Category: Landmark Judgements Analysis

In Swiss Ribbons Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India, the Supreme Court of India upheld the constitutional validity of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) in its entirety. The…

Innoventive Industries Ltd. v. ICICI Bank Ltd. was the Supreme Court of India's very first landmark ruling interpreting the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC). The Court affirmed that the…

In Vodafone International Holdings BV v. Union of India, the Supreme Court of India established that indirect transfers of Indian assets between non-resident companies outside India were not taxable under…

The Supreme Court of India delivered a landmark judgment upholding the dismissal of Cyrus Mistry as Executive Chairman of Tata Sons Private Limited. Reversing the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal…

The landmark House of Lords judgment in Salomon v. Salomon established the foundational principle of Separate Legal Personality (SLP) and the concept of the Corporate Veil. The Court ruled that…

The Supreme Court of India held that Section 69(2) of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 does not bar an unregistered partnership firm from filing a suit to enforce a statutory…

The Supreme Court of India held that a partnership deed admitting a minor as a full-fledged partner—liable for losses and possessing management rights—is legally invalid. Consequently, tax authorities cannot register…

The House of Lords fundamentally redefined the law of partnership by holding that the sharing of profits is merely prima facie evidence—not conclusive proof—of a partnership. Establishing a binding partnership…

In this landmark judgment on Section 3 and Section 4 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the Supreme Court of India held that in contracts concluded over instantaneous modes of…

In this landmark decision on Section 56 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the Supreme Court of India held that the temporary government requisition of land during wartime did not…