M FATHIMA BEEVI

Surinder Kumar's second wife, Sheema, died from severe burn injuries. Kumar and his son were convicted of murder under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC and of cruelty under Section 498‑A, based primarily on a dying declaration recorded before a Judicial Magistrate, with a doctor's certificate that she was conscious. On a…

The petitioner, a medical student, applied for revaluation of his answer books under Poona University Ordinance 134A. After the first revaluation, a committee recommended cancelling the results, and the University Executive Council ordered a fresh, second revaluation conducted outside the state. The petitioner challeng…

The appellants appealed against a civil suit for possession of a plot in Varanasi, contending that the land was agricultural and thus fell within the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950. The respondents argued that the land was "abadi" (non‑agricultural) and that the civil court lacked jurisdiction to d…

Dr. A.K. Sabhapathy challenged Kerala's use of the first proviso in Section 38 of the Travancore‑Cochin Medical Practitioners' Act, 1953, which allowed the State to exempt certain persons from the registration requirements for practising modern (allopathic) medicine. The State had issued notifications (May 4 1977, Sept…

The Supreme Court examined a dispute over 19 Bighas 8 Biswas of agricultural land originally granted by maufi to a temple in former Gwalior State. After the maufi grant was revoked, the land became Aukaf property and was managed by the temple's Pujari, who was only a manager under a Parwana issued pursuant to Section 1…

Pradumansinh Kalubha was accused of stabbing Harijan painter Keshav Uka after a collision at Piplawala Chowk, leading to Uka's death. The trial court acquitted Kalubha, finding the prosecution story implausible, but the Gujarat High Court reversed the acquittal, convicting him under IPC Section 304 Part II and sentenci…

The victim, Gangaben, suffered 90% burns after kerosene was poured on her and, while being treated, made dying declarations to two doctors naming Padma Patel, her husband's sister, as her tormentor. The Sessions Court acquitted Patel, doubting the victim's mental fitness and the possibility of tutoring, but the Gujarat…

The appellant filed a complaint before the Chief Judicial Magistrate alleging that his brother‑in‑law, Darshan Singh, had contracted a second marriage while his first marriage to Jagjit Kaur was still subsisting, thereby committing bigamy under IPC s.494 and abetment under s.109. The magistrate, after recording stateme…

Dehri Rohtas Light Railway Co. had an unregistered agreement with the District Board to pay a fixed Rs 10,000 per annum as cess under the Bengal Cess Act, 1880, which it honoured from 1953‑54 to 1966‑67. In 1967 the Board demanded arrears of Rs 9,86,809.33 based on the net profits of the whole railway business, not mer…

The appellant claimed that the Sri Anjaneya Swami temple at Valuthimmapuram was a private family temple and that he was its hereditary trustee, seeking declaration and possession of the temple lands. The Board of Commissioners and the trial courts held the temple to be a public religious trust and dismissed his claim, …

Ganga Singh executed a will on 2 October 1968 bequeathing his one‑third share in land to Atma Singh and died eight days later. The Assistant Collector rejected the will as suspicious and allowed mutation in favour of Smt. Guro, Ganga's sister's daughter, prompting her to sue Atma Singh for declaration of her inheritanc…

The appellants Mathura Prashad and Binda Prashad were convicted under IPC s.302 read with s.34 for the murder of Keshav Singh. The prosecution’s case rested on a dying declaration in which the deceased wrote only the name "Guiab Chand" and on witness testimony that did not specifically identify the appellants. The Supr…

Ramesh H. Kundanmal, a dealer operating a service station under a lease with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), challenged a demolition notice issued by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay under section 351 of the Municipal Corporation Act. HPCL applied to be impleaded as an additional defendant, claim…

The appellants, a slum‑dweller association and a resident, challenged a 1981 notification that reduced the declared slum area in Bangalore, alleging denial of a hearing and violation of natural justice and Article 14. The High Court had dismissed the petition on the ground of lack of locus standi, but the Supreme Court…