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M/S. Narinder Singh and Sons vs. Union of India Through Divisional Superintendent Engineer – II, Northern Railway, Ferozepur Division, Ferozepur, Civil Appeal No. 6734 of 2021 Opportunity of hearing should neither be sacrificed nor inflated Brief: The Hon’ble Supreme Court has set aside the arbitral award for lack of adequate opportunity. The Hon’ble Court held […]

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Insurance vehicle registration

United India Insurance Co. Ltd. vs. Sushil Kumar Godara, Civil Appeal No. 5887 of 2021 Non-registration or non-application for permanent number of vehicle is a material breach of insurance policy  RELEVANT PARAGRAPH 13. In the present case, the temporary registration of the respondent’s vehicle had expired on 28-07-2011. Not only was the vehicle driven, but

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Rejection of plaint - res judicata

Srihari Hanumandas Totala vs. Hemant Vithal Kamat & Ors [Civil Appeal No 4665 2021] Plaint cannot be rejected on plea of res judicata Brief: In the present appeal, the Supreme Court after adverting to several principles relating rejection of plain held that a plaint cannot be rejected on the ground of res judicata as it

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Dispute - IBC

Kay Bouvet Engineering Ltd. vs. Overseas Infrastructure Alliance (India) Private Limited [Civil Appeal No. 1137 of 2019] Court while admitting section 9 application has only to see whether a dispute truly exists in fact and is not spurious, hypothetical or illusory Brief: The Supreme Court in an appeal under section 62 of the IBC, 2016 allowed the appeal and found

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