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‘School cannot assert ownership over playground without title deed’; Kerala HC allows Company to use the land for football practice

“The land stated to be a playground was situated 500 meters away from the school and the fact that it was earlier used for conducting District and State Level School Sports Meets could not be used to indicate that the playground belonged to the school”

Case Briefs High Courts

Orissa High Court directs SBI to pay Rs. 1 Lakh compensation for not returning title deeds of mortgaged property after loan settlement

“Once the loan was resolved, there was no legal reason for the Bank to withhold the return of the title deed, regardless of the pending litigation. Therefore, the refusal to return the document is unjustifiable.”

Case Briefs High Courts

No offence made out under POA Act against bank officials who misplaced the house documents and title deeds of a claimant as FIR does not show wilful Negligence by a public servant

Andhra Pradesh High Court: C Praveen Kumar, J. allowed the petition and quashed the FIR in Crime No.294 of 2013 of II

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | Can Banks debit amounts from Corporate Debtor Company after Moratorium Order? Is there an obligation of releasing ‘title deeds’ under Resolution Process? Read on

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): The Division Bench of Justice Anant Bijay Singh, Judicial Member and Shreesha Merla, Technical Member held