The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that children cannot prevent their elderly parents from dealing with property unless they establish a strong prima facie case showing the existence of coparcenary rights.

The Court observed that casually restraining senior citizens from enjoying or alienating property in the evening of their lives would amount to a “travesty of justice.”

The Supreme Court has ruled that the State of Uttar Pradesh cannot levy VAT on natural gas supplied by Reliance Industries Limited to industrial buyers in Uttar Pradesh, holding that the transactions qualify as inter-State sales under the Central Sales Tax Act.

The dispute arose from VAT demands raised by Uttar Pradesh on gas transported from the KG-D6 basin off the Andhra Pradesh coast to buyers located in Uttar Pradesh.

The Supreme Court of India has clarified that an arbitration clause contained in an earlier redevelopment agreement can become binding in later agreements if those agreements clearly adopt all terms of the original contract.

The dispute arose after Hirani Developers entered into a redevelopment agreement with Nehru Nagar Samruddhi Co-operative Housing Society in 2011 for redevelopment of a dilapidated property. The agreement included an arbitration clause under Clause 36 for resolving disputes through a sole arbitrator.