In Sankara Narayanan, President and Chief Operating Officer, Asianet Satellite Communications Limited Vs. Subbiah IAS, the Hon'ble Kerala High Court on deciding whether Final Report filed by the Investigation Officer can be substituted by another Final Report under Section 173 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 held that court below wanted to get the Final Report substituted by another Final Report, which course is not contemplated under any of the provisions contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure. This is a case wherein the Final Report was not returned for curing defects, or for proper presentation. The court below “remitted the final report” which is unknown to legal procedure.
In CIVIL APPEAL NO. 12238 OF 2018, Pioneer Urban Land & Infrastructure Ltd. vs Govindan Raghavan, an appeal was filed before the Supreme Court by the builder against the order of the National Consumer Forum. The builder had relied upon various clauses of the Apartment Buyer’s Agreement to refute the claim of the respondent but was rejected by the commission which found the said clauses as wholly one-sided, unfair and unreasonable, and could not be relied upon. The Supreme Court on perusal of the Apartment Buyer’s Agreement found stark incongruities between the remedies available to both the parties. For example, Clause 6.4 (ii) of the Agreement entitles the Appellant – Builder to charge Interest @18% p.a. on account of any delay in payment of installments from the Respondent – Flat Purchaser. Clause 6.4 (iii) of the Agreement entitles the Appellant – Builder to cancel the allotment and terminate the Agreement, if any installment remains in arrears for more than 30 da...
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