Defence of India Rules

The petitioners challenged a show‑cause notice issued under the Gold Control Rules, arguing that it should not survive the repeal of the Gold (Control) Act, 1968 by the Gold (Control) Repeal Act, 1990. The central issue was whether a repeal simpliciter without an explicit saving clause automatically invokes Section 6 o…

The respondent was convicted under Section 135 of the Customs Act and the Defence of India Rules for smuggling 2015 tolas of contraband gold, receiving rigorous imprisonment and fines. On remand, the Bombay High Court granted him the benefit of Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, citing confiscation of the gol…

Hindustan Housing & Land Development Trust Ltd. owned land requisitioned and later acquired by the Government of West Bengal. The initial compensation award of Rs.24,97,249 was appealed, and an arbitrator enhanced it to Rs.30,10,873 with interest and recurring payments. While the State appealed the award, it deposited …

Fourteen properties requisitioned by the Union of India were later notified for acquisition under Sections 4 and 17(1)&(4) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The High Court had quashed the notification on the ground that there was no urgency and that the owners' right to object under Section 5A was denied. On appeal, t…

The first respondent, Chaudhuri Nayak, obtained a Freedom Fighters' Pension under the 1972 scheme by claiming imprisonment in 1943, supported by a typed jail certificate and a certified extract of a challan register. A public interest litigation alleged that the documents were fabricated and that Nayak had misrepresent…

The Supreme Court examined the conviction of V.C. Shukla and Sanjay Gandhi for alleged conspiracy to destroy the film "Kissa Kursi Ka" under various sections of the Indian Penal Code. The Court held that the Special Courts Act, 1979 – which created special courts for offences by persons holding high public or political…

Ajaib Singh, a workman, was terminated on 16 July 1974 and alleged that the employer failed to comply with the mandatory provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The dispute was referred to a Labour Court in 1982, which awarded reinstatement with full back wages, but the employer challenged the award in the Hig…

The respondent, Vikram Das, was convicted under Section 3(1)(xi) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for assaulting a SC/ST woman and was sentenced by the trial court to six months of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs.500. The High Court, on the respondent's request, c…

The appellants, Gopaldas Udhavdas Ahuja and his widow, were found to possess primary gold that had been seized by Income‑Tax authorities in August 1974 and subsequently taken over by a Gold Control Officer under the Gold (Control) Act, 1968. They claimed they were unaware of the gold hidden in a secret compartment and …

The property known as Katras House was requisitioned in 1942 for Army purposes under Rule 75A of the Defence of India Rules, which later became a requisition under the Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952. The Deputy Commissioner, Ranchi, transferred the requisitioned building to a civil surge…