In a recent order, the Supreme Court made several significant observations that broaden the traditional definition of family. "Family relationships may take the form of domestic, unmarried partnerships, or queer relationships," the Court ..
The arbitral award directing ISRO’s antrixto pay USD $ 562 million with interest to Devas as damages for unlawfully terminating a deal. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva held that the award dated in 2015 suffered from patent illegalities and fraud and ..
The Karnataka High Court ruled that no notice should be given to the subject of the Look out circular before it is issued. Harshavardhan Rao K, the petitioner, is accused of sexually abusing their son in a case filed by his estranged wife under the ..
Mr. Barun Mitra of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, recently held that Section 10A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 is not applicable to proceedings against personal guarantors under Section 95 of the Code. The App ..
The Supreme Court ruled that the 2018 amendment to the Specific Relief Act is prospective and cannot apply to transactions that occurred before its effective date [1.10.2018]. While hearing an appeal arising from a specific performance suit, the be ..
The Supreme Court observed that the offence of Criminal Conspiracy under Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code requires some kind of physical manifestation of agreement to commit an offence. In this case, all of the accused were employees of the Ce ..
Supreme Court ruled that breach of contractual terms don’t Ipso Facto constitute the offence without there being a clear case of entrustment. The bench of Justices Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and A S Bopanna was dealing with the case of M N G Bha ..
The apex Court recently held that the inherent powers of the court under section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) can only be applicable if there is no alternate remedy available in accordance with the law. Section 151 of the Code of Civil P ..
The apex court noticed that at times the accused have hesitancy in accepting their conviction under a particular offence which may lead to other civil consequences. The reluctance of accused persons to avail "plea bargaining" option due to ..
When considering an application under Order 7 Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the averments in the plaint alone are to be examined. In this case, the High Court of Karnataka granted the defendant's revision petition but dismissed the pla ..