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Supreme Court Rejects Dera’s Ownership Claim Over Punjab Land; Holds Revenue Entries Cannot Prove Religious Dedication and Long Possession Without Hostile Animus Cannot ...

Supreme Court Rejects Dera’s Claim to Agricultural Land; Holds Revenue Records Prove Possession, Not Title, and Decades-Long Occupation Alone Cannot Establish A ...
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Supreme Court Rejects ₹57.74-Lakh Electricity Demand Raised Nine Years Later; Holds Distribution Licensee Cannot Recover Minimum Consumption Charges for Additional Load Never ...

Supreme Court Dismisses Power Distributor’s Appeal Over ₹57.74-Lakh Minimum Consumption Charges; Upholds Relief Granted to Consumer Against Belated Electricity ...
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Delhi High Court Sets Aside Arbitration Award Over Reliance on Conciliation Admissions and Unsupported Damages; Holds Arbitrator’s Personal Experience Can…

Delhi High Court Quashes Arbitration Award Granting Idling, Overhead and Loss-of-Profit Claims Without Evidence; Says Breach ...
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Delhi High Court Condones 4-Day Filing and 163-Day Refiling Delay; Holds Registry’s Piecemeal Objections Contributed Materially and Valuable Appeal Should Not Fail o…

Delhi High Court Condones 163-Day Refiling Delay; Says Registry’s Staggered Objections Denied Appellant Fair Opportunity to ...
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Delhi High Court Restrains BECO’s ‘War on What’s Hidden’ Campaign Against Vim and Surf Excel; Finds Health Claims Misleading and Beyond Permissible Comparative ...

Delhi High Court Restrains BECO Campaign Against HUL’s Vim and Surf Excel; Says Comparative Advertising Cannot Mislead Consumers Through Scientific-Looking Heal ...
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Bombay High Court Upholds Eviction of Vashi Licensee After 32-Year Occupation; Holds ‘Rent’ Wording Cannot Create Tenancy and Orders Mesne Profits Inquiry Fro…

Bombay High Court Orders Vashi Shop Licensee to Vacate After 32 Years; Holds Caretaker Agreement Did Not Create Tenancy ...
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Bombay High Court Upholds Removal of Society Gates on Government Access Road; Holds Temporary Permission Cannot Become Exclusive and Public Access Must Rem…

Bombay High Court Upholds Collector’s Order Removing Gates From Government Access; Says Society Never Received Exclusive ...
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Bombay High Court Refuses Discharge in Nafisa Joseph Suicide Case; Holds Broken Engagement, Withheld Divorce Papers and Proximate Circumstances Require Trial Under Section 306 ...

Bombay High Court Says Broken Engagement Alone May Not Prove Abetment but Nafisa Joseph Case Requires Full Trial on Proximate Circumstances Facts The case arose ...
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Bombay High Court Quashes Third Transfer of Liquor Licence to Original Licensee’s Heirs; Holds State Cannot Defy Binding Judgments and Awards ₹2.5-Lakh Costs to P…

Bombay High Court Pulls Up Maharashtra for Repeatedly Transferring Expired Liquor Licence Despite Two Earlier Judgments; ...
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Supreme Court Quashes Compulsory Retirement of Indian Trade Service Officer; Finds FR 56(j) Action Arbitrary, Malicious and Unsupported Despite Outstanding Record and Recent ...

Retirement Based on Unsubstantiated Confidential Note; Awards ₹15 Lakh Costs and Compensation to Former ITS Officer Facts S.S. Da ...
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Supreme Court Upholds 25% Share in Present Value of Dissolved Partnership Property; Rejects 1983 Valuation and Orders Public Auction Where Partners Fail to Settle Accounts

Supreme Court Rejects 1983 Valuation of Dissolved Firm’s Land; Upholds Partner’s Right to 25% of Value Realised Upon Liquidation Facts The dispute arose from M/ ...
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Bombay High Court Dismisses Land Acquisition Challenge Filed as Civil Suit; Holds Civil Courts Lack Jurisdiction and Unsigned Award Issue Cannot Be Decided in Appeal Either

Bombay High Court Upholds Dismissal of Suit Against CIDCO Acquisition; Leaves Unsigned Land Acquisition Award Issue Open for Proper Proceedings Facts The disput ...