Motor Accident – Compensation – Appellants, wife and children of the deceased, challenged the compensation awarded by the Tribunal – The deceased died due to injuries sustained in a two-wheeler accident – The Tribunal dismissed the claim on the ground that the accident was self-inflicted and the insurance company was not liable – Held: The High Court set aside the Tri...
Civil Procedure – Additional Evidence – Order 41 Rule 27 CPC – Whether the appellate court can allow additional evidence not produced during the trial – Held, the appellate court can admit additional evidence when necessary to pronounce judgment or for substantial cause – The appellate court found that the deed of ‘Bondobosto’ by the Maharaja of Bardhaman,...
E-Auction Sale – Issuance of Sale Certificate – Readiness to pay balance auction amount – Respondents were highest bidders in an e-auction and had deposited 25% of the sale price, but the bank refused to accept the balance amount or issue a sale certificate, citing various reasons, including an advisory by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The High Court held that the refusal was...
Auction Sale – Cancellation by Bank – Non-Issuance of Sale Certificate – The appellant bank conducted an auction where the respondents were the highest bidders. After the auction was confirmed, the bank failed to issue the sale certificate, citing the respondents’ delay in paying the balance sale consideration. The respondents challenged the cancellation, asserting they wer...
Land Revenue Law – Validity of Sale Deed – Ownership of Tribal Land – The petitioner challenged the orders of the revenue courts declaring his sale deed null and void under Section 170(B) of the MPLR Code on the grounds that the land originally belonged to an individual from a Scheduled Tribe – Held: The petitioner failed to provide evidence of the allotment of la...
Citizenship Law – Constitutionality of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 – Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, which provides for citizenship to migrants from Bangladesh to Assam, was challenged for violating various constitutional provisions – It was argued that Parliament lacked legislative competence to modify the citizenship provisions for a specific region like As...
Service Law – Termination of Temporary Employee – Petitioner challenged termination from the post of Mali after the reinstatement of the original incumbent, Shyam Besra, who was acquitted of criminal charges – Petitioner argued violation of Rule 67 of the Jharkhand Service Code, which mandates that a permanently vacated post should not be filled substantively until a year has lap...
Motor Accident Claim – Motor Accident – Involvement of Car – Appeal against the dismissal of a claim for compensation – Appellants, the widow, minor child, and parents of the deceased, sought compensation after Ikhbal died in a road accident – Accident allegedly caused by the respondent's car when the deceased was overtaking a bus on his motorcycle – Trial c...
SARFAESI Act - Assignment of Overdraft Facility – Compliance with RBI Master Directions – Validity of Assignment – The appellants argued that their overdraft facility account was not a “Stressed Loan” as it had not been declared as a Special Mention Account (SMA) under the RBI’s Master Directions – Court held: Continuous breach of the sanctioned overdraft ...
Insolvency Law – Suspension of Resolution Professional – Failure in Duties – The petitioner, a Resolution Professional (RP) in the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) of M/s. Transparent Energy System Pvt. Ltd., was suspended by the Disciplinary Committee of the IBBI for one year for failing to exercise due diligence in verifying the Resolution Plan and non-intimation ...