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Norms for non-transport vehicle registered in other countries, notified vide Motor Vehicles Non Transport Vehicles Visiting India Rules, 2022

On 02-09-2022, the Central Government has notified Motor Vehicles Non Transport Vehicles Visiting India Rules, 2022. The Rule provides that a non-transport

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Possession of joint land by one co-owner valid in absence of proof showing disagreement between other co-owners; Punjab & Haryana High Court reiterates

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Manjari Nehru Kaul, J., while dealing with a revision petition for setting aside the order passed by

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Punjab and Haryana High Court | Co-owners of the joint property cannot prevent each other from using the property; appeal dismissed

    Punjab and Haryana High Court: Alka Sarin, J., while dismissing the appeal preferred by the plaintiff against the judgments passed

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Homebuyer invests his hard-earned money to get legal possession of flat, yet gets subjected to a 6-year delay: Read how NCDRC provided relief to consumer

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi (NCDRC): While addressing a case wherein there was a delay of 6 years in handing

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Son ousted benighted widowed mother, deprived her right to “live a normal life” apart from maintaining and supporting her livelihood: Bom HC

Bombay High Court: G.S. Kulkarni, J., while addressing another unfortunate case concerning a mother who was ousted from the tenement she owned

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Daughter-in-law claims right of residence in late husband’s mothers’ property under the head ‘Shared Household’: Mother-in-law approaches Del HC seeking eviction of daughter-in-law | Read what HC says

Delhi High Court: Explaining the significance of ‘shared household’ Asha Menon, J., explained that where a residence is clearly a shared household,

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Explained| Does Chennai City Tenants Protection Act, 1921 protects tenants who have sub-let or given the building to third parties? 

Supreme Court: The bench of L. Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai*, JJ has reiterated the position that the tenants would not be

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Procedural Compliances in relation to Search, Seizure and Arrest under NDPS Act, 1985

by Kapil Madan†, Gurmukh Singh Arora†† and Pulkit Pandey†††
Cite as: 2021 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 70

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Will long possession of a property by a caretaker/servant entitle him to acquire an interest in property? SC decides

Supreme Court: Holding that caretaker/servant can never acquire interest in the property irrespective of his long possession, Bench of Ajay Rastogi and

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NCDRC | Builder unilaterally, high-handedly cancels sale agreement on not handing over timely possession: Commission decides builder-buyer dispute, levies interest to be paid by builder

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): Coram of C. Viswanath (Presiding Member) and Justice Ram Surat Ram Maurya (Member) decided an issue

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Del HC | “Court has to cut through the web of pleas spun in the written statement”. When should a decree on admissions be passed in a property dispute? Read how the Court refused to allow abuse of its process 

Delhi High Court: Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J., passed a decree for recovery of possession in favour of the plaintiffs without a trial,

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NCDRC | Developer to refund principal amount of 3.4 Crores along with 9% interest in view of 4 years delay of giving apartment’s possession

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): A Division bench of Justice R.K. Agrawal (President) and S.M. Kanitkar (Member) directed the developer to refund

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NCDRC | Possession of apartments due in 2016, not handed over till date: Developers directed to refund amount at an interest of 9% per annum

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): Prem Narain, Presiding Member, has directed the developers of “Greenopolis” to refund homebuyers their amount deposited at

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Raj HC | Non-prescription of limitation period in a statute for making reference to a Court, does not confer unbridled power on authority to exercise the same on whims

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Sangeet Lodha and Mahendar Kumar Goyal, JJ. dismissed an appeal regarding irregularity of a suit

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Jhar HC | ‘Jamabandi’, held, rightly cancelled under S. 14 of Bihar Tenant’s Holding Act as petitioner did not have possession over the land

Jharkhand High Court: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J. dismissed a writ petition filed by the applicant to challenge the decision of the Deputy

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NCDRC | Buyers cannot be made to wait indefinitely for possession of apartment in case of incomplete construction; ‘Developer’ to refund the amount paid

National Consumers Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): The Bench comprising of Justice R.K. Agrawal (President) and M. Shreesha (Member) while addressing a complaint

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Ori HC | Prolong possession of property, acquired by adverse possession, shall not amount to ownership

Orissa High Court: Dr A.K. Rath, J. dismissed an appeal seeking to reverse a judgment relating to suit for declaration. In the

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Ker HC | Inspite of jurisdictional inhibitions, Court granted limited lenitude in favor of defaulter petitioner; Bank directed to return possession of house, in case of unpaid loan

Kerala High Court: Devan Ramachandran, J. entertained the instant writ petition filed in lieu of the judgment which the petitioner did not

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Gau HC | Proof of ownership and possession of land precondition for establishing charge of criminal trespass

Gauhati High Court: Sanjay Kumar Medhi, J. dismissed an appeal filed against the judgment of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate whereby he had

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Ker HC | Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act: Not applicable on mere possession of sexually explicit photographs, without distribution or publication thereof

Kerala High Court: Raja Vijayaraghavan V., J.  allowed a petition quashing the proceedings, invoking its inherent powers under Section 482 of the