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Chit Funds Act, 1982

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M/S ORIENTAL KURIES LTD. REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN P. D. JOSEversusLISSA & ORS.

2019 INSC 1211Amount Awarded

The appeal concerned a chit fund operated by Oriental Kuries Ltd., where the respondents defaulted on twelve instalments. The lower courts had allowed recovery of the past instalments but barred recovery of future instalments, holding that a chitty agreement creates only a promise to pay, not a …

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.versusM/S. MARGADARSHI CHIT FUNDS (P) LTD. ETC.

2017 INSC 588Dismissed

The Union of India challenged the Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment that exempted chit fund companies from service tax on the ground that their activities fell within the definition of "banking and other financial services" under s.65(12)(a)(v) of the Finance Act after the 2007 amendment. The issue …

M/S. P.G.F. LIMITED & ORS.versusUNION OF INDIA & ANOTHER

2013 INSC 155Dismissed

PGF Limited, which sold and developed agricultural land and ran joint‑venture schemes, was directed by SEBI to cease collecting money and to refund investors, on the ground that its activities constituted a collective investment scheme (CIS) under Section 11AA of the SEBI Act. PGF challenged the …

KERALA STATE FINANCIAL ENTERPRISES LTD.versusJACOB ALEXANDER AND ANR.

1996 INSC 345Dismissed

The plaintiff, a regular subscriber to a Cochin kuri, sued the State of Kerala and the foreman for the share of unpaid auction discount that he claimed was due to him. The trial court held that the foreman could only retain the commission expressly provided in the Vaimpu and that any forfeited …

SHRIRAM CHITS AND INVESTMENT (P) LTD.versusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

1993 INSC 222Dismissed

The Supreme Court examined the constitutional validity of the Chit Funds Act, 1982, challenged by various chit fund companies and individuals on the grounds that it infringed their right to carry on business under Article 19(1)(g) and that Parliament lacked legislative competence, alleging the Act …