Caselaw | Supreme Court Judgements of september 1955

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Sucheta Kripalani Vs. Shri S. S. Dulat, I.C.S [1955] INSC 36 (6 September 1955)

Judgement Date : 06 Sep 1955

Citation : 1955 Latest Caselaw 36 SC

Constitution of India
Representation of the People Act, 1951

Headnote :

The provisions of the Representation of the People Act and the Rules framed there under assign distinct and different jurisdictions to the Election Commission and an Election Tribunal so far as a Return of election expenses is concerned. Where there are allegations of major corrupt practices and...

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S. Khader Sheriff Vs. Munnuswami Gounder & Ors [1955] INSC 37 (15 September 1955)

Judgement Date : 15 Sep 1955

Citation : 1955 Latest Caselaw 37 SC

Headnote :

The appellant, who fought and won the election as a Congress candidate, had applied to the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee on 12-9-51 for party nomination stating his desire "to contest as a Congress candidate in the forthcoming election'? and paid a sum of Rs. 500 of which Rs. 100 was subscr...

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Tirath Singh Vs. Bachittar Singh & Ors [1955] INSC 38 (15 September 1955)

Judgement Date : 15 Sep 1955

Citation : 1955 Latest Caselaw 38 SC

Constitution of India
Government of India Act, 1935

Headnote :

Where the respondent in an election petition contended that the allegations in the election petition were vague and wanting in particulars, but did not call for any particulars which it was open to him to do and was not found to have been misled or in any way prejudiced in his defence, it was not op...

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Chattanatha Karayalar Vs. Ramachandra Iyer & ANR [1955] INSC 39 (19 September 1955)

Judgement Date : 19 Sep 1955

Citation : 1955 Latest Caselaw 39 SC

Headnote :

There is no presumption in Hindu Law that a business standing in the name of a member of the Hindu joint family is joint family business, even when that member is the manager or the father. There is this difference between the position of the father starting a new business and a mere manager doin...

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M. Vs. The State of Madhya Pradesh & ANR [1955] INSC 40 (20 September 1955)

Judgement Date : 20 Sep 1955

Citation : 1955 Latest Caselaw 40 SC

Constitution of India

Headnote :

The petitioners are carrying on business on a very large scale of making and selling bidis having their head office in Jabalpur in the State of Madhya Pradesh and are registered as "dealer" for the purposes of the Central Provinces and Berar Sales Tax Act, 1947. In the course of their said...

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M/S. Ram Narain Sons Ltd. Vs. Asst. Commissioner of Sales Tax & Ors [1955] INSC 41 (20 September 1955)

Judgement Date : 20 Sep 1955

Citation : 1955 Latest Caselaw 41 SC

Constitution of India

Headnote :

Held, per S. B. DAs ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE, BHGWATI,JAFER IMAM and CHANDRASEKHARA AIYAR JJ. (JAGANNADHADAS J. 484 dissenting). The bans imposed by Article 286 of the Constitution on the taxing powers of the States are independent and separate and each one of them has to be got over before a Stat...

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The Tropical Insurance Co. Ltd. & Ors Vs. The Union of India & ANR [1955] INSC 42 (22 September 1955)

Judgement Date : 22 Sep 1955

Citation : 1955 Latest Caselaw 42 SC

Constitution of India

Headnote :

The petitioners, two Insurance Companies, carrying on business both in life insurance and general insurance, questioned the validity of notifications issued against them under s. 52-A of the Insurance Act for appointment of Administrators to take over management of their affairs on the ground, inter...

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State of Madras & ANR Vs. K.M. Rajagopalan [1955] INSC 43 (27 September 1955)

Judgement Date : 27 Sep 1955

Citation : 1955 Latest Caselaw 43 SC

Government of India Act, 1935
Indian Independence Act, 1947

Headnote :

The respondent was recruited to the Indian Civil Service by open competition in 1936 and joined duty in the Province of Madras in October 1937. Since then he was serving under the Government of Madras in various capacities, his last office being Sub-Collector of Dindigal. He went on leave in June 19...

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Shri Kishan Singh & Ors Vs. The State of Rajasthan & Ors [1955] INSC 44 (27 September 1955)

Judgement Date : 27 Sep 1955

Citation : 1955 Latest Caselaw 44 SC

Government of India Act, 1935

Headnote :

The petitioners, who are jagirdars of Marwar, sought to impugn the constitutional validity of ss. 81 to 86 of the Marwar Land Revenue Act which embody a scheme for fixing fair and equitable rents payable by cultivating tenants on the ground that they infringed their fundamental rights under Arts. 14...

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Machander, Son of Pandurang Vs. State of Hyderabad [1955] INSC 45 (27 September 1955)

Judgement Date : 27 Sep 1955

Citation : 1955 Latest Caselaw 45 SC

CrPC Section 342. Power to order court

Headnote :

The appellant was put up on his trial on a charge of murder. The trial continued for 41/2 years. His brother who was a co-accused absconded. The evidence against the appellant was circumstantial. His confession, made 8 days after his arrest, led to certain discoveries but he was never questioned abo...

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Bed Raj Vs. The State of Uttar Pradesh [1955] INSC 46 (28 September 1955)

Judgement Date : 28 Sep 1955

Citation : 1955 Latest Caselaw 46 SC

Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
IPC Section 304. Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder

Dalip Singh & Ors Vs. State of Punjab [1953] INSC 42 (15 May 1953)

Headnote :

A question of sentence is a matter of discretion and it is well settled that when discretion has been properly exercised along accepted judicial lines, an appellate court should not interfere to the detriment of an accused person except for very strong reasons which must be disclosed on the face of...

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Deonandan Mishra Vs. The State of Bihar [1955] INSC 47 (28 September 1955)

Judgement Date : 28 Sep 1955

Citation : 1955 Latest Caselaw 47 SC

CrPC Section 342. Power to order court
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
IPC Section 302. Punishment for murder

Headnote :

The standard of proof required to convict a person on circumstantial evidence is well-established by a series of decisions of the Supreme Court. According to that standard the circumstances relied upon in support of the conviction must be fully established and the chain of evidence furnished by thos...

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Bhikaji Narain Dhakras & Ors Vs. The State of Madhya Pradesh & ANR [1955] INSC 48 (29 September 1955)

Judgement Date : 29 Sep 1955

Citation : 1955 Latest Caselaw 48 SC

Constitution of India
Government of India Act, 1935
Motor Vehicles Act, 1939

Headnote :

The petitioners who carried on their business as stage carriage operators of Madhya Pradesh for a considerable number of years challenged the constitutional validity of the C.P. & Berar Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 1947 (Act III of 1948) which amended the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (Central Act...

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