RURAL LITIGATION & ENTITLEMENT KENDRA, DEHRADUNversusSTATE OF U.P. & ORS.
1985 INSC 21930 September 1985Disposed off
The Supreme Court entertained two writ petitions filed under Article 32 challenging the operation of limestone quarries in the Dehradun‑Mussoorie area. A court‑appointed Bhargav Committee and a government Working Group had classified the quarries into categories A, B and C based on environmental and social impact. The …
BHAGWANT P. SULAKHEversusDIGAMBAR GOPAL SULAKHE AND ORS.
1985 INSC 21430 September 1985Appeal(s) allowed
The Supreme Court examined a long‑standing dispute among members of the Sulakhe joint family concerning whether various incomes and assets derived from a partnership firm (Sulakhe & Co.) and a public limited company (Lokmanya Mills Ltd.) belonged to the joint family or to individual members. The Court held that remuner…
AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATIONversusMAC LABORATORIES PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANR.
1985 INSC 21830 September 1985Appeal(s) allowed
The American Home Products Corporation (the appellant) applied in 1958 to register the trademark ‘Dristan’ in India, claiming it would be used by the appellant. In fact, the appellant intended the mark to be used in India by its Indian associate, Geoffrey Manners & Co., which would become a registered user under a tech…
JAGADAMBA PAPER INDHSTRIES (PVT.) LTD. ETC. ETC.versusHARYANA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD & ORS. ETC.
1983 INSC 13629 September 1983Dismissed
The Haryana State Electricity Board (HSEB) unilaterally raised the security deposit required from industrial consumers—both the per‑kilowatt security and the meter security—under its standard contract. The petitioners challenged the increase, arguing that the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 and its rules do not authoriz…
ARUN KUMAR BOSEversusMOHD. FURKAN ANSARI & OTHERS
1983 INSC 13228 September 1983Dismissed
In the 1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, the appellant Arun Kumar Bose was declared elected by a margin of 24 votes over respondent No.1, Mohd. Furkan Ansari. The respondent filed an election petition under s.81 of the Representation of the People Act, alleging that 74 ballot papers were wrongly rejected becaus…
REGIONAL DIRECTOR EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION TRICHURversusRAMANUJA MATCH INDUSTRIES
1984 INSC 21827 November 1984Dismissed
PREM PRAKASHversusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS.
1984 INSC 15022 August 1984Case Allowed
The petitioners, members of the Scheduled Caste, challenged their exclusion from appointment as Sub‑Judges in the Delhi Judicial Service despite being on the merit list of the 1980 competitive examination. The High Court had fixed the number of reserved vacancies based on the number of candidates qualifying for general…
SALIMKHAN SARDARKHANversusSTARE OF GUJARAT
1985 INSC 19818 September 1985Appeal(s) allowed
A police constable was charged under IPC s.161 and the Prevention of Corruption Act for allegedly accepting a Rs 50 bribe from a taxi driver. The prosecution had laid a trap by treating the money with phenolphthalein, which turned rosy when tested, and recovered the notes from the constable's left pocket. The constable…
DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, NOWGONG & ANR.versusSARAT MUDOI
1983 INSC 12114 September 1983Appeal(s) allowed
The State of Assam detained Sarat Mudoi under the National Security Act, 1980, Section 3(2) read with 3(3), issuing an order that did not specify which of the 16 notified supplies or services were affected by his alleged conduct. The High Court quashed the detention, holding that the order must name the particular supp…
GOPI NATH GHOSHversusSTATE OF WEST BENGAL
1983 INSC 17311 November 1983Appeal(s) allowed
Gopinath Ghosh was convicted by a Sessions Court and sentenced to life imprisonment for murder under IPC sections 302 and 34. He later contended before the Supreme Court that he was a "child" under the West Bengal Children Act, 1959, being only 16‑17 years old at the time of the offence. The Court ordered a medical age…
MANAGEMENT OF KARNATAKA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, BANGALORE & ORSversusM. BORAIAH & ORS.
1983 INSC 1701 November 1983Dismissed
The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation terminated several probationary employees for unsatisfactory service, both during the initial and extended probation periods. The employees challenged the dismissals, arguing that the terminations did not constitute retrenchment and therefore were not subject to the proced…