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Supreme Court Allows Bank's Appeal, Holds Borrower of Project Loan Not a Consumer Under Consumer Protection Act, 1986. Loan availed for commercial purpose of film post-production excludes company from consumer definition under Section 2(1)(d)(ii)....

The Supreme Court considered two appeals arising from an order of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) dated 30.08.2023. The appellant, Central Bank of India, challenged the NCD...

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Supreme Court Quashes High Court's Stay on Discharge Order — Upholds Liberty of Accused. Apex Court Reaffirms Higher Pedestal of Discharged Accused — Lays Down Strict Parameters for Stay on Discharge Orders...

Supreme Court quashed the High Court’s stay and surrender order — Held that stay on discharge orders should only be granted in rare and exceptional circumstances after giving the accused an opport...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Consumer Dispute Over Redevelopment Agreement — Limitation Period Not to Defeat Substantive Right. Continuing Cause of Action Recognized Where Parties Were in Ongoing Negotiations and Escrow Agent Released Flats Only in December 2018....

The appeal arises from a consumer complaint filed by tenants (appellants) against a partnership firm (respondents) concerning a redevelopment project in Mumbai. The appellants were tenants in two flat...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Motor Accident Claim Case, Restores Tribunal's Finding on Negligence and Enhances Compensation. Contributory negligence cannot be presumed without evidence; monthly income assessed at Rs.62,725/- based on pay slip....

The present appeals arise from a motor accident claim where the deceased, Boobalan, aged 38, died in a collision with a BMTC bus on 6 June 2016. The dependents (appellants) filed a claim petition seek...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Impleadment of Legal Heir as Defendant in Property Suit. Necessary Party Must Be Heard Before Decision on Title Under Order I Rule 10(2) CPC....

The original plaintiff, Pappammal, filed a civil suit for declaration and recovery of possession against Respondent No.2. During the suit, Pappammal died. Her son (the appellant) sought substitution a...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Forgery and Cheating Case — Prospective Application of Priyanka Srivastava Affidavit Requirement Upheld. Requirement of affidavit under Section 156(3) CrPC applies only prospectively from the date of judgment....

The appellants, husband and wife, were accused in two separate criminal cases registered at Bhowanipur Police Station, Kolkata. The first FIR (No.179/2010) was lodged under Sections 120B, 420, 467, 46...

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Supreme Court Holds Public Procurement Policy for MSEs Enforceable, Issues Directions on Minimum Turnover Clauses. The Court ruled that the Procurement Order 2012 has force of law and that minimum turnover clauses must be proportionate, directing effective implementation of the 25% procurement mandate....

The petitioner, a Micro Enterprise and its founder, challenged the legality of minimum turnover clauses in government tenders that prevented their participation, arguing that such clauses violate the ...

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Supreme Court Allows Landlord's Appeal in Eviction Case Based on Bona Fide Need for Ultrasound Machine. Landlord's Need to Establish Unemployed Sons in Business Held Real and Bona Fide Under Rent Control Law....

The dispute pertains to an eviction suit filed by the appellant-landlord against the respondents-tenant for a house in Chatra, Jharkhand. The landlord sought eviction on grounds of default in rent and...

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Supreme Court Allows Pension to Employee in Service Regularization Case Due to Failure to Conduct Departmental Inquiry. Regularization of Absence as Extraordinary Leave Cannot Be Treated as Break in Service for Denying Pension Under West Bengal Service (Death-cum-Retirement Benefit) Rules, 1971....

The appellant, a former L.D. Assistant in the Office of Block Development Officer, Jhargram, was appointed on 20.03.1986. She remained absent from duty for 107 days and again from 29.06.1987 to 12.07....