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The High Court, in the impugned order, sought to avoid the application of res judicata on the ground that the first application was filed by...

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 In the instant case, the factum of 'ordinary residence' of the minor is a disputed question of fact and thus, the question whether ...

 It is evident from a bare reading of the above that the solitary test for determining the jurisdiction of the court under Section 9 of the ...

However, when the Bill was passed, the permissible limit was capped under Rupees Two Lakhs, instead of the proposed Rupees Three Lakhs. When...

  The Supreme Court of India's recent judgment in The Correspondence, RBANMS Educational Institution v. B. Gunashekar & Ors. (Civil...

 Having heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned senior counsel for the respondent, we observe that in a case where an appeal is ...

4.5 The petition for nullity of marriage is neither contrary nor inconsistent and the same can be entertained by the Court. The learned Fami...

 In S. Nazeer Ahmed v. State Bank of Mysore and Ors. reported in   MANU/SC/7017/2007 : 2007:INSC:34 : (2007) 11 SCC 75, this Court categoric...

In order that a plea of a Bar Under Order 2 Rule 2(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure should succeed the Defendant who raises the plea must m...

V. The "entitlement to" along with the "availability of" the relief as a requisite in determining the applicability of O...

Even if we would have been persuaded to take the view that the third relief is barred by Section 17(3) of the SARFAESI Act, still the plaint...

Cause of action 12. There are two aspects :- (a) Certain facts are pleaded which suggest cause of action. (b) Facts may not be correct. 13. ...

We are afraid that this is a misreading of the Madras High Court judgment. It was only on the peculiar facts of that case that want of Secti...

 In view of above said discussion, it clearly emerges out that process of pre-institution mediation is mandatory for every suit involving a ...

 The seminal question which arises for consideration is whether the statutory pre-litigation mediation contemplated Under Section 12A of the...

  The power conferred on Courts Under Rule 3 of Order 17 of the Code of Civil Procedure to decide the suit on the merits for the default of ...