Aastha Pareek On November 19, the Supreme Court of India ruled that the government cannot claim adverse possession over the property of private citizens. The decision was delivered by a bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Prasanna B Varale, Read more
Aastha Pareek The Supreme Court of India has issued notice to the Union government regarding the non-appointment of chairpersons in 11 Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) across the country. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Read more
Aastha Pareek On November 16 2024, the Supreme Court of India, under the leadership of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna, has implemented a significant procedural reform aimed at reducing case pendency. According to a circular issued on 16th Read more
Rehan Khan On 13th November, the Supreme Court of India has prohibited the demolition of properties solely based on the criminal status of their occupants, describing such acts by authorities as unconstitutional and an abuse of executive power. A Division-Bench Read more
Radhika Mittal On November 8, 2024, the Supreme Court of India has revisited its earlier judgment concerning the 2018 amendment to the Specific Relief Act, 1963 and determined that the amendment should apply retrospectively, allowing parties involved in contracts executed Read more
Aastha Pareek Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna, who recently assumed his position, is undertaking significant changes in Supreme Court procedures, including addressing requests for handling adjournments through a method of letter circulation and reintroducing physical causelists. These moves Read more
Aastha Pareek In a recent landmark ruling of Rajeev Suri v. Archaeological Survey of India and Ors, the Supreme Court of India expressed severe disapproval toward the Defence Colony Residents Welfare Association (RWA) for its encroachment on the historic Gumti Read more
Rehan Khan On 4th November, the Supreme Court granted a woman’s request to transfer several matrimonial cases filed against her husband, a judicial officer in Uttar Pradesh, from Meerut’s Family Court to the Family Court in Saket, New Delhi. The Read more
Aarohi Girish Dhumale On 8th November 2024, the Supreme Court ruled that the doctrine of lis pendens applies even when the petition for review is pending in the registry in a defective condition. This case was heard by a bench Read more
Aarohi Girish Dhumale On 7th November 2024, the Supreme Court ruled that the determination of the seat of arbitration should not rely on a formulaic or unpredictable application of choice-of-law principles based on abstract factors linked to the underlying contract. Read more