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Legal Updates on Civil Law - By Civil Lawyer in High Court, Hyderabad



Adjudication pursuant to invocation of Section 31 of Specific Relied Act Arbitrable:

Date Of Article : 04/29/2023


Honourable Supreme Court in M/s. Asian Avenues Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Sri Syed Shoukat Hussain [Civil Appeal No. 2927 of 2023] has held that it is impossible to hold that an action instituted under Section 31 of Specific Relief for cancellation of an instrument is an action in rem and held that per decision of Honourable Supreme Court in Deccan Paper Mills Company Limited vs Regency Mahavir Properties and Others that an action instituted under Section 31 of Specific Relief Act for cancellation of an instrument is NOT an action in rem and hence the said dispute is Arbitrable by an Arbitrator/Arbitration Tribunal as the case may be.

Legal Updates on Civil Law - By Civil Lawyer in High Court, Hyderabad



In Suit For Possession, Prior Possession Becomes Relevant When Both Parties Fail To Establish Title : Supreme Court

Date Of Article : 04/11/2023


Honourable Supreme Court in Shivashankara vs HP Vedavyasa Char held as follows:- a) Possessory Title - when the facts disclose no title in either party, at the relevant time, prior possession alone decides the right to possession of land in the assumed character of owner against all the world except against the rightful owner-‘Possessio contra omnes valet praeter eur cui ius sit possessionis’ (he that hath possession hath right against all but him that hath the very right)” b) Possessory Title- principle of “jus tertii”- ‘right of a third party-no defendant in an action of trespass can plead the ‘jus tertii’ that the right of possession outstanding in some third person.

Legal Updates on Civil Law - By Civil Lawyer in High Court, Hyderabad



stranger cannot be permitted to file an appeal in any proceedings unless he satisfies the Court that he falls with the category of aggrieved persons.

Date Of Article : 02/11/2023


Section 96 and 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure provide for preferring an appeal from any original decree or from decree in appeal respectively. The aforesaid provisions do not enumerate the categories of persons who can file an appeal. However, it is a settled legal proposition that a stranger cannot be permitted to file an appeal in any proceedings unless he satisfies the Court that he falls with the category of aggrieved persons. It is only where a judgment and decree prejudicially affects a person who is not party to the proceedings, he can prefer an appeal with the leave of the Appellate Court 1) Test for category of Aggrieved persons: a) A person aggrieved to file an appeal must be one whose right is affected by reason of the judgment and decree sought to be impugned. b) Ordinarily leave to appeal should be granted to persons who, though not parties to the proceedings, would be bound by the decree or judgment in that proceeding and who would be precluded from attacking its correctness in other proceedings. c)It has to be demonstrated that the decree affects the legal rights of the Appellants and would have adverse effect when carried out.

Legal Updates on Civil Law - By Civil Lawyer in High Court, Hyderabad



Senior Citizens Act: The clause to maintain settlee or transferree in the Gift Deed is Mandatory to cancel the Gift Deed

Date Of Article : 12/15/2022


The Madras High Court has recently held that though the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents & Senior Citizens Act provides for declaring certain property transfers as void, a settlement of property cannot be cancelled unless it fulfills the conditions of the Act. Hence it is mandatory that the Conveyance Deed executed by Senior Citizens shall have mandatory clause wherein it is stipulated that the transferee shall provide the basic amenities and basic physical needs to the transferor and such transferee refuses or fails to provide such amenities and physical needs, the said transfer of property shall be deemed to have been made by fraud or coercion or under undue influence and shall at the option of the transferor be declared void by the Tribunal.