Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd & Ors. vs. M/S GSCO (Gurmeet Singh and Company) Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. [2026 INSC 1038] Mere conduct of arbitral proceedings could not per se determine the juridical seat of arbitration RELEVANT PARAGRAPH 27. As per the Appellants, the arbitral proceedings were held at Cuttack only for the sake of convenience of the
Union of India & Others vs. Hariom Projects Pvt. Ltd. [2026 INSC 1044] Arbitral tribunal under section 17 does not exercise appellate jurisdiction over order passed by a court u/s 9 RELEVANT PARAGRAPH 2. Short point of law that arises for our consideration in the present matter is “Whether the High Court, while exercising statutory
S. Panchalingu & Ors. vs. People’s Education Trust (R) & Others Etc. [2026 INSC 1010] Civil Court seized of a plaint filed under Section 92 of CPC together with an application seeking leave to institute the suit does not possess the power to pass protective or preservatory interim orders during the pendency of the leave
National Seeds Corporation Ltd. vs. National AGRO Seed Corporation (India) [2026 INSC 1017] Principles governing liability to pay interest after amount is deposited in court by an award-debtor RELEVANT PARAGRAPH 19. The issues which arise for consideration in this appeal are as under: (i) whether an Award-Debtor is liable to pay interest on the amount
John Mathew vs. Santha Paul & Ors. [2026 INSC 1020] Once the Court has embarked upon the trial of the issues generally, court can no longer order trial of one issue first RELEVANT PARAGRAPH 27. The statutory scheme may consequently operate in, at least, four procedural settings. The Court may, first, frame only the qualifying
Ganapati (Dead) by his Lrs vs. Prabhakar & Others [2026 INSC 1033] Instruments recognising this pre-existing right of female attract Section 14(1), which confers absolute ownership and not 14(2) RELEVANT PARAGRAPH 14.2 In Raghubar Singh (supra), it was held that a widow’s right to maintenance arises under Shastric Hindu law and is not merely a
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Micky Traders vs. L.R.Y. Labour Contractor & Ors. [2026 INSC 1025] Contours of judicial review in the matters of tender RELEVANT PARAGRAPH 14. The contours of judicial review in the matters of tender are well-settled and need only brief restatement. The principles governing judicial review of the award of a contract are well-settled. A three-Judge
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Bhag Singh (D) thr. Mahant Kashmir Singh vs. Basant Kaur (D) Thr. Lrs. and Others [2026 INSC 983] Adverse possession contemplates possession which is hostile to the title of the true owner RELEVANT PARAGRAPH 28. In T. Anjanappa and Others vs. Somalingappa and Another6, this Court reiterated that adverse possession contemplates possession which is hostile
National Skill Development Corporation vs. Surya Wires Private Limited & Ors. [2026 INSC 977] Arbitration clause contained in one instrument can bind a party through another instrument, expressly integrated with it RELEVANT PARAGRAPH 2. The appeal raises a significant question for our consideration, namely, whether, where parties structure a single transaction through several interconnected instruments,
M/s. GVV Constructions Private Limited vs. The Union of India & Ors. [2026 INSC 976] The question whether a particular claim is an excepted claim falls in realm of the arbitral tribunal under section 16 of the Arbitration Act RELEVANT PARAGRAPH 18. What emerges from the foregoing survey is that, under the Act, the question
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