Indian Contract Act, 1872
36 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.
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M/S Godwin Construction Pvt. Ltd. v. Commissioner, Meerut Division & Anr.
Whether the stamp duty on the instrument “Security Bond cum Mortgage Deed”, is chargeable under Article 40 or Article 57 of Schedule 1-B of the Indian Stamp Act 1899.
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Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited v. Essar Power Limited and Another
Whether the appellant-GUVNL is entitled to reimbursement of the fixed charges, in relation to the diverted electricity from out of its allocated share by Essar Power Limited (EPL) to its sister company-Essar Steel Limited (ESL),…
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United Bank of India (Now Punjab National Bank) v. Swapan Kumar Mullick & Ors.
Issue arose to determine whether an employee resigning from service citing mental depression, after having served his employer much in excess of the period stipulated to qualify for being entitled to pension, forfeits his right…
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M/S Sonali Power Equipments Pvt. Ltd. v. Chairman, Maharashtra State Electricity Board, Mumbai & Ors.
(i) Whether the Limitation Act applies to conciliation proceedings u/s.18 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED Act), and even if not, whether time-barred debts can be referred to conciliation;…
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Dhanasingh Prabhu v. Chandrasekar & Another
Whether the High Court was right in dismissing the complaint on the ground that the name of the partnership firm was not mentioned in the statutory notice issued by the appellant/complainant to the respondents u/s.138 of the…
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Vijaya Bank & Anr. v. Prashant B Narnaware
Matter pertains to whether clause 11(k) of the appointment letter that employee to work for minimum three years and in default to pay Rs 2 lakhs as liquidated damages on leaving employment amounts to restraint of trade u/s.27 of…
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M/S Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. & Anr. v. M/S Bansal Infra Projects Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.
Appellants issued work order to 1st respondent for construction of flats and paid advance. Bank guarantee equivalent to the advance money was furnished by 1st respondent to secure the amount. When the work got delayed and…
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Siddhi Sandeep Ladda v. Consortium of National Law Universities and Another
Consortium of National Law Universities-respondent no.1 has been framing questions for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT); In an examination, several questions and/or the answers were found to be not suitable; The High Court…
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K.R. Suresh v. R. Poornima & Ors.
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the courts below dismissing the suit instituted by the appellant-purchaser for specific performance of contract; and whether the appellant entitled to the refund of…
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Gayatri Balasamy v. M/s ISG Novasoft Technologies Limited
In ‡M. Hakeem and Anr.’s case, this Court held that while exercising powers u/s.34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, a Court hearing the petition had no power to “modify” the Award, whereas other benches of two…
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Rutu Mihir Panchal & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
Constitutionality of ss.34(1), 47(1)(a)(i) and 58(1)(a)(i) of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 prescribing pecuniary jurisdictions of the district, state and national commissions on the basis of value of goods and services paid…
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Consolidated Construction Consortium Limited v. Software Technology Parks of India
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the Division Bench of High Court upholding the arbitral award.
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Larsen and Toubro Limited v. Puri Construction Pvt. Ltd. and Others
In petition u/s.34, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Single Judge had set aside the Arbitral Award. Division Bench in appeal thereagainst u/s.37, Arbitration Act by way of the impugned judgment, inter alia upheld the…
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The Correspondence, Rbanms Educational Institution v. B. Gunashekar & Another
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the High Court and the trial court rejecting the application filed by the appellant u/Ord.VII r.11(a) and (d) CPC for the rejection of plaint.
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Rakesh Kumar Verma v. HDFC Bank Ltd.
Issue arose whether civil suits could have been instituted in courts in Patna and Delhi by employees in view of the specific clauses in the appointment letter that courts in Mumbai would have exclusive jurisdiction to decide…
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M.S. Ananthamurthy & Anr. v. J. Manjula
Whether an agent by virtue of being a holder of the General Power of Attorney (‘GPA’) along with Agreement to Sell had any right, title or interest in the subject-matter of the agency, to execute a registered sale deed after the…
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Racing Promotions Private Limited v. Dr. Harish & Ors.
Whether the High Court erred in modifying the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between a private party and a governmental authority in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL).
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M/s ABCI Infrastructures Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India and Others
Whether BRO-Border Road Organisation was justified in accepting the bid of Rs.1,569/-, and on the failure of the appellant-L1 bidder to execute the agreement asking for forfeiture vide encashment of bank guarantee of…
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Union of India & Others v. Future Gaming Solutions Pvt. Ltd. & Another Etc.
Matter pertains to the correctness of the judgments of the High Court setting aside various amendments made to the Finance Act, 1994; and whether sole distributor/purchaser of the lottery tickets is liable to pay service tax on…
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Godrej Projects Development Limited v. Anil Karlekar & Ors.
Whether the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) was justified in disposing of the consumer complaint filed by the respondents no. 1 and 2 thereby directing the appellant to deduct only 10% of the Basic Sale…
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Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd. v. Awaz & Ors.
(i) Whether the Respondent organization had the locus to approach the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC); (ii) Whether the NCDRC had the jurisdiction to interfere with banking operations, which is the…
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China Development Bank v. Doha Bank Q.P.S.C. & Ors.
Whether the appellants can be classified as ‘Financial Creditors’ within the meaning of s.5(7) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
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Navratan Lal Sharma v. Radha Mohan Sharma & Ors.
Issue arose as regards the right of a party to get the first appeal restored if compromise decree specifically does not give such liberty.
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Ramachandra Reddy (Dead) Thr. Lrs. & Ors. v. Ramulu Ammal (Dead) Thr. Lrs.
Whether the deed executed, which gave rise to the present property dispute, was a gift deed or a deed of settlement; Whether the High Court was justified in reversing the concurrent findings of fact while exercising jurisdiction…
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Shyam Kumar Inani v. Vinod Agrawal & Ors.
Whether the Appellants are entitled to specific performance of an Agreement to Sell dated 30.08.1990. Whether the Agreement to Sell dated 30.08.1990 executed by one Sushila Devi was valid and enforceable; whether such execution…
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Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v. M/S Eci Spic Smo Mcml (Jv) A Joint Venture Company
a) Whether an appointment process which allows a party who has an interest in the dispute to unilaterally appoint a sole arbitrator, or curate a panel of arbitrators and mandate that the other party select their arbitrator from…
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Neelam Gupta & Ors. v. Rajendra Kumar Gupta & Anr.
Issue arose as to whether the impugned judgment is to be sustained in view of the indisputable or undisputed facts; whether the suit schedule property is the Joint Hindu Family property; whether the finding of the High Court that…
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Ajay Madhusudan Patel & Ors. v. Jyotrindra S. Patel & Ors.
What is the scope of jurisdiction of the referral court under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996; Whether in the instant case, on a prima facie view, the SRG Group being a non-signatory to the Family…
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Opg Power Generation Private Limited v. Enexio Power Cooling Solutions India Private Limited & Anr.
Issue arose as to whether the arbitral award is in conflict with the public policy of India, or/and is vitiated by patent illegality appearing on the face of the award; whether the holding company could have been subjected to…
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Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited v. Hirehalli Solar Power Project Llp & Others
Whether the extension of the Scheduled Commissioning Date (SCD) was occasioned under the force majeure clause of the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), and consequently, whether the reduction in tariff payable to the respondents is…
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Brs Ventures Investments Ltd. v. Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd. & Anr.
Whether the payment of Rs.38.87 crores to the financial creditor under the resolution plan of the corporate guarantor will extinguish the liability of the principal borrower/corporate debtor to pay the entire amount payable under…
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Kaushik Premkumar Mishra & Anr. v. Kanji Ravaria @ Kanji & Anr.
Whether the sale deed dated 02.12.1985 was executed by Respondent No. 2; whether the sale consideration was paid with respect to sale deed dated 02.12.1985; whether the sale deed dated 02.12.1985 was presented for registration on…
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SBI General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Krish Spinning
Issue arose whether the execution of a discharge voucher towards the full and final settlement between the parties would operate as a bar to invoke arbitration; as regards the scope and standard of judicial scrutiny that an…
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Vinayak Purshottam Dube (Deceased), Through Lrs. v. Jayashree Padamkar Bhat & Others
Appellants, legal representatives of the original opposite party-a sole proprietor (since deceased) who had entered into a Development Agreement with the respondents-complainants, if liable to discharge the obligations which had…
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Bharti Cellular Limited (Now Bharti Airtel Limited) v. Assistant
The liability to deduct tax at source u/s.194-H, Income Tax Act, 1961 on the amount which, as per the Revenue, is a commission payable to an agent by the assessees-cellular mobile telephone service providers under the…
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The Authorised Officer, Central Bank of India v. Shanmugavelu
(i)Whether, the underlying principle of Section(s) 73 & 74 respectively of the Contract Act, 1872 Act is applicable to forfeiture of earnest-money deposit under Rule 9(5) of the SARFAESI Rules. In other words, whether the…