Calcutta High Court rules that irregular service of summons cannot invalidate an ex parte divorce decree if the defendant had knowledge of the suit and time to contest it.
Read Full ArticleThe Supreme Court held that a first appellate court must independently assess evidence and provide reasons before reversing a trial court's findings, setting aside the Kerala High Court's cryptic judgment and its direction sending the trial judge for training.
The Gauhati High Court held that probate cannot be granted unless a will is proved to have been duly attested, setting aside a probate order after finding that the attesting witnesses failed to depose that they signed the will in the testator's presence, as required under Section 63(c) of the Indian Succession Act.
The Supreme Court held that the mere volume of evidence is not a 'reasonable cause' for delayed production of documents in commercial suits under the Commercial Courts Act.
Telangana High Court ruled that secretly recording a spouse's calls violates the right to privacy under Article 21 and is inadmissible in matrimonial disputes.
Karnataka HC relaxes Video Conferencing Rules to let a 71-year-old widow record probate evidence from the USA without routing through the Indian Embassy, citing undue hardship and Rule 18's relaxation...
SC sets aside 3 concurrent findings, holds Oraon custom doesn't let an uncle-in-law adopt his niece's husband as ghardamad; nearest male agnate succeeds absent valid adoption.
Telangana High Court rules that award-holders can seek interim relief under Section 9 of the Arbitration Act until an arbitral award is enforced.
The Supreme Court held that a compromise decree signed by a lawyer without the client's express authorisation is invalid, upholding the setting aside of a 32-year-old partition suit decree despite a 2...
Kerala HC dismisses a Christian woman's plea to read wife's-residence jurisdiction into the Divorce Act's Section 3(3), but urges Parliament to amend it in line with the HMA and SMA.
The Gauhati High Court refused to allow plaintiffs to file evidence affidavits after 11 adjournments, holding that courts must exercise discretion strictly in cases of repeated delays and cannot permi...
Supreme Court sets aside Punjab & Haryana HC order awarding compensation without any plea, holds courts cannot grant relief not sought by parties.
Supreme Court rules a defendant cannot change the defence through an additional written statement after trial begins, calling it an abuse of process.
Supreme Court holds that excluding a wife and children from a Will in favour of a sibling is not by itself a suspicious circumstance.
Supreme Court rules that failure to deposit balance sale consideration within the stipulated period makes a specific performance decree inexecutable.
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