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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…

M.S. Ezhlitassan filed a suit for defamation which was dismissed, appealed and obtained a decree for damages. The respondent appealed, the High Court reversed the decree and dismissed the suit. While the appeal before the Supreme Court was pending, the appellant died. His grandchildren filed petitions to be substituted…

The State of Gujarat acquired certain lands under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The tenants (respondents) claimed that they were never served personal notice as required by Section 4(1) and Section 9(3) of the Act, and therefore the acquisition and award were illegal. The High Court held that personal notice to each …

The Supreme Court examined whether an intra‑court appeal under clause 15 of the Bombay High Court's Letters Patent is available against a judgment of a Single Judge hearing a petition under Article 227 (or Article 226) of the Constitution. The Division Bench had dismissed the appeal on the basis of a prior Full Bench d…

Kumari Suneeta, daughter of a Central Government servant transferred to Maharashtra, applied for admission to Nagpur Medical College under Rule C6(ii) which provides a concession for such children. She was denied admission on the ground that the rule limited the concession to two seats in all Government Medical College…

The petitioners, railway employees, were dismissed or removed for participating in a strike without any enquiry. They filed writ petitions, which were transferred to the Supreme Court and ultimately dismissed. The petitioners then filed review petitions alleging that they were denied a chance to argue the merits, that …

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC), a statutory corporation created under the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950, claimed exemption from income tax for the assessment years 1960-61, 1961-62 and 1962-63 under section 4(3)(i) of the Income‑Tax Act, 1922 and section 11 of the Income‑Tax Act, 19…

The case concerned the inter‑se seniority between direct‑recruits and promotees in the Gujarat Civil Service (Deputy Collectors) after the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960. Direct recruits argued that promotees appointed to ex‑cadre and temporary posts between 1960‑62 were not "regularly appointed" and therefore should …