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The case concerned a motion of confidence in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly on 21 October 1997, after which twelve Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLAs voted for the government despite a whip issued by BSP leader Mayawati. Mayawati petitioned the Speaker for their disqualification under paragraph …
The Life Insurance Corporation of India issued a life insurance policy on 31 March 1990, which the insured back‑dated to 10 May 1989 and paid premiums for that period. The insured’s minor daughter committed suicide on 15 November 1992. Clause 4‑B of the policy limits the insurer’s liability to the …
R.D. Sharma was charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 for an offence alleged in an FIR dated 2 November 1982. After a charge‑sheet in 1985, the Special CBI Judge framed charges only in 1993 and, by June 1995, had examined merely three of the forty witnesses listed. Sharma filed a writ …
The Supreme Court examined whether Rule 2(ee)(iii) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, which defines "registered medical practitioner", exceeded the legislative competence of the Central Government under the Indian Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, and whether state notifications declaring …
Vimal Singh was tried for murder under Section 302 IPC for allegedly stabbing Vijay Singh with a knife. The trial court acquitted him, finding the prosecution had not proved the charge beyond reasonable doubt. The complainant, Khuman Singh, filed a revision petition; the Madhya Pradesh High Court …
Sushma Suri, an Additional Government Advocate with more than seven years of experience, applied for the Delhi Higher Judicial Service (DHJS) but was not called for interview. She challenged the decision, arguing that a Government Advocate remains an "advocate" under Article 233(2) of the …
The landlord (appellant) filed an eviction suit against the original tenant for non‑payment of rent and alleged sub‑letting. The trial court decreed eviction, but the Karnataka High Court set aside the decree, holding that Section 31 of the Karnataka Rent Control Act, 1961 was invalid per Padmanabha …
The Supreme Court examined whether prisoners sentenced to rigorous imprisonment may be compelled to perform hard labour without consent and what wages they are entitled to under Article 23 of the Constitution. It held that such labour is lawful as it serves a public purpose of reform and …
Arul Nadar, a landowner, was found to possess surplus agricultural land beyond the ceiling prescribed under the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1961. He claimed that two settlement deeds executed in favour of his minor sons on 28‑April‑1970 and 2‑May‑1970 were valid under …
The appellant Ranjit Singh was named in an FIR for an unlawful assembly in which a rifle was seized and used to fire at the deceased; the police investigation under Section 173 exonerated him and the case was committed to the Sessions Court. The complainant filed a petition before the Sessions Judge …
The petitioners (SIEL Ltd. and others) challenged the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Sheera Niyantran Adhiniyam, 1964 and subsequent state notifications controlling the supply, distribution and price of molasses, arguing that the State lacked legislative competence because the sugar …
M/s DLF Universal Ltd. proposed a garden colony of 270 country‑type villas on agricultural land along the Arkavathi River. The Karnataka State Government approved the scheme on 29 June 1991, imposing conditions prescribed by the State Pollution Control Board to prevent water pollution and ensuring …
The appellants, members of a family that had a long-standing feud with their neighbours, entered the victims' house on 26 October 1989 and murdered four persons, including a five‑year‑old child, using weapons such as kulhari and hansia. The trial court and the Allahabad High Court convicted them …
The appellants, rice millers, were required under the U.P. Rice and Paddy (Levy and Regulation of Trade) Order, 1985 to sell rice to the State Government. The Market Committee demanded that the millers pay a market fee under Section 17(iii)(b)(3) of the U.P. Krishi Utpadan Mandi Adhiniyam, 1964. The …
The plaintiff, Satya Gupta, sued for partition of a house that had been purchased by her late husband Battu Mal in the joint names of himself and the plaintiff, alleging that half of the property belonged to her. The trial court held that the plaintiff had not shown how the claim arose but …
The tenant, P.R. Deshpande, filed a revision petition under Section 50 of the Karnataka Rent Control Act, 1961, but failed to deposit the arrears of rent required by Section 29(1) at the time of filing. The Karnataka High Court dismissed the revision petition for this deficiency, gave the tenant six …
The State of Orissa leased 569.6 acres to the Steel Authority of India for extracting limestone and dolomite, with an agreement that royalty be paid on the minerals extracted. The Authority processed the run‑of‑mine material to remove waste before weighing the product, and argued that royalty should …
Kalicharan Mahapatra, a retired IPS officer, was charged under Sections 13(2) and 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 for possession of cash and jewellery discovered during a raid. He argued that, having retired before the charge‑sheet was filed, he could not be prosecuted because the …
Polychem Ltd., a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages, paid supervision charges in advance each quarter as required by Section 58-A of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949. After the government raised the wages and dearness allowance of its supervising staff retrospectively, it demanded a differential …
Kavita was accused of throwing her two children into a well and then jumping in, after which she allegedly made an extra‑judicial confession to three villagers that she could no longer endure her husband's torture. The trial court and the Madras High Court convicted her of murder (Sec. 302 IPC) and …
The Supreme Court examined whether the State of Karnataka and its universities could increase the admission capacity of medical colleges despite the provisions of Sections I0A, I0B and I0C of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (as amended in 1993). The Court held that the Medical Council of India, …
The appellants, food‑grain dealers who had operated for over fifty years in the old market areas of Ferozepur district, were required to shift to newly created Mandi complexes after the Punjab Government decided to auction stalls there without granting any concession to existing traders. They …
The Competent Authority initiated forfeiture proceedings under SAFEMA against Amritlal Chandmal Jain, whose detention under COFEPOSA had earlier been challenged by several writs of habeas corpus. Although the High Court had quashed the detention order and the SAFEMA proceedings, the Competent …
The Central Government, under Section 2(a)(xi) of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, issued a 1983 notification declaring various seeds as essential commodities and issued the Seeds (Control) Order, 1983. Earlier, a Division Bench of this Court upheld the validity of that notification and order in …
The Supreme Court considered two appeals: one under Section 409 IPC where the appellant sought discharge under Section 167(5) of the CrPC after the two‑year investigation period expired, and another under Section 7(1)(a)(ii) of the Essential Commodities Act concerning the limitation bar under …
The State of Uttar Pradesh appealed the acquittal of Harban Sahai and others, who had been convicted for murder under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the IPC. The High Court had set aside the trial court's findings on the basis of alleged inconsistencies between the FIR and eyewitness testimony, …
The State of U.P. appealed the acquittal of Sikandar Ali and others, who had been convicted by a trial court for the murder of two brothers‑in‑law, Shamsher Singh and Ramji Tripathi, based on the testimony of two eye‑witnesses (PW‑1 and PW‑2) recorded in the FIR within an hour of the incident. The …
Silverline Forum Private Limited, the new owner of a flat, obtained a decree for ejectment against its tenant Rajiv Trust for sub‑letting without consent. While executing the decree, the bailiff was resisted by the second respondent, a sub‑tenant of the first sub‑tenant, who claimed he was not a …
The case concerned importers of specialised transhipper vessels who claimed exemption from customs duty under Notification No. 262‑Customs dated 11 October 1958, which exempted "ocean‑going vessels". The Customs authorities insisted that the vessels were not "ocean‑going" and required the importers …
A motor accident involving a Fiat car insured by a comprehensive policy resulted in injury to a gratuitous passenger, Kishan Sarup Thapar. The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awarded compensation against the car owners, drivers and the insurer. The High Court enhanced the award but held the insurer …
The landlady, Ms. Rena Drego, sought eviction of her tenant under Section 13(1)(g) of the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, claiming a bona‑fide and reasonable need for additional accommodation for her large family. The trial court dismissed her suit, but the appellate Small …
Shri Doodh Nath, an MLA, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He filed a remission petition before the Governor of Uttar Pradesh, which was granted despite the Governor not being informed of material facts such as five other serious criminal cases pending against him, the …
The appellant, a textile mill, was served with two show‑cause notices under Section 11‑A of the Central Excises and Salt Act for alleged excise duty on yarn removed within the factory for the period November 1980 to December 1981. The Delhi High Court had stayed the effect of a circular dated …
Indore Textiles Ltd., a closed public limited company, had its management taken over by the Central Government under Section 18AA of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951. Shortly before the expiry of that takeover, the Madhya Pradesh Governor promulgated an ordinance, later replaced …
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) challenged orders of the Rajasthan High Court that allowed certain students, who did not meet eligibility criteria, to appear for board or university examinations. The petitioners argued that such orders contravened the statutory eligibility …
The appellants were tenants of shops in a building completed in 1977. Their tenancies were terminated by notice and the landlords filed suits for possession in 1983. Decrees granting possession were passed in December 1988, after the ten‑year exemption period under Section 1(3) of the Haryana Urban …
Pammi (Brijendra Singh) and accomplices, armed, went to the house of PW‑5 to settle a business dispute. The three deceased arrived to pacify the situation, leading to a heated altercation during which Pammi and the others opened fire, killing all three. Pammi pleaded private defence, claiming the …
The husband, Lakhmi, was alleged to have killed his young wife by striking her head with a spade (phali) and a blunt instrument (kunda). Several eyewitnesses saw the assault, and the accused, when examined under Section 313 of the CrPC, admitted killing his wife with a kunda, denying the use of the …
The appellant Govindasamy's father transferred 17.615 standard acres to Govindasamy's unmarried daughter Sumathi between the commencement (15‑Feb‑1970) and notified date (2‑Oct‑1970) of the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1961. The land authorities included this gifted …
Pawan Kumar (husband) and his parents-in‑law were convicted for the death of his wife, Urmil, who died from severe burns within seven years of marriage. The prosecution alleged that the husband and his relatives repeatedly demanded a scooter and refrigerator as dowry, subjected the wife to mental …
The petitioner filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution challenging the correctness of a decision that had become final on its merits. The petition sought reconsideration of that final decision. The Court examined whether Article 32 can be invoked to obtain a fresh look at a final …
The appellants forged a certified copy of a Jamabandi (Rent Roll) and introduced it in a court of Executive Magistrate during proceedings under Section 145 of the CrPC. A complaint alleging forgery offences (IPC §§ 468, 469, 471) was filed before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, who forwarded it to …
The petitioners, direct recruits to the Karnataka Administrative Service (Junior Scale), challenged a Karnataka Government order dated 3 March 1976 that listed 133 temporary posts alongside 152 permanent posts, arguing that the temporary posts should be counted in the cadre strength of 285 for …
The appellant, a sepoy in the Indian Army, was accused of murdering his wife whose headless, highly decomposed body was found in a well. He made a voluntary extra‑judicial confession to military officers admitting to strangling his wife, and later, at his suggestion, the police recovered the …
The case involved Col. AnilteJ Singh Dhaliwal, an army officer convicted by a General Court Martial on four charges relating to alleged false statements, fraud, and omission in reporting losses. He appealed to the High Court, which quashed the Court Martial’s findings on the basis that key evidence …
P. Muniappan, an assistant professor, was charged with murdering his wife Nagammal after she was found hanging in their kitchen with burn injuries and signs of struggle. The prosecution relied on extensive circumstantial evidence—Muniappan's motive to obtain a divorce and a second marriage, his …
The State of Madhya Pradesh appealed against the Madhya Pradesh High Court's acquittal of Udai Singh, who had been convicted by the trial court for the murder of three women and the attempted murder of a fourth under IPC sections 302 and 307. The Supreme Court examined whether the eyewitness …
The appellant was convicted of murder under Section 302 IPC for allegedly pouring kerosene on his wife and setting her on fire. The victim survived for about twenty days after the incident, during which she gave two statements to a police Sub‑Inspector and a magistrate accusing her husband. The …
Police officers were accused of murdering a man identified as Kantuji Mohan Singh after beating him during interrogation at a police station. The prosecution relied on circumstantial evidence, including the discovery of a decomposed body in a jungle and identification of the body by relatives based …
The appellant, Bhana Khalpa Bhoi Patel, was charged under Sections 135(1-A) and 135(1-B) of the Customs Act, 1962 and Section 25 of the Gold Control Act, 1968 for involvement in the smuggling of contraband gold. The prosecution relied on statements recorded under Section 108 of the Customs Act from …
A motor accident gave rise to a compensation claim by Santro Devi and others against National Insurance Co. Ltd. The Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal found that the driver of the offending vehicle held a valid licence that had been duly renewed, and the Punjab & Haryana High Court affirmed this …
Selvaraj, one of four brothers, stabbed his brother Dasan and another relative during a family property dispute. Three eye‑witnesses (PW1, PW5, PW6) testified to the incident, and a post‑mortem report showed a fatal chest wound and evisceration. The trial court acquitted Selvaraj, but the Madras …
The accused Mahendra Singh and five others were convicted by the trial court for murder, attempted murder and rioting under Sections 148, 302/149 and 307/149 IPC based on the testimony of three eye‑witnesses. The Allahabad High Court set aside the convictions, holding that the prosecution had not …
Sureendra Narain (Munna Pandey) was convicted of murder under IPC s.302 for shooting Shree Prakash in a rickshaw. The prosecution relied on three eye‑witnesses who named the accused in the FIR, and the accused surrendered later and sought a test identification parade, which was ordered by the …
The case involved a mass murder in which 24 persons were accused of killing five members of a family, including the brutal decapitation of three victims and the burning alive of a ten‑year‑old boy, allegedly as revenge for the earlier murder of A‑1's brother. The prosecution relied on two …
The Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) supplied hot rolled steel strips to Ambica Mills Ltd. under an Import‑Export Policy scheme that required the importer to hold a valid advance licence, duty exemption certificate, export bond and an irrevocable Letter of Credit. The importer submitted a …
The appellants were convicted under IPC sections 302 and 201 for the murder of Deosharan, a notorious villager, based primarily on the testimony of four eye‑witnesses who claimed to have heard a disturbance and seen the assault. During cross‑examination the witnesses admitted they did not actually …
The Faridabad CT Scan Centre, a private diagnostic centre not attached to any hospital, sought exemption from customs duty on imported hospital equipment under Notification No. 64188 dated 1‑3‑1988. It argued that similar centres had been granted the exemption and that denial violated Article 14 of …
Rajesh Kumar and Harbir Singh appeared for the Institute of Engineers (India) examination in 1990. The Institute alleged copying based on similarity of answer books and cancelled their results, also disqualifying them from two subsequent exams. The appellants challenged the cancellation in civil …
The case involved a cultural show organized by a minister where invitation letters on the minister's letterhead were forged. The appellant delivered the forged letters to the invitees but did not forge them himself. He was convicted by the High Court under IPC sections 417 (cheating), 465 (forgery), …
The appellant, a practising doctor, was accused of murdering his wife, Madhu Bala, who was found dead hanging in their residence with a dupatta around her neck and her legs tied to a cot. Post‑mortem and chemical examination revealed ante‑mortem injuries and the presence of a lethal dose of …
Daulat Ram, a Punjab police constable, was convicted of murdering a 25‑year‑old man, Narinder Singh, under Section 302 IPC read with Section 27 of the Arms Act. The prosecution relied on two alleged eyewitnesses, the victim's uncle and a companion, and asserted that the killing occurred at 2 p.m., …
The landlord sought eviction of tenants under the Karnataka Rent Control Act, 1986, claiming a bona‑fide requirement for his own occupation after demolishing and reconstructing the premises. The tenants argued that the landlord’s claim should fall under Section 21(1)(j), which provides a right of …
The case involved a dacoity on 22 December 1987 at the house of Sanfula Devi, during which three persons were murdered and valuables stolen. The trial court convicted twelve accused under Sections 396 and 120‑B IPC, and the High Court added convictions under Sections 302 and 34 IPC. The Supreme …
The husband and wife, married in 1970, lived separately from 1983 and filed a joint petition for divorce by mutual consent under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act in 1984. The husband later moved a sole application for decree, while the wife withdrew her consent after the statutory 18‑month …
The appellant, Mohd. Nazir, was allotted a building in Banaras under an order dated 17 May 1995 pursuant to Section 16 of the U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972. After being put in possession, he was ousted by the landlord and a dancing girl with two musicians …
Sandeep Kumar Sharma, brother of an IPS officer who had distinguished service against terrorism, applied for the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police. He satisfied all selection criteria except the minimum height requirement, falling short by 1.20 cm. The Punjab Government, invoking a policy to …
The appellant, a private firm, obtained a three‑year licence from the Government of Tamil Nadu to collect chank shells from coastal sites, the agreement containing Clause 7 which allowed the government to terminate the licence at any time without cause. After commencing operations, the government …
A senior District & Sessions Judge (the appellant) granted bail to two accused under Section 20(b)(i) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. The Patna High Court Single Judge cancelled the bail and harshly criticised the judge, alleging extraneous considerations, …
The Assistant Collector of Central Excise, acting as complainant, appealed to the High Court against the sentences imposed on V. Krishnamurthy and others for offences investigated by a Customs Officer, invoking Section 377(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The Supreme Court examined whether a …
Neelam Rani died from burns in 1987. The husband (appellant) and his father were convicted by the Sessions Court of murder (Sec. 302 IPC), dowry death (Sec. 304B IPC) and cruelty for dowry (Sec. 498A IPC). The High Court upheld the murder conviction and acquitted the father. On appeal, the Supreme …
The appellant, a Sub‑Registrar, was convicted under Section 161 IPC and Section 5(2) read with 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 for allegedly receiving Rs 60 as illegal gratification for issuing certified copies of sale deeds. The prosecution set up a trap and caught him taking the …
Gangabai Gopaldas Mohata (appellant) owned Nazul land that was leased to several lessees. After a compromise decree required the lessees to vacate, the Municipal Council attached the property for alleged tax arrears and auctioned it. The court ordered that the sale would be cancelled if the …
Rup Lal Sharma, a retired government servant, continued to occupy a government‑allotted quarter after retirement. The State of Uttar Pradesh sought eviction under the U.P. Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1972, but the prescribed authority dismissed the first application on …
The Supreme Court examined the murder of 12‑year‑old Arun Rai, alleged to have arisen from a dispute over the price of milk. The trial court convicted Mithilesh Rai (Sec.302 IPC, death sentence) and Madan Rai (Sec.302 read with Sec.109 IPC, life imprisonment); Raj Naresh Rai was acquitted. On …
The State of U.P. appealed against the Allahabad High Court’s acquittal of Raghubir Singh (A‑2) in a murder‑kidnapping case involving the death of a six‑year‑old boy, Ashok. The trial court had convicted both accused, Manpal Singh (A‑1) and Raghubir Singh, under IPC sections 364, 302 and 34 based on …
The U.P. State Sugar Corporation entered into a contract with M/s Sumac International Ltd. for the supply and installation of a sugar plant, requiring the seller to furnish several irrevocable bank guarantees payable on demand. The contract was not completed within the stipulated or extended time, …
The appellant, a member of the Friends Central Government Employees House Building Society Ltd., had fully paid for a plot and was not in arrears. Under a compromise order of the Delhi High Court, the Society was directed to send notices to members in arrears demanding affidavits and payment, …
The Supreme Court examined a petition for pre-emption filed under Section 8 of the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1959, concerning two sale deeds where the land purchased was described as a 'tank' (Matsyasheho Pushkarini) or 'doba'. The respondents claimed co‑sharer status to invoke pre‑emptive …
The appellants, former zamindars, challenged the vesting of their estates in the State of Uttar Pradesh under the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950, which they claimed left their rights to work mines intact. The Collector issued notices to stop mining and offered leases governed by …
The appellant, Gulab Devi, succeeded to her father's tenancy under Section 35 of the Uttar Pradesh Tenancy Act, 1939, along with her sister Ram Kumari. After the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 came into force, Ram Kumari died unmarried while Gulab Devi was already …
The appellant, a mortgagor of a property under a usufructuary mortgage, filed a redemption suit seeking to pay the mortgage amount of Rs.18,000. The trial court passed a preliminary decree on 22 November 1960 directing redemption on deposit of the mortgage money, payment of mesne profits, and a …
The landlord filed an eviction suit against a partnership firm. The son of a deceased partner sought to be impleaded as an additional defendant, first under Order I Rule 10(2) CPC and later under Order 30 Rule 4 CPC, both applications being dismissed by the trial court and the district court. While …
The father of three minor sons filed a title suit in which the minors were added as co-plaintiffs and a court‑appointed guardian was assigned. After the suit was compromised, the father, acting as natural guardian, sold the suit land to the first respondent without obtaining prior court sanction, …
The appellant, a family waqf (Waqf Alai Aulad) created before May 1, 1959, sought exemption from land‑ceiling provisions on the ground that its income was used for charitable and religious purposes as well as for the welfare of the settler’s family. The claim was made under clause (f) of Section …
Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, whose security is covered by the Special Protection Group (SPG) Act, was summoned as an accused before the Tis Hazari Court. The Commissioner of Police, Delhi and the Director of the SPG sought a change of venue, arguing that the court complex could not …
The Registrar, invoking Section 102(1)(a) of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960, issued an interim winding‑up order against Industrial Co‑operative Association Ltd and appointed a special liquidator. The society appealed to the State Government under Section 104, but while the appeal …
The landlord filed an eviction petition under Section 31 of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, leading to a 1954 order that, by compromise, required the tenant to surrender three acres while retaining 1 acre 38 guntas. Later the landlord attempted a second eviction on the ground of …
The respondent, a police constable, was prosecuted for bigamy after his wife alleged he had contracted a second marriage. He was discharged in the criminal trial for lack of evidence, but was suspended and a departmental enquiry was initiated under Rule 28 of the Karnataka Civil Service Rules, which …
The Rajasthan Co‑operative Dairy Federation Ltd. issued a Letter of Intent to Sh. Maha Laxmi Mingrate Marketing Service Pvt. Ltd. (respondent No.1) appointing it as a selling agent, subject to conditions including submission of a Rs.15 lakh irrevocable bank guarantee, execution of an agreement, and …
The wife filed a complaint under Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code alleging bigamy by her husband, who claimed he had married a second time after ten years of desertion. The trial magistrate acquitted the husband, finding no evidence that a second Hindu marriage had been solemnized according to …
Abdur Rahman & Ors appealed to the Supreme Court against a Karnataka High Court order that dismissed their appeal under Order 41 Rule 17 of the CPC because their counsel was absent. While dismissing the appeal, the High Court also examined the merits of the case and concluded that there was no …
The writ petitioners, traders in a market, claimed that the Krishi Utpadan Mandi Samiti was not providing any services and therefore could not charge a market fee. The Mandi Samiti counter‑claimed that it rendered several services such as electricity, water, sanitation, tents, and was planning …
The tenants appealed against an eviction order issued by the appellate authority and affirmed by the High Court, which was based on the alleged non‑payment of increased rent that included a newly levied house tax. Under Section 8(1) of the Haryana Urban (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1973, a …
The appellant, a tenant, occupied the land on Tillers' Day (1‑April‑1957) when the landlord was a joint family. After a partition on 31‑March‑1958, the respondent obtained a share and applied for a Section 88C exemption certificate on 14‑April‑1959 without notifying the tenant. The respondent later …
Smt. Udhwantia, a limited owner, gifted her estate to her grandson Ramdas Mahto, who later sold the property twice and it was eventually sold at a court‑ordered auction. Ram Deiya sued to recover the property, and the trial court and lower appellate courts decreed in her favour. After her death, her …
Hindustan Steelworks Construction Ltd, a government-owned company, extracted limestone from its own mines and used it in construction work for expanding the Bhilai steel plant, which manufactures iron and steel. The company challenged the levy of a cess under Section 3 of the Limestone and Dolomite …
D.C.M. Ltd. owned two sugar factories and expanded them after receiving a licence in February 1975. The Government announced an incentive scheme in November 1975 offering a higher quota of levy‑free sugar to factories that expanded between 1 Nov 1975 and 20 Oct 1980. The sugar market was …
The appellant, widow of a saw‑mill owner who defaulted on employer's provident fund, challenged the auction sale of the owner's land on the ground that the successful bidder (first respondent) failed to deposit the balance of the bid within the two‑month period prescribed by Sections 202 and 203 of …
The Supreme Court heard the appeal of M. Govindaraju, who sought a one‑seventh share in his father's joint Hindu family property. Govindaraju was born to Pappammal, who had earlier been married to Koala Gounder but left his house in 1942‑43 and thereafter lived with Munisami Gounder, the father of …
The Supreme Court examined whether the Karnataka High Court was justified in criticizing the appellant, V.L. Patil, for allegedly using his ministerial position to influence a land tribunal's decision. The High Court had linked Patil's role as a minister to the tribunal's order, despite finding no …
Lipton India Ltd. and Brook Bond India Ltd., tea companies, maintained godowns in 1968 where a single salesman opened and closed the premises, loading tea onto a manually‑operated push‑cart for door‑to‑door sales. They sought clarification on whether such premises required registration under Section …
The widow, a destitute and widowed daughter, adopted her brother as her son with her father's consent. The father and the adopted son jointly gifted her agricultural land in 1950, stipulating that the land would revert to them (or their heirs) upon her death. After the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 …
The Gaon Sabha of Kirari Suleman Nagar complained that a co‑sharer, Narender Singh, had converted agricultural land to non‑agricultural use, violating Section 81 of the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954. A notice was served on Singh to restore the land to agricultural use within three months or face …
The appellants challenged the validity of a gift of a house and its appurtenant land made by the father‑in‑law to the respondent, who was already in possession of the property. The gift was evidenced by an oral declaration and a written deed that had not been registered. The trial court and the High …
Satish Mehra appealed against the Delhi Sessions Court’s decision to frame charges under IPC sections 354 and 376 read with 511 for alleged incestuous sexual abuse of his daughter Nikita. The allegations originated from a complaint filed by his estranged wife Anita Mehra, who had previously made a …
The Solapur MIDC Industries Association filed Special Leave Petitions challenging a notification under Section 3(3) of the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 1949 that brought their industrial estate within the limits of Solapur Municipal Corporation. The petitioners argued that the same …
Mis. Kashmir Electric and Hardware Corporation appealed against a decision of the Letters Patent Bench that held an arbitrator had misbehaved by conducting hearings in premises owned by the appellant and accepting tea and refreshments from them. The appellant argued that such courtesies were …
The State of Bihar issued 1983 rules requiring owners of saw‑pits and timber depots to obtain licences, invoking powers under sections 41, 42 and 76 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927. The Patna High Court held that the statutes did not empower such regulation and set aside the rules. The State …
The appellants, owners of a parcel of land covered by a patta, claimed that land had gradually accreted to their estate as the Barak river receded over 15‑16 years. They sought a declaration of title over the accreted land, which was also claimed by the respondents under an annual patta granted by …
The State of Rajasthan sought licences for dealers selling Bajra seeds that had been coated with insecticides, invoking the Rajasthan Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961. The respondents, seed dealers, contended that such processed seeds were not "agricultural produce" within the meaning of …
Syed Fatima Nachi, a divorced Muslim woman, filed a petition under Section 4(2) of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 seeking maintenance from the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board, alleging that her children, parents and other relatives were unable to pay. The Wakf Board appealed to …
Shangrila Food Products Ltd., a sub‑tenant of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), was evicted under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971 and an order for damages of about Rs 12 lakhs was made by the Estate Officer. The City Civil Court upheld the eviction but set …
The dispute concerned the succession to the Partapner Raj estate, an ancient impartible zamindari governed by the rule of lineal primogeniture. After the death of the minor adopted heir Raja Maha, competing claims arose: Kalka Singh of the senior branch asserted his right to the impartible estate …
Harish Kumar and Ram Sharan were convicted by the Madhya Pradesh High Court for murder (Sec. 302 IPC) and attempt to murder (Sec. 307 IPC) after a trial court had acquitted them. They pleaded private defence of person, claiming that earlier hostile incidents and injuries to their father and …
Bhaiya Bahadur Singh, a government school teacher, drove his tractor onto a disputed boundary and allegedly trampled a portion of the victim's wheat field. Angered, he fetched a licensed single‑barrel gun, returned, and fired two shots, injuring two persons and killing a third. He pleaded that the …
In a partition suit, a house was auctioned and the sale was confirmed by the court on 7 August 1984. The auction purchaser obtained a sale certificate only on 9 November 1989 and filed an application for delivery of possession on the same day. The appellant contended that the application was barred …
M/s. Rajasthan Prem Krishan Goods Transport Co. (the appellant) and M/s. Rajasthan Prem Krishan Transport Co. (the third respondent) were two partnership firms that shared the same address, telephone numbers, management, and ten out of thirteen partners. The Inspectorate under the Employees' …
The appellant, owner of a Tata truck insured by Oriental Insurance, suffered vehicle damage in a collision while nine persons were aboard, exceeding the policy’s limit of six workmen (excluding the driver). The insurer denied the claim, citing the policy’s exclusion for carrying passengers beyond …
A charitable institution in Kanganpur, claimed to be a Sikh Gurdwara, was the subject of a petition under Section 7 of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925. Uttam Das, asserting himself as the hereditary office‑holder of the institution, filed a petition under Section 8 claiming the place was an Udasi dera …
The appellant, Smt. VUAYALAKSHMI, was the foster child of Batchu Muniyappa Chetty, who along with his brother B. Himantharaja Chetty partitioned their joint family property under a registered deed that included a pre-emption clause. After the foster father and his widow died, the property was …
Pawan Kumar was appointed on an ad‑hoc basis as a Class IV field worker in Haryana. While in service he was convicted in a summary trial under Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code for an obscene act, pleading guilty and paying a fine of Rs 20. When his regularisation was considered, the authorities, …
Kiran Bala sold her residential house to relatives to pay debts, but the sale was declared null and void as a fraudulent transfer under the Transfer of Property Act. The decree-holder sought to attach and sell the house in execution of a money decree, while the appellant claimed exemption under …
The appellant, a Hindi teacher, was appointed on a six‑monthly contract in 1980 and regularised in 1984. In 1990 the Education Department ordered her removal, claiming her teacher‑training certificate from Uttar Pradesh was not recognised by Haryana. The Department relied on a 7 July 1981 circular …
Smt. Swarnalata Sarkar filed a criminal complaint alleging bigamy under S. 494 r/w S. 109 IPC against her husband, who had married another woman with the collusion of several respondents. The trial magistrate issued process based on preliminary evidence under S. 200 CrPC. The accused filed a …
The appellant Raj Kishore Prasad was alleged by two witnesses to have urged his brother, the accused Avadh Kishore, to kill the victim, but the police filed a report only against Avadh Kishore. The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) dismissed the informant's application to summon the appellant, but the …
Thirteen residents of Kusi village were prosecuted after three men from the neighbouring Malpura village cut open a bund, diverting water during a drought. The Kusi villagers attempted to restore the bund, were resisted, and four of them shot the three intruders, causing their deaths. The trial …
The decree-holder obtained a decree in 1949 and later sold the attached house to an auction purchaser. After a compromise failed, a fresh execution application was filed on 16 November 1961, more than twelve years after the decree, leading to the sale of the property. The widow and daughters of the …
The heirs of Vrajlal J. Ganatra filed a suit seeking a declaration that they were the real owners of a property despite a sale deed showing Parshottam S. Shah as the vendee, alleging the deed was a security for a loan and that the land would be reconveyed upon repayment. The trial court dismissed …
The Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCI) challenged octroi levied on its Gorakhpur factory, first by the Notified Area Committee (1979‑1982) and later by the Nagar Mahapalika after the area was incorporated into the city. The Supreme Court examined the statutory powers under the U.P. Town Areas …
Nathu, who was in utero when the limitation period began, filed a suit to challenge an ancestral land gift made by Puran's adoptive mother to a stranger, also contesting Puran's adoption. Birbal and Aaidan, other reversioners, were defendants but later sought to be transposed as plaintiffs. Nathu …
The deceased Sudha was shot dead in her husband Santosh Singh's house in 1982. The husband was seen with a gun and, together with eyewitness testimony, was convicted of murder under Section 302 IPC. The father‑in‑law Onkar Singh and mother‑in‑law Rajeshwari were also convicted of murder under …
K.N. Roy, a charge sessions judge in Munger, granted bail to accused in a dacoity case on 17 August 1991, relying on doubts about the identification parade evidence. The Patna High Court cancelled the bail and, in its order, harshly criticized Roy, suggesting he had exceeded his jurisdiction and …
Betal Singh was convicted of murdering his wife Kamla by setting her ablaze, an offence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The conviction was based primarily on Kamla's dying declaration recorded by a police officer under Section 32 of the Evidence Act, which alleged that her husband had …
The plaintiff, Joyce Primrose Prestor, sought letters of administration for her mother’s estate, relying on a holograph will dated 19 June 1964 that bequeathed equal shares to her three daughters. The husband and two other daughters contested the will, alleging undue influence by the plaintiff. The …
The appellant, Ram Nath Mahato, was alleged to have participated in a night robbery on a train, during which a passenger was killed and others injured. A witness (PW 6) identified Mahato in a test identification parade conducted by Judicial Magistrate PW 7, but at trial PW 6 refused to recognize …
Gayatrilaxmi Bapurau Nagpure, a medical course aspirant, claimed membership in the Halba Scheduled Tribe and applied to the Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee for a caste certificate. She submitted 17 documents, including school certificates, caste certificates of her father, and a …
The trial court dismissed a suit by the Sri Anjaneya Swami Temple seeking title to 29 acres of agricultural land, holding that the grant of land to the Archaka was personal to him. A Single Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court affirmed this finding on appeal. The temple then filed a Letters Patent …
Mansu, a tenant, claimed pre-emption rights over a suit property sold by co‑sharers (male and female) under the Punjab Pre‑emption Act as applicable to Haryana. Shadiram, the vendee, argued that the female vendors' share was not pre‑emptable under Section 15(2) and that, as a successor‑in‑interest, …
The appellants, former employees of the Army School, Jalandhar, claimed that the school had failed to pay the minimum wages fixed by the State Government and filed an application under Section 20(2) of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. The Authority initially granted relief, but the Punjab & Haryana High …
Seth Banarasi Dass, the lessee of a sugar mill, was subject to a recovery certificate for government dues. Shares he owned were attached and put up for public auction, but he raised objections that the shares were pledged to banks and that the amount claimed was incorrect. The auction proceeded, the …
Surjit Singh, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, underwent emergency bypass surgery in London while on leave and claimed Rs 3 lakh reimbursement. The State of Punjab initially refused, later paying Rs 40,000 based on AIIMS rates. Singh appealed, seeking reimbursement at the higher rates of Escorts …
The Supreme Court considered a petition by U.P. Jal Nigam challenging the view that downgrading entries in an employee's annual confidential report (ACR) are adverse entries requiring mandatory communication and a representation under service rules. The High Court had held that any reduction in the …
The case involved a retiring railway employee (appellant No.2) who sought to have his married daughter, also a railway employee (appellant No.1), regularised in the railway quarter allotted to him. The Railway Board circular dated 11 August 1992 allowed regularisation only for a son or an unmarried …
The eldest male member of a joint Hindu family, acting as Karta, together with two widows who were also guardians of their minor sons, executed a sale deed of family lands. The plaintiffs, members of the same family, challenged the sale alleging fraud and contended that the Karta lacked authority …
Smt. Jaya Devi, an assistant teacher, was terminated by the Bihar Directorate of Education in 1990 and successfully obtained reinstatement through a writ petition before the Patna High Court. In a later, unrelated writ petition filed by another teacher, the same High Court judge, believing his …
Shiva Prasad Tripathi, a former employee of Life Insurance Corporation of India, was allotted corporation premises which he was required to vacate after his service ended. He refused to leave, prompting the Estate Officer to issue a notice and subsequently an eviction order under Section 7 of the …
The dispute arose from a leasehold property originally owned by a Tarwad, which was taken by an ex parte decree in 1942 and sold at a court auction to the decree‑holder Mohammed Haji. The decree‑holder subsequently leased the land to Raghavan Nair, whose rights were later assigned to P.K. Abdulla, …
Karumanda Gounder appealed against a High Court order that upheld the sale of a parcel of land originally gifted by his brother Komaraswamy Gounder to a third party and then sold to Muthuswamy Gounder. Karumanda claimed the land was joint family property and that his brother, being a "mild lunatic," …
The Union of India leased a site in a reserved forest in the Union Territory of Daman to Kamath Holiday Resorts for a snack bar and restaurant. The Conservator of Forests objected, invoking Section 2 of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, which restricts de‑reservation or non‑forest use of forest …
The dispute involved Bhoomidari rights over 38.25 acres in a village undergoing consolidation under the U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, where the Gaon Sabha objected to the appellants' entries in revenue records. The Consolidation Officer ordered expunction of the appellants' names, and the …
The respondent, Ashraf Bhat, was arrested under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 in connection with two FIRs. In FIR No. 56 of 1991 he was arrested on 17‑April‑1992, but the prosecution filed the police report (challan) on 23‑December‑1992, after the one‑year period …
Bhupendra Singh purchased land from a tribal (Kisana) in 1958. The Maharashtra Restoration of Lands to Scheduled Tribes Act, 1974, later restored that land to the tribal's heirs in 1976‑77. The Surplus Land Determination Tribunal, applying the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) …
The plaintiff, a widow, adopted Amaresh Sarkar on 24 August 1965 under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, and executed a registered deed acknowledging the adoption. The natural father later executed a deed acknowledging the adoption. The trial court held the adoption valid, but the High …
The appellant, widow of Bipin Kumar Rai, claimed family pension after her husband, who had been employed by Indian Railways first as a casual worker and later as a "substitute" from 27‑04‑1983 until his death on 05‑01‑1987, died. While the Railways paid the death gratuity, they denied the family …
The Municipal Council of Waraseoni granted a one‑year lease to Satish Chandra Jain for the collection of cattle registration and market fees at a local cattle fair, with a contract sum of Rs 1,75,000. Jain withheld Rs 29,592.63, prompting the Council to initiate recovery proceedings under Sections …
In an administrative suit concerning the sale of a property at Ootacamund, the Court appointed receivers who effected the sale. The purchasers of the property (appellants) challenged objections raised under Order 21, Rule 90 read with Section 151 of the CPC, arguing that such objections were not …
The appellant, a tenant, challenged a High Court order that upheld the landlord’s right to eject him under the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948. The dispute centered on whether the tenant’s arrears of rent exceeded three years, which would invoke Section 25(2) of the Act, or whether …
Syed Khadim Waris, an Executive Engineer, was compulsorily retired by Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam at age 50 under Rule 56‑C of the Financial Handbook. The Allahabad High Court set aside the retirement, holding that an adverse service entry for 1983‑84, though communicated, could not be used while the …
The Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) operates a fleet of buses to transport its employees and had been paying tax under Item 3 of the Orissa Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1975, as goods carriers. In December 1990 the State of Orissa re‑classified the vehicles under Item 4, which imposes a higher …
The Puri Municipal Council imposed octroi tax on marine fish and prawns found in the possession of non‑fishermen within the municipal limits without payment of the entry tax. Indian Tobacco Co. Ltd. challenged the levy, and the Orissa High Court dismissed the municipality's claim. On appeal, the …
A cooperative society discovered that its cashier‑cum‑member had misappropriated large sums of money after his death. The society initiated arbitration under Sections 55 and 56 of the Punjab Co‑operative Societies Act, 1961, and an award was made against the deceased's heirs and legal …
Dr. (Miss) Alette Grace Bell, the Medical Superintendent of Duncan Hospital in Bihar, was served a notice by the Drug Controller requiring a licence to manufacture and distribute an IV solution for patients, invoking Section 18(c) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. The High Court held that the …
Allied Motors Pvt. Ltd. displayed eight neon sign boards showing the names of the commodities it sold. The New Delhi Municipal Committee (NDMC) demanded advertisement tax on these signs. The Delhi High Court Single Judge held the signs were advertisements and dismissed the petition, but the Letters …
The V.P. Temple appealed against an order of the Special Appellate Tribunal that dismissed its earlier appeal as time‑barred under Section 30(1) of the Tamil Nadu Minor Inams (Abolition and Conversion into Royatwari) Act, 1963. The Act permits a maximum of six months to file an appeal, but the …
The Supreme Court examined a partition suit between two branches of a Hindu family concerning self‑acquired agricultural lands left by a father (A) who died intestate without grandsons. The issue was whether the lands passed to his three sons as joint Hindu family property (joint tenancy) or as …
The Bihar State Board of Homeopathy Medicine, constituted under the Bihar Development of Homeopathy System of Medicine Act, 1953, passed a resolution on 14 May 1988 abolishing eight Homeopathic Chikitsak posts, six of which were held by petitioners. The Patna High Court held that the Board was not …
Savita Dey leased premises to the respondents under a registered deed dated 6 July 1964 for a term of 21 years at Rs.475 per month, later increased to Rs.501 per month in accordance with a clause linking rent to municipal tax increases. When the lease expired on 30 June 1985, Dey served a quit …
The appellants, heirs of Pishora Singh Sial, sued the assignees of a mining lease for unpaid sums labeled as "royalty" under a 1939 assignment deed. The respondents argued that "royalty" meant the State's share in mineral extraction and could not be claimed by a private party, contending the …
The appeals concerned two students who fell short of the required marks for honours in their final degree examinations at Utkal University. Both argued that, under the University's Hard Case Rule, they were entitled to a 0.5% grace addition calculated on the combined total of pre-degree and final …
Ashok Kumar and Prem Kanwar, who were in a long‑standing extramarital relationship, plotted to murder Prem's husband Mahabir Singh so they could live together. They travelled to Delhi, booked adjacent rooms in Hotel Eagle, and Mahabir was later found dead in Prem's room, having been struck on the …
Gangeshwar Ltd., a sugar mill in Uttar Pradesh, purchased 31 bighas of agricultural land in 1971 before the amendment to the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960. After the amendment became effective in 1973, the mill sought exemption of the land from ceiling calculations by …
The case involved a family settlement deed that prohibited alienation of the ancestral property during the lifetime of the patriarch, Janak Singh. After his death, a suit for partition was filed and the trial court passed a preliminary decree and subsequently an order restraining all parties from …
The appellants purchased 75.51 acres of land belonging to Jagdish Chander in an auction sale ordered by a civil court in 1975 to satisfy money suits. The land was later declared surplus under the Uttar Pradesh Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, and the prescribed authority refused to …
The case concerned two properties of the deceased Syed Abdul Inamdar: agricultural lands that were Inams and a dwelling unit. The Inams, originally impartible and vested in the eldest son Abubakar by primogeniture, were re‑granted to him after the Bombay Merged Territories Miscellaneous Alienations …
The Supreme Court examined a lease granted by the Corporation of the City of Bangalore to the Karnataka Chalana Chitra Kalavidara Sangha, a society of film artists, for constructing a theatre and training school on land earmarked in the Comprehensive Development Plan for a public or semi‑public …
V.N. Enterprises supplied goods to the Chief General Manager, Telecom and others, raising bills of Rs 66,09,669.36, of which only part was paid. The appellants, a statutory authority, claimed a loss of Rs 43,16,400 due to high quotations and therefore withheld that amount. The Orissa High Court …
A coffee curing establishment, declared a seasonal industry, operated from September to June and was closed June to September. The workmen claimed gratuity at the rate of seven days' wages for two seasons in each calendar year, arguing that the accounting year (January‑December) split their service …
In Village Sakhni, Uttar Pradesh, a factional clash erupted during a funeral procession, resulting in the death of ten members of the prosecution party. The accused, led by Shamshul Kanwar, were found to have entered the scene armed and fired indiscriminately, constituting an unlawful assembly under …
M.W. Mohiuddin, a Special Auditor in the Local Fund Accounts Department, demanded and received Rs.400 from a Gram Panchayat Sarpanch in exchange for removing audit objections. He was caught in a police‑arranged trap at a hotel, and the prosecution proved that he took possession of the money, wrapped …
The Supreme Court examined the murder trial of three inter‑related accused (two sisters, A‑1 and A‑2, and the husband of a younger sister, A‑3) who were convicted for killing a devotee, Ramakoti Reddy, based largely on the testimony of a single maid‑servant (PW‑1) and a disputed letter. The Court …
The appellants, a Tehsildar and a Village Assistant, were convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act and IPC for demanding a bribe in a land‑patta case. The main issue was whether the testimony of the bribe‑giver, who was an accomplice, required corroboration before a conviction could be …
The State of Karnataka appealed a High Court judgment that reduced the charge against Vedanayagam from murder to culpable homicide. The accused had stabbed the deceased, Sugumaran, on the left side of the chest with a dagger, causing instant death. The trial court convicted him under Section 302 …
Sundaramurthi (A‑2) was charged with murder, robbery and house‑trespass under Sections 302/34, 392 and 449 IPC. The prosecution relied entirely on circumstantial evidence: four eyewitnesses saw A‑2 and co‑accused A‑1 enter a car shed at the mill and emerge two hours later; fingerprints matched A‑1; …
Special Leave Petitions were filed against interim orders of the Madras High Court. On 14 January 1994 the Supreme Court ordered the parties to approach the High Court for an early disposal of the matter and to inform the Supreme Court of the result, expressing confidence that the High Court would …
Mahabir Biswas and Shiba (Bijoy Krishna Dutta) were convicted of murder under IPC 302/34 for the killing of two rickshaw passengers. The prosecution's case rested on retracted judicial confessions of the accused and physical discoveries (a sword, a watch, and a ring) linked to the confessions. The …
The case arose from the 1981 Punalur liquor tragedy in Kerala where arrack adulterated with methyl alcohol caused several deaths. Joseph Kurian (A‑4) managed the Punalur depot and Philip Jose (A‑1) controlled it; both were convicted by the trial court under IPC sections 272 (adulteration) and 328 …
Advocate K.A. Mohammed Ali was convicted by the Kerala High Court under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for raising his voice, using derogatory language against a magistrate, publishing posters and staging a demonstration. The High Court imposed a fine of Rs. 2,000 and ordered the …
K.R. Srinivas, son of the then Vice‑Chancellor of Andhra University, obtained a higher mark after revaluation of his answer sheets, which had been destroyed as per university regulations. Dr. R.M. Premchand, a research scholar, filed a public‑interest writ petition under Article 226 challenging the …
The Supreme Court examined three sets of appeals arising from a bus‑driver case, a food‑exporter case, and several petitions seeking expunction of adverse judicial remarks. In the bus‑driver appeal, the Court held that the High Court had erred in overturning the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s acquittal …
Amrutlal Someshwar Joshi was convicted of murdering three persons, including a three‑year‑old child, during a robbery and was sentenced to death under IPC 302. He appealed, arguing that he was only 17 years old at the time of the offence and that age should be a mitigating factor, citing Hamam and …
The victim, a 14‑year‑old illiterate agricultural labourer, was gang‑raped by three accused. The trial court convicted them under IPC sections 376 and 114, but the Karnataka High Court acquitted them, holding that the victim's testimony was unreliable as it lacked medical corroboration. On appeal, …
The Supreme Court examined the compensation awarded for the acquisition of 267.91 acres of land in Rohtak district for an industrial area. The original award in 1977 fixed two marginally different rates, which were later replaced by a uniform rate of Rs 7 per square yard by the District Judge. The …
Amrutlal Someshwar Joshi, a domestic servant, was convicted of murdering three members of his employer's family and an infant in their Bombay flat and stealing valuables. The prosecution relied on a series of circumstantial facts, including eyewitness testimony that Joshi was present in the flat …
Four members of the General Reserve Engineers Force (GREF) were tried by a Court‑Martial convened under a warrant of the Chief of the Army Staff authorising the Chief Engineer and were convicted of offences under Sections 63, 39(a) and 41 of the Army Act. They challenged the jurisdiction of the …
Organon (India) Ltd., later known as Infer (India) Ltd., obtained a wholesale licence for poppy husks in Madhya Pradesh and entered into a contract to export 1,000 tonnes to the Netherlands. The company sought a permit from the Collector of Excise, Mandsaur, to move the husks to Bombay for export, …
The Action Committee on Issue of Caste Certificate filed a writ petition under Article 32 challenging Maharashtra's denial of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe benefits to persons who had migrated from other states. The petition argued that the denial violated Articles 14, 15(1), 16(2), 19 and the …
The Government of Pondicherry challenged the inclusion of shares of two minor sons who attained majority between the appointed day (24‑Jan‑1971) and the notified date in the calculation of the family’s land‑holding ceiling under the Pondicherry Land Reforms Act, 1973. The Land Tribunal had allowed …
