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The Supreme Court examined the dismissal of two police officers, Shivaji Atmaji Sawant and Namdeo Jairam Velankar, who were terminated under sections 25(1) and 25(2) of the Bombay Police Act, 1951, invoking clause (b) of the second proviso to Article 311(2) of the Constitution. The appellants …
The State issued a notification under the West Bengal Land Development and Planning Act, 1948 to acquire land for the "resettlement of immigrants" and later declared the acquisition. The landowners discovered, through internal letters, that the land was actually intended for a hospital for crippled …
The case concerned the Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Service, where a large number of officers had been promoted to Grade IV posts on an ad‑hoc basis for 15‑20 years, contrary to the quota provisions of Rule 8 that required 75 % of vacancies to be filled by direct recruitment and at …
Filterco manufactures compressed woollen felt and, based on a 1971 letter from the Commissioner of Sales Tax, claimed exemption from tax under Entry 6 of Schedule I of the Madhya Pradesh General Sales Tax Act, 1958. In 1982 the Commissioner reversed this view, citing the Supreme Court’s Gujarat …
The Himachal Pradesh government sanctioned a 5‑km road in 1977 but construction stalled at about 3 km due to obstruction and lack of funds, leaving hill‑area residents without essential road access. The residents wrote to the High Court seeking relief; the High Court, treating the letter as a writ …
The case arose from a violent clash between local Harijan labourers and migrant workers hired by mirasdars during a paddy harvest dispute. On 25 December 1968, the deceased Packiriswami Pillai was attacked and fatally cut on the head and neck by the accused Gopal (A‑1) and others, as witnessed by …
The appellant, S.P. Gramophone Co., sought registration of its partnership under Section 26A of the Income Tax Act, 1922 for AY 1961‑62 after a fresh partnership deed added four new partners to the original two, who were disabled. The Income Tax Officer rejected the application, alleging that the …
In the 1982 Himachal Pradesh Assembly election, Ram Chand Bhatia (BJP) was elected over Hardyal (Congress). Hardyal filed an election petition alleging that a poster (Annexure PA) printed by Janata Party candidate Kanshi Ram contained false statements about his personal character and was distributed …
The appellants, dealers in agricultural produce operating in notified market areas of Haryana, challenged the Haryana Rural Development Fund Act, 1983 which imposed a 1% cess on the sale proceeds of agricultural produce and credited the amount to a state‑vested fund for rural development. They …
Arun Kumar Roy was appointed as a temporary Stores Officer in the Zoological Survey of India on 30 July 1975, with a two‑year probation that was later extended by one year. On 27 July 1978 he was terminated during the extended probation, the termination order stating that he was entitled to one …
Monsanto Co. and its Indian subsidiary sued Coramandal Indag Products for alleged infringement of their patents covering herbicide formulations containing the active ingredient butachlor. The defendant argued that the patents should be revoked under Sections 64(e) and (f) of the Patents Act, 1970, …
The University of Delhi, a public educational institution, was bequeathed a building and sought to evict its tenants under Section 22(d) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, claiming the premises were needed to provide residential accommodation for its employees. The tenants contested the eviction, …
The State Bank of Travancore, a subsidiary of SBI, maintained its books on a mercantile basis and charged interest on advances it deemed "sticky" (highly doubtful of recovery) by debiting borrowers but crediting the amounts to an "Interest Suspense Account" instead of its profit‑and‑loss account. It …
The appellant, a grandson and accountable person, paid estate duty on a bungalow that his grandparents had settled by a joint will. After the wife died, duty was paid on her share; when the husband later died, the revenue claimed duty on his half of the property, arguing that he became the full …
The landlord (respondent) leased a shop in Baroda to Bai Maniben Dhirajlal Shah for a monthly rent of Rs. 22. After her death, Maniben bequeathed her tenancy right under the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 to Bhavarlal Labhchand Shah (petitioner) by a will, which was …
Ganpat Giri appealed against a decree-holder who, after a court‑ordered sale of Giri's property, purchased the property without the express permission of the executing court required under Order 21 Rule 72 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The executing court set aside the sale under Rule 72(3) and …
