Interest Archives

Bom HC | In motor accident cases, is there a hard and fast rule to award interest from the date on which claim application is made? Law regarding S. 171 MV Act discussed

Bombay High Court: V.L. Achliya, J., while addressing the issue with regard to the interest on compensation awarded in a motor accident case,

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APTEL | Maintenance of Judicial discipline is part of judicial process; Tribunal directs implementation of order

Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL): A Division Bench of Manjula Chellur, J. (Member) and S.D. Dubey, (Technical Member) passed an order for

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI | Relaxation may be granted from strict enforcement of Buy-Back Regulations if the same is in the interest of investors or securities market

Securities and Exchange Board of India: The Board comprising G. Mahalingam as Whole Time Member, allowed Oil India’s application seeking exemption/relaxation from

Case Briefs High Courts

Appeal against an order allowed as the party obtaining the order gave up interest therein

Madras High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of N. Seshasayee, J., allowed an appeal on the ground that the respondent gave

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Limitation Act does not apply to writ petitions; retired employee is entitled to receive interest on delayed pension: Cal HC

Calcutta High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Arijit Banerjee, J. disposed of a writ petition by granting payment of interest

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Mesne profits, under Section 2(12) CPC, also include interest payable thereon; some honest guess work while calculation acceptable

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Valmiki Mehta, J. dismissed an appeal filed by the appellant-tenant impugning the judgment

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Every ‘interest’ on principal amount is not included in ‘debt’; application under Section 9 I&B Code rejected: NCLAT

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): A two-member bench comprising of Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya, Chairperson and Justice Bansi Lal Bhat, Member (Judicial),

Case Briefs High Courts

Grounds not urged in an appeal against arbitral award may not be raised in second appeal

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of G.S Sistani and V Kameswar Rao, JJ., dismissed an appeal under Section 37 of

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Interest earned on voluntary contributions made with specific directions to include contribution in corpus of charitable organization held to be exempted from income tax

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Antony Dominic and Dama Seshadri Naidu, JJ. heard appeals dealing with the issue as

Case Briefs High Courts

Delay in payment of gratuity, entitled to get interest on that delay

Calcutta High Court: The petition has been filed by the primary school assistant teacher asking for interest on the gratuity amount which