
CPC


2025 SCC Vol. 5 Part 3
2025 SCC Vol. 5 Part 3: Explore the latest Supreme Court Cases on the Arbitration, IBC, CPC, Contract, Criminal Law, Education Law, Labour Law and Land Acquisition.

High Court’s supervisory power under Art. 227 can’t be invoked to usurp original jurisdiction of the court which it seeks to supervise: SC
“Short-circuiting of procedure to reach hasty outcomes is an undesirable propensity of an overburdened judiciary. Such impulses rendering procedural safeguards and substantive rights subvert certainty and consistency in law and need to be discouraged”.

The Enforceability of Arbitration Clauses in Draft Agreements
by Abhinav Agrawal* and Deepali Poddar**

Delhi High Court| Jurisdiction under S. 11 Arbitration Act must be determined by the CPC if the parties haven’t agreed on the arbitration seat or venue.
It is a settled position in law that when the arbitration agreement is silent on the aspect of ‘seat’, ‘venue’ or ‘place’ of arbitration, the determining factor will be where the cause of action arises as well as where the defendant/respondent actually or voluntarily resides or carries on their business.


Delhi HC appoints Justice Arvind Sangwan as sole arbitrator in a petition filed by Dixon Technologies
The arbitration would take place under the aegis of the Delhi International Arbitration Centre and would abide by its rules and regulations.


HIGH COURT FEBRUARY 2025 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Stories on Delhi Riots; Bar Association Elections; Fake Anti-Cancer Drug; NOVARTIS Trade Mark; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

HIGH COURT JANUARY 2025 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Khadi’s Device Mark; Police Protection for Live-In Couples; Wonderchef’s Reputation; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

Rohini Court injuncts counterfeiter from infringing Ghadi’s packaging and tagline ‘Pahle Istemal Karen Fir Viswash Karen’
The Court held that the defendant had no real prospect of successfully defending their claim for tagline “Hamesha Istemaal Kare or Kapde Me Chamak Paaye”; and there was no other compelling reason as to why the Ghadi’s claim should not be disposed of before recording of oral evidence vide a summary judgment.

HIGH COURT JANUARY 2025 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Neeraj Bawania’s Bail; Rupali Ganguli’s Defamation Case; Mahindra Trademark Dispute; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

Andhra Pradesh High Court upholds interim attachment of Iron Ore in arbitration dispute based on prima facie case and balance of convenience
The Court observed that though the appellant contended that the net worth of the company is Rs.91 crores and is not a fly-by-night company, no physical assets or any other alternative security is provided either before the Single Judge or before the present Court.

HIGH COURT JANUARY 2025 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Stories on Kareena Kapoor’s Copyright Infringment; Ladki Bahin Scheme; Bhopal Gas Tragedy Cleanup; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

“There is no requirement under law for government employees to declare all family members”; Delhi HC sets aside order dismissing application under Order 7 Rule 11, CPC
“Even if the name of family members are not mentioned in the service book, even then they can apply for family pension to which they would be entitled, if they are qualified as per the Pension Rules.”

Supreme Court discusses Civil Court’s jurisdiction to try suit once an application for partition is entertained by revenue authorities
“Regarding immovable properties (other than agricultural lands paying land revenue) – such as buildings, plots etc. or movable properties — where the Court can conveniently and without further enquiry make the division without the assistance of any Commissioner, or where parties agree upon the manner of division, the Court will pass a composite decree comprising the preliminary decree declaring the rights of several parties and also a final decree dividing the suit properties by metes and bounds, in one judgment.”


Can a stranger to a suit, dispossessed of immovable property by decree-holder, seek redelivery? Supreme Court answers
Order XXI Rule 99, CPC is lucid that where any person other than the judgment debtor is dispossessed of immovable property by the holder of a decree for the possession of such property, he may make an application to the Court complaining of such dispossession.

Allahabad High Court affirms Central Administrative Tribunal as substitute for Civil Court in service disputes
“Initially a writ petition was filed before the High Court in the year 2000 which was transferred to the Tribunal in 2017 and thereafter, it came to be dismissed in 2024, we request the Tribunal to grant priority to hearing of this petition, and expect that the Tribunal shall hear and decide the same within a period of five months”

Delhi High Court allows submission of encrypted DVDs and VCDs as evidence on record
Novex Communications Private Limited sued the operators of Social- Saket and Social- Hauz Khas for unauthorized use of copyrighted sound recordings, seeking to introduce video evidence of these infringements.