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Adhyaksha Mathur Babu's Sakti Oushadhalaya Dacca (P) Ltd. A Vs. Union of India [1962] INSC 251 (7 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 07 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 251 SC

Headnote :

The petitioners operated as manufacturers of Ayurvedic medicinal preparations, producing Mritasanjibani, Mritasanjibani Sudha, and Mritasanjibani Sura through distillation methods outlined in ancient Ayurvedic texts such as Ayurvedic Sangraba, Bhaisajya Ratnabali, and Arka Prakash, which are recogni...
Rai Bahadur Diwan Badri Das Vs. The Industrial Tribunal, Punjab [1962] INSC 252 (7 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 07 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 252 SC

Headnote :

On July 1, 1956, the appellants established a rule stating that all workers employed on or before that date would be entitled to 30 days of paid leave after completing 11 months of service, while those hired after that date would receive earned leave according to Section 79 of the Indian Factories A...
Jyotish Thakur & Ors Vs. Tarakantjha & Ors [1962] INSC 253 (11 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 11 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 253 SC

Headnote :

S, the owner of the raiyati interest in the disputed lands, acquired the full interest of the Lakhirajdar, under whom he was the raiyat. The appellants purchased these lands from S\'s successors in interest through a deed dated May 15, 1935. The plaintiffs argued that the sale deed did not transfer...
State of West Bengal Vs. Tulsidas Mundhra [1962] INSC 254 (11 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 11 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 254 SC

Headnote :

While an accused individual is not permitted to present evidence in their defense during proceedings under section 207A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, this limitation does not diminish the extensive authority that a Criminal Court possesses under section 540 of the Code to summon and question in...
Bridge & Roof Co. (India) Ltd Vs. Union of India [1962] INSC 255 (11 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 11 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 255 SC

Headnote :

The first petitioner is a public limited company involved in the manufacturing of engineering goods. In addition to the basic wages and dearness allowance it provides, the company has implemented two Production bonus schemes. Due to some uncertainties regarding whether production bonuses should be i...
Parmanand & Ors Vs. Ganpatrao & Ors [1962] INSC 256 (12 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 12 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 256 SC

Headnote :

The appellants are the Lambardars of Mahal No.2 in Mouza Gujarkhedi, where they possess an undivided share of As. They were found to be in arrears of land revenue amounting to Rs. 730/13/-, leading to the sale of their property for Rs. 600/-. However, the sale proclamation stated that the arrears ow...
Mrs. Vs. G. Paterson Vs. Mr. O. Vs. Forbes & Ors [1962] INSC 257 (13 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 13 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 257 SC

Headnote :

The appellant\'s mother passed away, leaving a will that named the appellant, her sister, and her brother as beneficiaries. The appellant applied for probate, which was granted to her.Later, in relation to a criminal appeal before the Oudh Chief Court, both the State\'s counsel and the appellant fil...
Gurbaksh Singh Vs. Nikka Singh [1962] INSC 258 (14 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 14 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 258 SC

Headnote :

Teja Singh and Jhandha Singh jointly owned a piece of agricultural land, which they divided into 1 and 7 shares, respectively. They requested the revenue authorities to update the land records to reflect their shares. However, due to an error, the entire land was mistakenly recorded under Teja Singh...
Sobhraj Odharmal Vs. State of Rajasthan [1962] INSC 259 (17 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 17 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 259 SC

Headnote :

A proposal for running a motor transport service along the Jaipur-Kotah route by the State Roadways was published in the Government Gazette. Sixty-one private operators on this route raised objections to the proposal. The Legal Remembrancer reviewed these objections and dismissed them. The State Gov...
Tata Iron And Steel Co. Ltd. Vs. The State of Bihar [1962] INSC 260 (24 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 24 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 260 SC

Headnote :

The appellant company owned several mines in Bihar, where it extracted iron ore for use in its Jamshedpur factory to produce iron and steel. According to sections 5 and 6 of the Bengal Cess Act, 1880, as amended in Bihar, all immovable properties in the state were subject to local cess, which for mi...
M/S. Mangalore Ganesh Bedi Works Vs. The State of Mysore & ANR [1962] INSC 261 (25 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 25 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 261 SC

Headnote :

The appellant was a registered business under the Mysore Sales Tax Act, which imposed a tax of Rs. 1,16,728.44 NPS at a rate of 0.02 NPS per rupee based on a return exceeding Rs. 58,36,422.26 NPS. The appellant\'s complaint was that, according to the Mysore Sales Tax Act, it should have been liable...
Union Territory of Tripura,Agartala Vs. Gopal Chander Dutta Choudhury [1962] INSC 262 (25 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 25 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 262 SC

Headnote :

The individual in question was appointed as a constable in the Tripura Police Force on a temporary basis. His employment was terminated with one month\'s notice, in accordance with rule 5 of the Central Services (Temporary Service) Rules, 1949. The individual appealed this decision, but the Appellat...
Jaswant Sugar Mills Ltd., Meerut Vs. Lakshmichand & Ors [1962] INSC 263 (25 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 25 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 263 SC

Headnote :

The workers of the appellant company took direct action to assert their demands for bonuses, leave, and other benefits. In response, the company issued charge sheets to sixty-three workers. The inquiry officer who examined the charges concluded that all the workers were guilty of engaging in sabotag...
Khem Chand Vs. Union of India [1962] INSC 264 (25 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 25 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 264 SC

Headnote :

The appellant, a public servant, received a charge sheet and was subsequently dismissed after an inquiry. He filed a lawsuit seeking a declaration that his dismissal was invalid and that he remained in service. The Supreme Court ultimately ruled in his favor, granting the declarations he sought. Mea...
Chimanlal Jagjivandas Sheth Vs. State of Maharashtra [1962] INSC 265 (26 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 26 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 265 SC

Headnote :

The appellant was discovered to be in possession of significant amounts of absorbent cotton wool, roller bandages, and gauze that he had produced himself. Upon examination, these items were determined to be substandard, leading to the appellant\'s prosecution under section 18 of the Drugs Act, 1940,...
Ramrao Jankiram Kadam Vs. State of Bombay [1962] INSC 266 (26 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 26 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 266 SC

Headnote :

A sum of approximately Rs. 9,000 was owed by the appellant to the Government for excise dues. The appellant\'s movable and immovable properties were repeatedly auctioned under Chapter XI of the Bombay Land Revenue Code, but the dues remained unpaid, and three parcels of land went unsold. Following a...
Y. Lakshminarayana Reddy& Ors Vs. The State of Andhra Pradesh [1962] INSC 267 (26 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 26 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 267 SC

Headnote :

The lands of Gudur village were irrigated by tanks that received water from the Venkatagiri river via the \"Gudur anicut system.\" The Government planned to modify the Chennur anicut upstream to supply water to the Chennur tank for irrigating the lands of Chennur village.Residents of Gudur village f...
Swami Motor Transport (P) Ltd. & ANR Vs. Sri Sankaraswamigal Mutt & ANR [1962] INSC 268 (26 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 26 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 268 SC

Headnote :

Each appellant in the two appeals, who were tenants of land in Tanjore where they had built non-residential structures, submitted applications to the Munsif under section 9 of the Madras City Tenants Protection Act, 1921 (111 of 1922), seeking to have the respective sites transferred to them after d...
Hazari Lal Vs. State of Bihar [1962] INSC 269 (27 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 27 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 269 SC

Headnote :

The Assistant Superintendent of Commercial Taxes unexpectedly visited the appellant\'s shop and discovered two sets of account books. He began examining them, but the appellant forcibly took both books away. An attempt by the Assistant Superintendent\'s orderly peon to retrieve the books was thwarte...
Radhakishan Vs. State of U. P [1962] INSC 270 (27 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 27 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 270 SC

Headnote :

The appellant, a postman, lived in the same house as his father. Some undelivered postal items were found in an almirah in the house, and the father provided the key to it. The appellant was tried and convicted under section 52 of the Post Offices Act for concealing postal articles. He argued that s...
Tulsi Ram Vs. State of U. P [1962] INSC 271 (27 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 27 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 271 SC

Headnote :

The appellants faced trial and were convicted for conspiring to defraud certain banks. The prosecution presented a letter from the Under Secretary to the Government, indicating that the Governor had granted permission to prosecute the appellants. This sanction was not contested in the trial court or...
Pioneer Traders & Ors Vs. Chief Controller of Imports And Exports Pondicherry [1962] INSC 272 (27 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 27 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 272 SC

Headnote :

The petitioners imported goods to Pondicherry under patents issued by the French Administration after the Union of India took control of the territory on November 1, 1954. They had placed their orders for these imports in England prior to August 15, 1954, using foreign exchange obtained through meth...
Shabir Hussein Bholu Vs. State of Maharashtra [1962] INSC 273 (28 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 28 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 273 SC

Headnote :

The appellant testified as a witness in a murder jury trial. During his testimony, he provided a statement that contradicted his earlier statement made before the committing court. After the trial concluded and the judgment was delivered, the Sessions judge issued a separate order to prosecute the a...
Dhanvantrai Balwantrai Desai Vs. State of Maharashtra [1962] INSC 274 (28 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 28 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 274 SC

Headnote :

The appellant served as the Resident Engineer for Light Houses, while the complainant held a contract for the reconstruction of one of the light houses. During this project, the contractor utilized water from a temple well and stored cement in a room of the temple. Upon completion of the work, the a...
Kanwal Lal Vs. State of Punjab [1962] INSC 275 (28 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 28 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 275 SC

Headnote :

The appellant, a public servant, sent a letter to the Panchayat Officer claiming that the complainant was a prostitute and requested her removal from her residence. He was subsequently prosecuted and found guilty of defamation under Section 500 of the Penal Code. The appellant argued that he was pro...
M. R. Balaji & Ors Vs. State of Mysore [1962] INSC 276 (28 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 28 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 276 SC

Headnote :

On July 26, 1958, the State of Mysore issued an order declaring that all communities, except for the Brahmin community, were classified as educationally and socially backward classes, as well as Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Consequently, 75% of seats in educational institutions were reserv...
State of Madhya Pradesh Vs. Peer Mohd. & ANR [1962] INSC 277 (28 September 1962)

Judgement Date : 28 Sep 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 277 SC

Headnote :

The individuals who were Indian citizens left India for Pakistan after January 26, 1950. They returned to India in 1956 using a Pakistani passport and visa. Despite the expiration of their visa, they remained in India and were charged under Section 14 of the Foreigners Act, 1946, in conjunction with...
Shanti Prasad Jain & ANR Vs. Director of Enforcement, Foreign Exchange Regulation [1962] INSC 278 (4 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 04 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 278 SC

Headnote :

The first appellant, along with his wife, the second appellant, traveled abroad for business purposes. He was permitted to exchange a total of 337 and 1410 U.S. dollars, with the trip limited to two months. The second appellant was not granted any foreign exchange, as it was represented that a forei...
Amir Singh & ANR Vs. Ram Singh & Ors [1962] INSC 279 (4 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 04 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 279 SC

Headnote :

The properties in question were sold by A to the appellants on May 31, 1956. However, the respondents, who owned certain agricultural land in the patti, asserted their right of preemption under sections 15 (c) (ii) and (iii) of the Punjab Preemption Act, 1913. In the lawsuit initiated by the respond...
The Commissioner of Income-Tax, Bombay City I, Bombay Vs. Amarchand N. Shroff [1962] INSC 280 (10 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 10 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 280 SC

Headnote :

Sub-section (1) of section 24B of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922, stated that when a person passes away, their heirs and legal representatives are responsible for paying any tax assessed against the deceased or any tax that would have been due if the deceased had not died.A, one of the three partne...
Roop Chand Vs. State of Punjab [1962] INSC 281 (10 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 10 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 281 SC

Headnote :

Under the E. P. Holdings Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation Act of 1948, a consolidation scheme was developed for the petitioner\'s village, proposing a repartition of the lands. The petitioner opposed the repartition, arguing that he should be allowed to keep his plots numbered 635 and 6...
M/S. Bhikusa Yamasa Kahatriya Vs. Sangamner Akola Taluka Bidikamgar Union [1962] INSC 282 (10 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 10 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 282 SC

Headnote :

Section 3(1) of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 empowers the appropriate government to establish minimum wage rates for employees in scheduled employments. Section 3(3)(iv) allows the government to set different minimum wage rates for various localities when fixing or revising these wages. In a Notifica...
Jagannath Sonu Parkar Vs. State of Maharashtra [1962] INSC 283 (11 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 11 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 283 SC

Headnote :

Section 14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, as modified by Bombay Act 23 of 1951, authorized the State Government to appoint a qualified individual as a special Magistrate and to grant him the powers typically held by a judicial Magistrate for a specific case, a particular category of cases, or ge...
State of Kerala Vs. Shri M. Appukutty [1962] INSC 284 (11 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 11 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 284 SC

Headnote :

The Deputy Commercial Tax Officer levied sales tax on the respondent under the Madras General Sales Tax Act, 1939, for the assessment year, and the appeal against this assessment order was rejected. Subsequently, the Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes issued a notice to determine the escaped tu...
The Commissioner of Income-Tax, Bombay City Ii, Bombay Vs. M/S. Jadavji Narsidas & Co. [1962] INSC 285 (12 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 12 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 285 SC

Headnote :

The respondent, a partnership of four partners, was registered under the Indian Income-tax Act of 1922. For the assessment year 1946-47, it sought to offset a sum of Rs. 1,05,641, claiming it as its share of losses from certain transactions conducted in the name of D by another unregistered partners...
M. Chockalingam & ANR Vs. Commissioner of Income-Tax, Madras & ANR [1962] INSC 286 (12 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 12 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 286 SC

Headnote :

The appellants failed to pay advance tax based on their own income estimates for the assessment years 1951-52 and 1952-53, making them subject to penal interest under section 18A (8) of the Income Tax Act. The Income Tax Officer neglected this detail and did not include penal interest in the tax due...
Union of India Vs. Delhi Cloth & General Mills [1962] INSC 287 (12 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 12 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 287 SC

Headnote :

The respondents, who were producers of vegetable products known as Vanaspati, were assessed for excise duty under item 23 of the First Schedule to the Central Excises and Salt Act of 1944. The taxing authorities claimed that they were manufacturing refined oil from raw oil, which they categorized as...
Commissioner of Income-Tax, Bombay City I, Bombay Vs. Afco (P) Ltd., Bombay [1962] INSC 288 (15 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 15 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 288 SC

Headnote :

For the accounting year ending March 31, 1955, the appellant, a private limited company, reported a total income of Rs. 49,843. On July 13, 1955, the company declared a dividend of Rs. 11,712, and before the conclusion of the 1955-56 assessment year, it announced an additional dividend of Rs. 5,612....
The Engineering Mazdoor Sabha Vs. The Hind Cycles Ltd., Bombay [1962] INSC 289 (18 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 18 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 289 SC

Headnote :

The conflict between the respondent company and its employees was voluntarily submitted to arbitration through their agreement dated December 3, 1959, in accordance with section 10A of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Section 10A(2) outlined the required format for the agreement, which mandated th...
Udit Narain Singh Malpaharia Vs. Additional Member, Board of Revenue, Bihar [1962] INSC 290 (19 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 19 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 290 SC

Headnote :

The allocation of a country liquor shop was determined by a lottery in favor of one Jadu Manjhi after the previous licensee\'s license was revoked. The former licensee appealed to the Commissioner of Excise, but his appeal was dismissed. He then sought a revision from the Board of Revenue in Bihar,...
The Guru Estate Through Dwarkad as Guru & Ors Vs. The Commissioner of Income-Tax Bihar and Orissa [1962] INSC 291 (19 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 19 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 291 SC

Headnote :

The assessees were part of a joint Hindu family engaged in the profession of Pandas or priests, assisting devotees with worship and ceremonies related to the pilgrimage to the Jagannath temple in Puri. They collected money from pilgrims, referred to as Annadan, through documents called Annadan Patra...
State of Orissa Vs. Bidyabhujshan Mohapatra [1962] INSC 292 (19 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 19 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 292 SC

Headnote :

The respondent, a permanent non-gazetted employee of the State, faced charges for (i) receiving illegal payments on five occasions and (ii) possessing assets disproportionate to his income. The Governor referred the case to the Administrative Tribunal established under section 4(1) of the Disciplina...
Pyare Lal Bhargava Vs. State of Rajasthan [1962] INSC 293 (22 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 22 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 293 SC

Headnote :

The appellant was found guilty under section 379 of the Indian Penal Code. He served as a Superintendent in the Chief Engineer\'s office and had a file taken from the Secretariat by a clerk, which he then brought home and shared with his accomplice, the co-accused. The co-accused altered the file by...
Anakapalla Co-Operative Agricultural and Industrial Socie Vs. Workmen [1962] INSC 294 (23 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 23 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 294 SC

Headnote :

A sugar mill company was incurring annual losses due to a lack of sugarcane supply and decided to relocate the mill. In response, the cane-growers established a cooperative society and acquired the mill. As per the agreement between the company and the society, the company terminated the employees\'...
Bagalkot City Municipality Vs. Bagalkot Cement Co [1962] INSC 295 (23 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 23 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 295 SC

Headnote :

The appellant municipality levied octroi duty on specific goods brought within its octroi limits, which were defined by by-laws to coincide with the Municipal District. According to Section 4 of the Bombay District Municipal Act of 1901, which established the municipality, the Government had the aut...
T. V. V. Narasimham & Ors Vs. The State of Orissa [1962] INSC 296 (24 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 24 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 296 SC

Headnote :

The Government of Orissa, considering the villages in question as estates, issued notifications under the Orissa Estates Abolition Act of 1952, declaring that these estates were vested in the State free from all encumbrances as of the specified dates. The inamdars of the respective villages conteste...
A. Vs. Thomas & Co., Ltd., Alleppey Vs. The Commissioner of Income-Tax, (Bangalore) Kerala [1962] INSC 297 (25 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 25 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 297 SC

Headnote :

The assessee company was established in 1935, and its Memorandum of Association permitted it to promote and facilitate the formation of other companies, as well as to provide financial assistance to any company. Another entity, Southern Agencies Ltd., had Mr. A. V. Thomas serving as a director for b...
O. K. Ghosh & ANR Vs. E. X. Joseph [1962] INSC 298 (30 October 1962)

Judgement Date : 30 Oct 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 298 SC

Headnote :

The respondent, a Central Government employee serving as the Secretary of the Civil Accounts Association for non-Gazetted Staff, faced departmental action under rules 4(A) and 4(B) of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1955. This action was due to his involvement in demonstrations aimed at...
The Petlad Turkey Red Dye Works Co. Ltd., Petlad Vs. The Commissioner of Income-Tax, Bombay, Ahmadabad [1962] INSC 299 (2 November 1962)

Judgement Date : 02 Nov 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 299 SC

Headnote :

The assessee company was engaged in dyeing and selling dyed yarn in Petlad, located in the former State of Baroda, and was classified as a non-resident during the relevant assessment years. The Income-tax Officer discovered that for sales made to buyers in British India, the company received payment...
Heggade Janardhan Subbarye Vs. The State of Mysore & ANR [1962] INSC 300 (5 November 1962)

Judgement Date : 05 Nov 1962

Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 300 SC

Headnote :

The petitioners contested the legality of the orders issued by the State of Mysore under Article 13(4) of the Constitution on July 10, 1961, and July 31, 1962. They argued that they had applied for admission to the Pre-Professional Class in Medicine at Karnatak Medical College, Hubli, and would have...
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