Parties can’t play fraud with the Court by suppressing details of related previous or ongoing legal proceedings: SC
Supreme Court: In a case where the party, in a subsequent petition seeking same relief, had not disclosed the filing of the
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Raj HC | Whether third child born on account of failure of ligation operation a reason to deny grant ACP by a blanket order? Court answers
Rajasthan High Court: Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, J., allowed a petition which dealt with the issue as to whether the third child born
Guj HC | Court directs transfer of winding-up proceedings to NCLT; scattering litigation to various forums leads to multiplicity, abuse of process of law
Gujarat High Court: The Division Bench of Vineet Kothari and B.N. Karia, JJ., took up a petition which dealt with the parties
Third-Party Funding of Litigation — A Damocles Sword or a Welcome Step
by Arunadhri Iyer* and Ashwin Mathew**
MP HC | Litigation in the Court is not a “game of chess”; Court dismisses appeal stating serious suppression of facts
Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Sujoy Paul and Shailendra Shukla, JJ., dismissed a petition which was filed challenging the
All HC | 20 yrs in jail for no reason? HC reverses conviction of rape accused; Directs matter to be placed before CJ for considering periodical listing of appeals of those in jail for more than 10 or 14 yrs
Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Dr Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Gautam Chowdhary, JJ., has requested the Registrar (Listing) through the Registrar
Guj HC | How fair was the denial of appointment to waitlisted eligible candidate due to whimsical interpretation of policy by the Service Commission; Court answers while allowing appeal
“When youth of the country is gripped in the specter of unemployment, the arbitrary and whimsical stand of such kind of agency,
AP HC | “Real respect and honour is to render speedy justice to senior citizens”: HC says early disposal of cases concerning senior citizens should be prioritised
Andhra Pradesh High Court: Battu Devanand, J., observed that: It is the duty of the Courts to see that the senior citizens
Advance tax ruling system| Detailed report on what the Supreme Court said
Supreme Court: The bench of SK Kaul and Indu Malhotra, JJ has recommended the Central Government to consider the efficacy of the
Consent Orders- A Win-Win for all?
by Divya Arora*
Article 370| SC seeks Centre’s response on restoration of internet & landline services in all J&K Medical establishments
Supreme Court: The Court has sought Centre’s response on a PIL seeking direction from the Government to immediately restore high-speed internet services
Article 370: SC seeks report from J&K HC CJ on claims about people being unable to approach HC
Supreme Court: Terming as “very very serious” the claim that people are finding it difficult to approach the Jammu and Kashmir High
HP HC | In order to do complete justice, Court gives litigation a quietus
Himachal Pradesh High Court: The Bench of Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J., allowed a revision petition to set aside the conviction and sentence imposed
Person should have direct interest in subject matter of litigation to be added as party to suit
Orissa High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Dr A.K. Rath, J., allowed the petition which challenged the order of the trial
Shareholder when presented as “shareholder” means he is party in litigation in his personal capacity
Constitutional Court of South Africa: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Mogoeng, CJ. Dlodlo, Goliath, Petse, AJ, Froneman, Jafta, Khampepe, Madlanga, and
SC gives quietus to litigation in matrimonial dispute to ensure that parties may live peacefully
Supreme Court: Abhay Manohar Sapre, J. speaking for himself and his brother Judge Uday U. Lalit, gave judgment in a civil appeal
SC of Canada: Section 337 of the Act Respecting the Distribution of Financial Products and Services does not abrogate litigation privilege attached to a document
Supreme Court of Canada: While considering the issue regarding the powers of investigation of the syndic that whether the assistant syndic of
Virus of seeking adjournments causes colossal insult to the concept of speedy justice
Supreme Court: Stating that the virus of seeking adjournments needs to be controlled in order to avoid the abuse of the process