A Consent Decree is a contract between the parties with the Court’s seal super-added. A Consent Award is no different from a Consent Decree.

The plea under Order II Rule 2 of the Code cannot be a basis or a ground for rejection of the plaint.

"When the word provides only a possibility, the same does not constitute a valid arbitration agreement.."

The safety of the commuter as an integral facet of the right to live with dignity as a constitutional obligation under Article 21

Even when a defendant fails to appear or file a written statement, the court cannot dispense with the points for determination altogether.

Only in a situation where the CCL’s conduct is such that it would not be in his interest or that of other children, could the JJB consider sending him to other place of safety.

Criminal Investigation- The identification procedure conducted by the Investigating Officer, i.e., by simply calling the family members of the deceased to the police station and asking them to identify the umbrella as belonging to the deceased, is in clear…

Whether the Agriculture Produce Market Committee, Deesa was entitled to receive the balance subsidy under the NHB–NABARD cold storage scheme after NABARD withdrew the subsidy and sought recovery of the amount already released.

Denying a legal representative the right to challenge an award under Section 34, would defeat the very object of the Arbitration Act

Any unfounded or intemperate allegations impugning the integrity, motives, or impartiality of the judiciary, whether directed against the institution or an individual Judge, assume serious significance.

Lands meant for public utility and community purposes must be zealously protected and cannot be diverted for public use.

Despite technological advancements by leaps and bounds, Section 112 IEA presumption has been retained to save any child from the stigma of illegitimacy

A transfer is a matter of administrative convenience within the same service, whereas a change in cadre entails a reconfiguration of the employee’s service identity itself.

The limitation for initiation of contempt proceedings would ordinarily be one year from the date of commission of the contempt.

The order summoning as an accused by allowing the application under Section 319 is an interlocutory order.

Lack of eligibility goes to the root of the matter and appointment, wrongly made, cannot be sustained once the factum of ineligibility, on the relevant date, comes to light.

Improper use of the IBC using insolvency as a substitute for debt enforcement and as a means of coercing the corporate debtor into payment.

Police has no power to arrest the accused in a complaint case unless there is a non bailable warrant issued by that Court along with the summons.

In matters of public employment, the Court must be circumspect in issuing positive directions for appointment unless the entitlement is clear, unambiguous, and flows directly from the applicable rules.