Articles

2nd May, 2017

Magistrates have to be vigilant before issuing summons or taking cognizance of an offence

Supreme Court in the matter of Mahender Singh Dhoni Vs. Yerraguntla Shyamsundar; Transfer Petition (Criminal) no. 23 of 2016 cautioned the magistrates who have been conferred with the power of taking cognizance and issuing summons […]
2nd May, 2017

Complaints by a spouse to public authorities do not per se constitute Cruelty

Supreme Court in the matter of Raj Talreja Vs Kavita Talreja; Civil Appeal no. 10719/2013 held that mere filing of complaints against the spouse is not cruelty, if there are justifiable reasons to file the […]
2nd May, 2017

Parties by an Agreement can confer jurisdiction upon a Court in Arbitration matters

Supreme Court in the matter of Indus Mobile Vs. Datawind Innovations; Civil appeal no. 5370-5371/2017 in a landmark judgment has modified the understanding of law with regard to jurisdiction of Court. Age old law that […]
8th Apr, 2017

The scope of judicial review under Article 226 is limited to the deficiency in decision-making process and not the decision

Delhi High Court held that the Court should not interfere under A. 226, with the administrator’s decision unless it was illogical or suffers from procedural impropriety or was shocking to the conscience of the court, […]
20th Mar, 2017

Non- communication of terms and conditions of insurance policy amounts to deficiency in service

The NCDRC agreed with the conclusions of both the District forum and the State Commission that the terms and conditions, based upon which, the insurance claim had been repudiated, were never brought to the knowledge […]
17th Mar, 2017

Limitation Act applies to Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996

Delhi High Court in the matter of Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Vs K J M C Global Market; FAO (OS) 263/2016 held It is now well settled that the provisions of the […]
17th Mar, 2017

Lowest bidder not necessarily entitled to grant of tender

Delhi High Court in the matter of Inderjit Mehta Vs Union of India; WP (C ) 683/2017 decided on 2nd March, 2017 held there is no vested right of a participant in a tender to […]
17th Mar, 2017

Continuance in service for long time no right to seek regularisation

Supreme Court in the matter of Secretary to Govt Vs. A Singamuthu Civil Appeal no. 3770/2017 decided on 7th March, 2017 held Part-time or casual employment is meant to serve the exigencies of administration. It […]
17th Mar, 2017

Trust not entitled to invoke jurisdiction of Consumer Courts

Supreme Court in the matter of Pratibha Pratisthan Vs Manager, Canara Bank; Civil Appeal no. 3560/2008 vide judgement dated 7th March, 2017 held A reading of the definition of the words ‘complaint’, ‘complainant’ and ‘consumer’ […]
17th Mar, 2017

Litigants abusing the process of law should be dealt with harshly

Hon’ble Supreme Court in the matter of Dnyandeo Sabaji Naik Vs Pradnya Prakash Khadekar; SLP(C) no. 25331-33 of 2015 vide judgement dated 1st March, 2017 held that this Court must view with disfavour any attempt […]
2nd Mar, 2017

A suit for specific performance cannot be allowed to be converted into a suit for title of a stranger and for possession by allowing impleadment of parties claiming title over the property.

The Bombay High Court held that a suit for specific performance cannot be allowed to be converted into a suit for title of a stranger and for possession by allowing impleadment of parties claiming title […]
2nd Mar, 2017

Limitation under the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 #legalupdates

The Tribunal has held that a recurring or continuous cause of action may give rise to a fresh cause of action resulting in fresh accrual of right to sue. The Tribunal was of the opinion […]