Indian Post Office Act, 1898

The appellant challenged the Delivery of Postal Articles Orders of 1991 and 1996, arguing that delivering mail to a mailbox in a high‑rise building was beyond the powers granted under the Indian Post Office Act, 1898, and that existing buildings lacking mailbox space should be exempt. The High Court upheld the orders, …

The case arose from a reference to a nine-judge bench to determine whether the right to privacy is a constitutionally protected fundamental right under the Indian Constitution, particularly in light of the Aadhaar scheme's collection of biometric data. The petitioners argued that privacy is an intrinsic part of the rig…

The respondent, Mohd. Nizam, sent thirty value‑payable parcels from India to Pakistan in 1949. The addressees in Pakistan paid the amounts, but because the money‑order service between the two countries was suspended on 19‑September‑1949, the money was never transferred to India. Nizam sued the Union of India for the su…

The appellant, a postal sorting assistant, was convicted of theft of a registered insured parcel containing a gold chain under Section 381 IPC and of a breach of duty under Section 52 of the Indian Post Office Act. Both offences arose from the same incident and were tried together, resulting in separate six‑month simpl…

CESC Ltd., an electricity supplier, used franking machines to post monthly consumption bills as 'book post' at Rs 1 per bill based on a 29 May 1997 letter from the Director of Postal Services. The Postal Authority later cancelled that instruction on 29 October 1998 and demanded a deficit of Rs 1,83,89,410, alleging the…