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The State of Gujarat issued a Section 4 notification in 1960 indicating that certain land in Ahmedabad might be needed for a public purpose, followed by a Section 6 notification in 1961 to acquire the land at the expense of a cooperative housing society. The first notification was challenged on the ground that acquisit…

The respondent, a supervisor in a co‑operative sugarcane development society, was dismissed after disciplinary proceedings and sued the society in a civil court for reinstatement and back wages. The society argued that the suit was barred because, under Rule 115 of the U.P. Co‑operative Societies Rules, 1936, any dispu…

Premier Automobiles imported a heavy grinding machine that was taken into the custody of the Bombay Port Trust Board upon landing. While the Board's employees were moving the case on a trolley, it fell and the machinery was severely damaged. Premier sued the Board for damages, alleging negligence, misfeasance and non‑f…

The case concerned a suit for possession of a house in Bikaner, claimed by Bhim Singh and Himmat Singh (plaintiffs) on the basis of a patta issued in their names, while the defendant Kan Singh asserted ownership as a surviving coparcener and alleged the transaction was benami. The trial court held the plaintiffs were o…

Meharban Singh and others had mortgaged their khud‑kasht land to Munshi Singh under a usufructuary mortgage. After the Madhya Bharat Zamindari Abolition Act, 1951 came into force, the proprietors' rights vested in the State, but section 4(2) allowed a proprietor to retain possession of land recorded as khud‑kasht befor…

The Nadiad Borough Municipality entered a 20‑year electricity supply agreement with Nadiad Electric Co. Ltd. in 1940. When the agreement expired in August 1960, the company refused to continue supply at the original rates, offering only revised rates. The municipality sued for a declaration that, under Section 22‑A(3) …

Harjit Singh Mann challenged the election of S. Umrao Singh on three grounds: the alleged late filing of his nomination paper, failure to make the required oath, and alleged bribery by the respondent. The Supreme Court held that the nomination paper was filed after the statutory deadline of 3 p.m., a mandatory defect u…

Ramji Dayawala & Sons entered into a sub‑contract with Yugoslavian firm Invest Import that contained a clause referring all disputes to arbitration before the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris. After completing the work, the Indian contractor sued for unpaid sums, and Invest Import moved to stay the suit on th…

The case concerned the validity of a Gujarat Government Resolution dated 28 December 1966 that discontinued public auctions for bhatha lands and instead allocated lease‑hold rights preferentially to bona‑fide agriculturists, Harijans, Adivasis, backward classes and cooperative societies. Petitioners claimed they were u…