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Sh. Kulbhushan Chawla and Ors. v. Smt. Veena Chawla and Ors.
The Delhi High Court allowed modification of a consent decree to replace a fixed base price with sale at prevailing market rates upon joint application including legal heirs of a deceased party.
Neelu @ Nilesh Koshti v. State of Madhya Pradesh
The Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction based on a complete chain of circumstantial evidence, including recovery of the body at the accused's instance under Section 27 of the Evidence Act, and credible identification despite decomposition.
Sriganesh Chandrasekaran & Others v. M/S Unishire Homes LLP & Others
The Supreme Court held that landowners are not jointly liable with the developer for delay compensation in a real estate project under a Joint Development Agreement but must transfer title along with the developer.
Union of India v. Sistema Shyam Teleservices Limited
The Supreme Court held that telecom licensees continuing operations after quashing of their licences are liable to pay the reserve price from the date of quashing, with interest payable only from the expiry of the show-cause notice period.
Parsvnath Developers Ltd. v. Mohit Khirbat
The Supreme Court upheld the NCDRC's orders directing the developer to deliver possession with Occupancy Certificate and pay compensation for delay, holding that statutory consumer rights override unfair contractual limitations.
Asian Paints Limited v. Manju Rani Jindal & Ors.
The Bombay High Court granted permanent injunction and costs to Asian Paints Ltd. against defendants using the deceptively similar mark SUPER ASIAN PLUS, affirming trademark infringement and passing off principles under the Commercial Courts Act.
Pidilite Industries Limited v. The Union of India
The Bombay High Court quashed a GST transitional credit recovery order for violation of natural justice and remanded the matter for fresh consideration after furnishing verification reports and granting a fair hearing.
FinTree Education Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. Fintree Finance Pvt. Ltd.
The Bombay High Court held that strict disclosure under amended Order XI CPC applies equally to intellectual property suits, allowing only limited amendments and documents created post-suit or genuinely in answer to Defendant's case, while rejecting belated production of documents already in Plaintiff's possession without reasonable cause.
Asian Paints Limited v. Manju Rani Jindal & Ors.
The Bombay High Court granted permanent injunctions and compensatory costs to Asian Paints Limited against Defendants using a deceptively similar mark SUPER ASIAN PLUS, affirming trademark infringement and passing off.
Sanjay Sanyal v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court held that departmental disciplinary proceedings do not constitute 'other legal proceedings' under the Atrocities Act and quashed the FIR alleging false and malicious prosecution under the Act.
Gourab Mondal @ Shanu & Another v. State of West Bengal
The Supreme Court modified the High Court's sentence from life imprisonment without remission till natural life to life imprisonment for twenty years without remission, balancing punishment severity with the possibility of reformation.
Priyanka Kumari and Ors. v. State of Bihar and Ors.
The Supreme Court held that degrees awarded by a university established under a statute later declared ultra vires are valid if obtained prior to invalidation, and terminated employees on this ground are entitled to reinstatement without back wages.
Power Trust v. Bhuvan Madan
The Supreme Court upheld the admission of CIRP against Hiranmaye Energy Ltd., holding that restructuring proposals failing pre-implementation conditions do not bar insolvency proceedings and that the Adjudicating Authority's role at admission is limited to verifying default without assessing viability.
University of Pune v. Shashank Balkrishna Bangale
The High Court upheld compulsory retirement of a Junior Engineer for misconduct in tender procedures and illegal gratification, limiting judicial review to procedural fairness and evidence sufficiency without reappreciation of facts.
Schaeffler India Ltd. v. Chief Controlling Revenue Authority
The Bombay High Court held that stamp duty is chargeable only on the NCLT Mumbai order sanctioning a composite scheme of amalgamation and not on underlying transactions or separate NCLT Chennai orders, quashing the excess stamp duty demand.
Ms. Heena Qasim Phoplunkar v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court allowed the writ petition directing MPSC to include the petitioner in the merit list, holding that a clerical error in the EWS certificate's financial year, clarified by the issuing authority, does not invalidate the certificate.
Raghav Rajesh Aggarwal v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court quashed an FIR and charge-sheet alleging rape on false promise of marriage where the relationship was consensual and the complainant was married, holding no offence was made out under Section 376(2)(n) IPC.
Municipal Corporation, Pune v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court held that candidates selected as Assistant Teachers on an unaided basis cannot be validly appointed as Shikshan Sevaks on honorarium, quashing such appointment orders and directing fresh appointments with pay scale.
Regional Director, Employees' State Insurance Corporation v. M/s. Bombay Gymkhana Ltd.
The Bombay High Court held that in absence of an express limitation period under the ESI Act, orders imposing damages under Section 85-B must be passed within a reasonable period of five years, and set aside a damages order passed after fourteen years as time-barred.
Jitendra Gorakh Megh v. Gorakh Govind Megh
The Bombay High Court held that Section 105 of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 cannot be misused as a litigation tactic to challenge an adversary's legal capacity without proper proof of mental illness and dismissed the Interim Application accordingly.