Code of Civil Procedure, 1973

The plaintiff sought specific performance of an agreement of sale of a house that had been allotted to the defendant under a subsidised industrial housing scheme. The defendant was merely a lessee and had no title to sell the property, which vested in the Government. The trial court decreed specific performance; the fi…

The case concerned Ajoy Acharya, an IAS officer who was also a nominee Director of the Madhya Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation (MPSIDC). He was charged for allowing the Board of MPSIDC to pass a resolution on 19‑April‑1995 that authorised short‑term loans, allegedly contrary to earlier government decisi…

The husband filed a divorce petition on the grounds of cruelty and desertion; the trial court granted the decree, but the High Court, exercising its power under Section 28 of the Hindu Marriage Act, set aside the decree. On appeal, the Supreme Court held that the High Court, as the first appellate court, may re‑appreci…