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The marriage between Madduri Venkateswara Rao and Madduri Sunanda was dissolved by a California divorce decree in 2007. After returning to India, Sunanda filed a matrimonial suit, a domestic violence case, and an FIR under sections 494 and 498A IPC against her husband and his relatives. The parties later resolved all d…

The petitioners challenged the constitutionality of sections 34(1), 47(1)(a)(i) and 58(1)(a)(i) of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, which base the pecuniary jurisdiction of district, state and national consumer commissions on the value of consideration paid rather than the compensation claimed. The challenge arose fr…

The Central Bank of India had mortgaged a residential property to recover a loan taken by the borrowers and obtained a settlement award from a Lok Adalat, which was signed by the borrowers and one of the guarantor's sons but not by the guarantor herself, C.L. Vimla. Vimla filed multiple writ petitions challenging the a…

The Salem Advocate Bar Association filed writ petitions under Article 32 challenging the 1999 and 2002 amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. While the Constitutionality of the amendments was not contested, the petitioner sought clarification on their practical implementation. The Court interpreted the amende…

The dispute arose under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act between Prateek Jain (complainant) and Rakesh Kumar Jain (accused). While a criminal appeal was pending, the parties settled and filed a joint application under Section 147 seeking compounding and requested that the matter be taken before a Lok Adala…

The Supreme Court examined the constitutional validity and practical effect of numerous amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) made by the 1999 and 2002 Amendment Acts. It held that the requirement of filing an affidavit under Section 26(2) and Order VI Rule 15(4) imposes additional responsibility on deponents…