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Never Reported Judgment| Seller must prove readiness and willingness to perform his part of contract to sustain his claim for damages for breach of contract [(1953) 2 SCC 52]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1953 on damages for breach of contract.

X Corp Elon Musk US District Court Centre for Countering Digital Hate

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Know why US District Court dismissed suit brought by Elon Musk’s X Corp against Centre for Countering Digital Hate?

X Corp had alleged that CCDH created faulty narratives about X (formerly Twitter) being overwhelmed by hateful content, thereby harming its business by driving advertisers away from the platform

Experts Corner Vasanth Rajasekaran

Damages in Construction Contracts: Legal Issues Surrounding Use of Standard Formulae

by Vasanth Rajasekaran* and Harshvardhan Korada**
Cite as: 2024 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 22

Cases Reported Never Reported Judgments

Never Reported Judgment | When contract is not for delivery of goods in installments, supplier cannot treat non-payment of goods as ground for non-delivery of balance goods [1951 SCC 267]

This report covers the Supreme Court's Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1951 on breach of contract.

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Interest cannot be withheld in the absence of express provisions permitting the same’; Delhi High Court partially sets aside arbitral award for being patently illegal

The impugned arbitral award was passed without considering the clauses of the Concessionaire Agreement while adjudicating on the rate of interest to be granted, thus, suffers from infirmity and patent illegality.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court dismisses WinZO’s plea against Google LLC’s download warning

Google LLC’s download warning in respect of all third-party applications was a mere disclaimer and there was no case made out for trade mark infringement.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

If a person who is deaf and legally blind seeks physical therapy services is denied the same, Can emotional distress damages be recovered? SCOTUS examines

Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS): In a 6-3 ruling, Court expressed that, Emotional distress damages are not recoverable in a

High Court Round Up Legal RoundUp

112 Reports from 22 High Courts: Hijab Ban, Son’s Right on Parent’s Property, Right of Putative Father, Live-in Relationships and more| March RoundUp 2022

112 significant Reports from 22 High Courts Allahabad High Court Right to Reputation People using cyberspace to vent out anger and

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Refusal to continue to execute a contract unless reciprocal promises are performed by the other party is not abandonment of contract: SC

Supreme Court: Explaining the law on abandonment on contractual obligation, the bench of Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian*, JJ has held that

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Parties to agreement of sale consciously changing their relationship cannot seek relief on the basis of previously established relationship

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Soumen Sen and Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, JJ., dismissed an appeal concerned with a breach of

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Apple: A monopolist under Federal or State Law? A win for Epic or Apple? Read to know

United States District Court, North District of California: While issuing a permanent injunction, stating Apple could no longer prohibit developers linking to

'Lex Mercatoria' by Hasit Seth Experts Corner

Lost Profit Damages: A Paradise (Not Yet) Lost

by Hasit B. Seth†

Cite as: 2021 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 12

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

APTEL | Norms can be relaxed in certain cases to allow appellant to recover its full fixed cost instead of normative the interest of justice and equity; Tribunal allows appeal

Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL): A Coram of Manjula Chellur, J. (Chairperson) and S.D. Dubey (Technical Member), allowed an appeal which was

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

No pecuniary liability arises in cases of breach of contract until the courts determine that there exists an entitlement to damages

Hyderabad High Court: While deciding the instant appeal under Section 483 of the Companies Act, 1956 read with Clause 15 of the

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breach of contract

Never Reported Judgment| Seller must prove readiness and willingness to perform his part of contract to sustain his claim for damages for breach of contract [(1953) 2 SCC 52]

Know why US District Court dismissed suit brought by Elon Musk’s X Corp against Centre for Countering Digital Hate?

Damages in Construction Contracts: Legal Issues Surrounding Use of Standard Formulae

Never Reported Judgment | When contract is not for delivery of goods in installments, supplier cannot treat non-payment of goods as ground for non-delivery of balance goods [1951 SCC 267]

‘Interest cannot be withheld in the absence of express provisions permitting the same’; Delhi High Court partially sets aside arbitral award for being patently illegal

Delhi High Court dismisses WinZO’s plea against Google LLC’s download warning

If a person who is deaf and legally blind seeks physical therapy services is denied the same, Can emotional distress damages be recovered? SCOTUS examines

112 Reports from 22 High Courts: Hijab Ban, Son’s Right on Parent’s Property, Right of Putative Father, Live-in Relationships and more| March RoundUp 2022

Refusal to continue to execute a contract unless reciprocal promises are performed by the other party is not abandonment of contract: SC

Cal HC | Parties to agreement of sale consciously changing their relationship cannot seek relief on the basis of previously established relationship

Apple: A monopolist under Federal or State Law? A win for Epic or Apple? Read to know

Lost Profit Damages: A Paradise (Not Yet) Lost

APTEL | Norms can be relaxed in certain cases to allow appellant to recover its full fixed cost instead of normative the interest of justice and equity; Tribunal allows appeal

Canada SC | Class-action against Video lottery terminals cannot proceed

SL SC | Submission based on the conduct of others does not substantiate appellant’s position; Court dismisses appeal

Pak SC | A contract employee is debarred from approaching High Court under constitutional jurisdiction

No pecuniary liability arises in cases of breach of contract until the courts determine that there exists an entitlement to damages