The Supreme Court in a recent order on deprecated the condition imposed by the High Court for the deposit of 75% of suit claim to condone delay and set aside an ex parte order. However, on September 14 2023, the Single Judge directed that the ex parte decree could be set aside upon the condition of appellant depositing 75% of …
Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon, Effect of Rain, an 1897 painting by Impressionist Camille Pissarro, is now hanging in a Spanish museum. Under California law, “thieves cannot pass good title to anyone, including a good faith purchaser,” lawyers for David Cassirer and the Jewish Federation of San Diego County said in their appeal. That’s how our courts work,” said Chief …
The judgment of the Supreme Court in Chrisomar Corporation v. MJR Steels Private Ltd. holds that the arrest of a foreign ship for a maritime claim is permissible only if there is no change of ownership between the date when claim arose and the date of arrest of ship. The reasons for dismissal were the following : Liability can be …
Putting an end to a 13-year-long dispute, judicial magistrate Pamelpreet Grewal dismissed a petition filed by Beant Singh Sandhawalia, seeking directions to declare him descendant of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. He had moved the court in August 2001, seeking directions to declare him "nearest descendant" of Maharaja Ranjit Singh or the "nearest collateral" of the Maharaja. Beant Singh had moved the …
