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Supreme Court Quashes Unilateral Assignment of Leasehold Rights – Res Judicata Bars Fresh Application Without Resolving Legal Complications. Finality of Quasi-Judicial Orders Upheld – Liberty to Reapply Only After Civil Court Resolution

Res Judicata Applicability – Principles of res judicata apply to quasi-judicial authorities. A Competent Authority’s findings bind parties unle...

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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Cross-FIR Case Between Advocates Due to Abuse of Process and Apology. Second FIR Registered as Counterblast to First FIR Was Deemed an Abuse of Law Under Sections 294(b), 323, and 506(1) of Indian Penal Code, 1860, and Quashed to End Protracted Litigation.

The appeal arose from a dispute between two advocates practising in Kodaikanal, leading to cross-FIRs registered in December 2017. The first appellant...

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National Company Law Appellate Tribunal Allows Appeals by Appellant Creditor in IBC Case -- Sets Aside Orders Directing Appellant to Approach GIDC Appellate Authority and Remitting Resolution Plan -- Termination of Lease During Moratorium Held Invalid Under Section 14 of IBC

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) allowed two appeals filed by the Resolution Professional (RP) and the largest financial creditor o...

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Supreme Court Sets Aside NCDRC Order : No Privity of Contract Between Parties, Respondent Not a ‘Consumer’ Under Consumer Protection Act, 1986. Court Holds No Tripartite Agreement Proven, Respondent Not Entitled to Compensation Under Consumer Protection Act, 1986

Privity of Contract Essential for Consumer Status: The Court reiterated that for a person to qualify as a ‘consumer’ under the CPA, t...

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Public Interest Litigation – Suppression of Material Facts – Criminal Contempt – Maintainability of PIL. High Court dismissed the PIL on grounds of suppression of facts, lack of bona fides, and scandalizing the court. Criminal contempt was noted but no proceedings were initiated.

Litigants filing PIL must disclose all material facts and approach the court with clean hands. Scandalizing the court through social media can constit...

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Supreme Court of India Held Appellants Guilty of Contempt for Disobedience of Undertaking Regarding Alienation of Suit Property

Disobedience of an injunction order remains punishable even if the underlying suit is later dismissed (Samee Khan v. Bindu Khan). A lawyer’...

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Regularization of Contractual Employees — Interpretation of Initial Constitution under Sports Authority of India (SAI) Executive Cadre (Grade A) Staff Recruitment Rules, 2022 — Rejection of Recall Application

The Court emphasized that once a concession was made by a party’s counsel and recorded by the court, the party could not later challenge the ord...