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Explained| Does Chennai City Tenants Protection Act, 1921 protects tenants who have sub-let or given the building to third parties?

Supreme Court: The bench of L. Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai*, JJ has reiterated the position that the tenants would not be

Op Eds OP. ED.

Procedural Compliances in relation to Search, Seizure and Arrest under NDPS Act, 1985

by Kapil Madan†, Gurmukh Singh Arora†† and Pulkit Pandey†††
Cite as: 2021 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 70

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Will long possession of a property by a caretaker/servant entitle him to acquire an interest in property? SC decides

Supreme Court: Holding that caretaker/servant can never acquire interest in the property irrespective of his long possession, Bench of Ajay Rastogi and

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCDRC | Builder unilaterally, high-handedly cancels sale agreement on not handing over timely possession: Commission decides builder-buyer dispute, levies interest to be paid by builder

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): Coram of C. Viswanath (Presiding Member) and Justice Ram Surat Ram Maurya (Member) decided an issue

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | “Court has to cut through the web of pleas spun in the written statement”. When should a decree on admissions be passed in a property dispute? Read how the Court refused to allow abuse of its process

Delhi High Court: Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J., passed a decree for recovery of possession in favour of the plaintiffs without a trial,

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCDRC | Developer to refund principal amount of 3.4 Crores along with 9% interest in view of 4 years delay of giving apartment’s possession

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): A Division bench of Justice R.K. Agrawal (President) and S.M. Kanitkar (Member) directed the developer to refund

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCDRC | Possession of apartments due in 2016, not handed over till date: Developers directed to refund amount at an interest of 9% per annum

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): Prem Narain, Presiding Member, has directed the developers of “Greenopolis” to refund homebuyers their amount deposited at

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Non-prescription of limitation period in a statute for making reference to a Court, does not confer unbridled power on authority to exercise the same on whims

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Sangeet Lodha and Mahendar Kumar Goyal, JJ. dismissed an appeal regarding irregularity of a suit

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | ‘Jamabandi’, held, rightly cancelled under S. 14 of Bihar Tenant’s Holding Act as petitioner did not have possession over the land

Jharkhand High Court: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J. dismissed a writ petition filed by the applicant to challenge the decision of the Deputy

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCDRC | Buyers cannot be made to wait indefinitely for possession of apartment in case of incomplete construction; ‘Developer’ to refund the amount paid

National Consumers Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): The Bench comprising of Justice R.K. Agrawal (President) and M. Shreesha (Member) while addressing a complaint

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Prolong possession of property, acquired by adverse possession, shall not amount to ownership

Orissa High Court: Dr A.K. Rath, J. dismissed an appeal seeking to reverse a judgment relating to suit for declaration. In the

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Inspite of jurisdictional inhibitions, Court granted limited lenitude in favor of defaulter petitioner; Bank directed to return possession of house, in case of unpaid loan

Kerala High Court: Devan Ramachandran, J. entertained the instant writ petition filed in lieu of the judgment which the petitioner did not

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Proof of ownership and possession of land precondition for establishing charge of criminal trespass

Gauhati High Court: Sanjay Kumar Medhi, J. dismissed an appeal filed against the judgment of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate whereby he had

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act: Not applicable on mere possession of sexually explicit photographs, without distribution or publication thereof

Kerala High Court: Raja Vijayaraghavan V., J. allowed a petition quashing the proceedings, invoking its inherent powers under Section 482 of the

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | Sub Divisional Officer does not have the authority to process claims of Other Traditional Forest Dwellers

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of Surya Kant, CJ. and Sandeep Sharma, J. addressed grievances raised by the petitioners and

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Usurpation of private property by State or its instrumentalities, sans lawful acquisition process violates Article 300-A of Constitution

Karnataka High Court: The Bench of Krishna S. Dixit, J., allowed petition filed by a senior citizen challenging wrongful usurpation of his

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC| Settled possession of a property means effective and undisturbed possession

Supreme Court: In a matter where the plaintiff had no document to prove his possession of a property, but claimed possessory

Case Briefs High Courts

Civil disputes between private parties relating to possession and title of immovable property not amenable to the writ jurisdiction

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjeev Kumar, J., dismissed this writ petition, claiming relief by private parties,

Case Briefs High Courts

Court not to interfere in writ jurisdiction where civil proceedings are pending for the same subject matter

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A petition was filed before a Single Judge Bench of Tejinder Singh Dhindsa, J. wherein extraordinary jurisdiction

Case Briefs High Courts

Possession of immovable property on date of dispossession is sine qua non for relief under Section 6 of Specific Relief Act; investigation into title irrelevant

Calcutta High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Biswajit Basu, J. dismissed a civil revision pertaining to grant of relief under