Social Justice & Welfare·Landmark Judgments
Maintenance Tribunals — Landmark Judgments
Updated 19 Oct 2026
Landmark Judgments
Sudesh Chhikara v. Ramti Devi and Another, Civil Appeal No. 174 of 2021 (6 December 2022)
2022The Supreme Court set aside the Tribunal’s cancellation of the release deed because the statutory conditions had not been pleaded or established. Section 23(1) requires a transfer…
S. Vanitha v. Deputy Commissioner, Bengaluru Urban District and Others, Civil Appeal No. 3822 of 2020 (15 December 2020)
2020The Supreme Court set aside the summary eviction and required the senior-citizen protection framework to be read with the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. A…
Urmila Dixit v. Sunil Sharan Dixit and Others, 2025 INSC 20, Civil Appeal No. 10927 of 2024 (2 January 2025)
2025Reading the gift deed and contemporaneous undertaking, the Supreme Court restored cancellation after the maintenance condition was breached and directed restoration of possession.…