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Res Judicata and Subsequent Purchasers: Supreme Court Draws the Line Between Order I Rule 10 and Order XXII Rule 10 CPC

Introduction In a detailed ruling on civil procedure, the Supreme Court has clarified a question that frequently arises in long-running property litigation: when a subsequent purchaser's application for impleadment under…

Supreme Court Clarifies: DRT Recovery Certificate Not Equivalent to Decree for Issuing Insolvency Notice Under Presidency Towns Insolvency Act

The Supreme Court has held that a recovery certificate issued by a Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) under the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993 (pre-2016 amendment) cannot form the…

Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal for Late Production of Documents in Commercial Suit – Strict Adherence to CCA Timelines Reiterated

The Supreme Court upheld the rejection of an application to file additional documents at a belated stage, underscoring the Commercial Courts Act, 2015’s (CCA) emphasis on expeditious resolution of disputes.…

Supreme Court Clarifies Right to File Recall Application for Compromise Decree under CPC

In a significant judgment delivered on December 13, 2024, the Supreme Court ruled that an aggrieved party has a statutory right to file a recall application seeking the restoration of…

Supreme Court rules that a defendant who refuses to answer a summons is not entitled to seek the setting aside of an ex-parte decree

The defendant in this case had refused to accept the summons issued in the action. Execution procedures were begun after the action was decreed ex parte. The defendant officially…

Is it not individual discretion to buy a drug? : Delhi High Court to Baba Ramdev

On Friday, the Delhi High Court issued notice to Baba Ramdev and others in a suit filed against the Yoga guru for allegedly spreading misinformation through his statements against allopathy…

Foreign State cannot claim sovereign immunity against enforcement of arbitral award arising out of commercial transaction: Delhi High Court

In a contract resulting from an advertising transaction, a remote state cannot seek a waiver for delaying the implementation of an associate degree arbitration award against it, controls Judge Jr.…

SUIT AGAINST RAMDEV BABA- ISSUED SUMMONS BY DELHI HIGH COURT!!!

A suit by Delhi Medical Associations (DMA) seeking to restrain him from dissemination false statements and information in respect of Patanjali Ayurved's coronil. His false statements against medical science and…

Delhi High Court reserves order on Juhi Chawla’s suit against implementation of 5G, calls it a media publicity suit

On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court reserved its order on application filed in Juhi Chawla’s suit against implementation of 5G telecommunication service in the Nation. The application filed by the…

Family Court does not have plenary powers to do away with mandatory procedural requirements: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently ruled that a family court does not have plenary powers to eliminate the necessary procedural requirements which ensures fairness and transparency for adjudication of claims. The…