr, 2019
The Supreme Court has held that the appointment of arbitrator by a person who himself is ineligible to be an arbitrator as per Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 is void ab […]