Sikkim High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court decided under the aegis of Or.14, R.2 of the CPC that where a question of law is dependent on the determination of a question of fact, then such question of fact cannot be decided as a preliminary issue by the Trial Court.

Allahabad High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Election law should be interpreted strictly, particularly, with regard to the prescribed period of limitation for the purposes of entertaining the election petition inasmuch as there is no provision qua applicability of the Limitation Act.”

Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Court’s jurisdiction at the pre-reference stage is only to determine the prime facie existence of an arbitration agreement and the final adjudication, even on the question of limitation, is to be left to the arbitral tribunal, being the parties’ chosen forum.”

Limitation Under Arbitration
Experts CornerJustice Hemant Gupta

by Justice (Retd.) Hemant Gupta*

AICTE approval case
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court said that AICTE itself never claimed that it was dishonestly induced to grant such approvals and that essential link is altogether missing, whereby any such criminal charge of cheating can be sustained against the accused persons.

Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bombay High Court directed the acid attack victims to make an appropriate application within a period of four weeks from the date of this judgment.

Calcutta High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Calcutta High Court stated that the petitioner justified the considerable delay in filing the writ petition by asserting that there is no statutory period of limitation, and neither party has suffered due to this delay.

limitation period
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court, while allowing the present petition, appointed Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, to act as the sole arbitrator.

principles of Adverse Possession and Limitation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“A person claiming adverse possession should show, as to on what date he got the possession; the nature of his possession; whether the factum of possession was known to the other party; how long his possession has continued; and that his possession was open and undisturbed.”

calcutta high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Calcutta High Court held that issue of limitation being a question of fact ought to have been raised before trial court and evidence ought to have been adduced.

delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

As per an additional affidavit submitted, the CBDT has provided the way, in the past and future, pending appeals are to be dealt with and disposed of expeditiously as well as a road map to dispose of pending appeals.

COVID-19 Limitation Period Suspension
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The appellants mainly averred that the further period of 90 days had not expired on the date of imposition of lockdown as on 23-03-2020.

Madhya Pradesh High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Madhya Pradesh High Court held that the Trial Court failed to properly adjudicate the issue related to calculation of limitation period.

securities appellate tribunal, mumbai
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

There is no such thing under the SAST Regulations that acquisition and holding of shares without making a public announcement is a violation.

limitation under section 14(3) of rajasthan premises (control of rent and eviction) act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court held that not putting a quietus to the prolonged dispute at hand, spanning 38 years, on something as simple as tenancy issue, would be a travesty of justice.

madras high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Madras High Court has also granted the plaintiff a decree for permanent injunction restraining the defendant from committing passing off of its restaurant business by using deceptively similar trade mark.

national company law appellate tribunal
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

The NCLAT rejected an application seeking Condonation of Delay of 49 days (about 1 and a half months) on the ground of want of sufficient cause.

works contract service
Case BriefsSupreme Court

As the service tax needs to be computed in terms of Rule 2A of the Service Tax (Determination of Value) Rules, 2006 and as the assessee has not opted for the composition scheme, the matter is remitted back to the CESTAT for re-computation of the demands.

calcutta high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Calcutta High Court observed that “conduct of the defendant is also to be looked into” and accepted the written statement of the defendant.

appointment of arbitrator
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court said that whether any particular facts constitute a cause of action has to be determined with reference to the facts of each case and with reference to the substance, rather than the form of the action. If an infringement of a right happens at a particular time, the whole cause of action will be said to have arisen then and there.