The Supreme Court held that delay in filing execution and depositing balance sale consideration does not by itself render a decree inexecutable. Readiness and willingness, not rigid timelines, remain the decisive test.
The issue was whether mutation could be refused solely because it was sought on the basis of a will. The Supreme Court held that such refusal was erroneous and restored mutation, clarifying that mutation is fiscal and subject to civil adjudication.
The Supreme Court ruled that denying regularization to certain ad-hoc employees while others were regularized was discriminatory. The Court reinstated the affected staff and granted full employment benefits under Article 142.
The Supreme Court held that High Courts cannot examine whether a cheque was issued for a debt while quashing proceedings. The statutory presumption under Section 139 must be rebutted only during trial.
The Supreme Court held that at the Section 11 stage, courts only check prima facie existence of an arbitration agreement and must leave all deeper objections to the arbitral tribunal.
The Supreme Court ruled that answers to leading questions in cross-examination can validly establish attestation of a will, satisfying statutory proof requirements.
The Supreme Court restored the trial court’s dismissal of an injunction suit where plaintiffs failed to prove ownership and property boundaries were ambiguous.
SC upheld the quashing of reassessment where identical foreign investment transactions were examined and accepted in subsequent assessments.
The Supreme Court held that an FIR based on previously closed complaints and filed without mandatory sanction is an abuse of process and must be quashed.
The SC upheld reopening of completed assessments where key agreements were not disclosed. It held that failure to place primary documents enables reassessment beyond the four-year limit.
