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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Appeal Against Arbitral Award in Employment Bond Dispute. Compensatory cost clause for premature resignation held not unconscionable under Section 74 of Indian Contract Act, 1872.

The appellants, Mr. Vivek R Nair and Mr. Raveendran Nair, were the plaintiffs in an arbitration suit (AS No.85/2012) before the 6th Additional City Ci...

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Supreme Court Upholds Arbitrator's Award in Contract Dispute Over Final Bill Claims. Court Held That Arbitrator's Consideration of Vitiating Factors and Contract Clauses Was Permissible Under Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Despite Prohibition on Further Claims in Clauses 65 and 65A.

The dispute arose from a contract dated 02.07.2001 for repair works, with time extended to 19.01.2002. The respondent contractor submitted a final bil...

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Karnataka High Court Allows Partition Appeal in Co-owner Dispute — Rejects Adverse Possession Claim. Court holds that a co-owner cannot claim adverse possession against another co-owner without ouster, and a suit for partition is not barred by limitation under Article 65 of the Limitation Act, 1963.

The case involves a family dispute over property originally owned by M.A. Mohammed Ayoob. The appellant, Mohammed Hussain, filed a suit for partition ...

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Supreme Court Upholds 10% Deposit Condition in Arbitration Clause as Valid in Commercial Contracts. Clause requiring deposit-at-call of 10% of claim amount before invoking arbitration is not arbitrary or discriminatory under Article 14.

The case arose from a tender issued in 2008 by the Punjab State Water Supply & Sewerage Board for water supply and sewerage projects. The appellant, M...

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Bombay High Court Grants Interim Injunction in Trademark Infringement and Passing Off Suit Despite Defendant's Preliminary Objections. Plaintiff's Mark 'ESSEL' Found to Have Acquired Distinctiveness and Defendant's Use Likely to Cause Confusion.

The plaintiff, Essel Propack Ltd., filed a suit in 2010 against Essel Kitchenware Ltd. and another defendant for trademark infringement and passing of...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Appeal in Credit Card Recovery Suit — Reduces Usurious Interest Rate of 2.5% per Month Compounded Monthly to 6% per Annum Simple. Contractual interest held unconscionable and against public policy under Section 34 CPC.

The appellant, B. Gopa Kumar, was a credit card holder of Canara Bank (respondent) and was issued a Cancard-Visa card in 1998. He defaulted on payment...

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Bombay High Court Grants Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell Property Based on Consent Terms. Consent decrees passed against defendant heirs who stepped into shoes of original defendants, confirming plaintiff's right to specific performance of suit agreement.

The plaintiff, Virsen Balwantsingh Solanki, instituted Suit No. 1808 of 1981 in the Bombay High Court for specific performance of an agreement dated 2...