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Niemla Textile Finishing. Mills Ltd. Vs. The 2nd Punjab Industrial Tribunal [1957] INSC 1 (10 January 1957)

Judgement Date : 10 Jan 1957

Citation : 1957 Latest Caselaw 1 SC

Constitution of India
Government of India Act, 1935
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

Headnote :

The conflicts between the appellants and their employees were submitted to the Industrial Tribunal for resolution by the relevant Government, in accordance with the Industrial Disputes Act of 1947. The appellants argued that the referral to the Tribunal was invalid for several reasons: (1) the Act w...

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Om Prakash Gupta Vs. State of U. P [1957] INSC 2 (11 January 1957)

Judgement Date : 11 Jan 1957

Citation : 1957 Latest Caselaw 2 SC

Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
IPC Section 24. Dishonestly
IPC Section 405. Criminal breach of trust
IPC Section 409. Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent
IPC Section 467. Forgery of valuable security, will, etc.

Headnote :

The offenses defined in Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 5(1)(c) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 are separate and distinct. There is no indication that Section 5(1)(c) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 has repealed Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code.This was affir...

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Raja Ganga Pratap Singh Vs. The Allahabad Bank Ltd., Lucknow [1957] INSC 3 (22 January 1957)

Judgement Date : 22 Jan 1957

Citation : 1957 Latest Caselaw 3 SC

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)
Constitution of India

Headnote :

The respondent, a scheduled bank, initiated legal action against the appellant to recover funds owed under a mortgage. The appellant argued for a reduction of the debt based on the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Debt Reduction Act of 1953. However, the Act specifically excluded advances or debts owed to sc...

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L. J. Leach and Company Ltd. Vs. Jardine Skinner and Co [1957] INSC 4 (22 January 1957)

Judgement Date : 22 Jan 1957

Citation : 1957 Latest Caselaw 4 SC

Headnote :

The appellants initiated a lawsuit for damages due to conversion against the respondents, claiming that the respondents acted as their agents. The appellants alleged that they had placed orders for specific goods with the respondents, who imported the goods but refused to deliver them.The court dism...

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Ganga Ram Das Vs. Tezpur Kaibarta Co-Operativefishery Society Ltd. [1957] INSC 5 (29 January 1957)

Judgement Date : 29 Jan 1957

Citation : 1957 Latest Caselaw 5 SC

Headnote :

Section 16 of the Assam Land Revenue Regulation, 1 of 1886 outlines the definition of \"right of fishery,\" while section 155(f) grants the Provincial Government the authority to establish rules for \"the issuance of licenses or the leasing of the right to fish in the fisheries.\" In response, the S...

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Kamala Devi Vs. Bachu Lal Gupta [1957] INSC 6 (29 January 1957)

Judgement Date : 29 Jan 1957

Citation : 1957 Latest Caselaw 6 SC

Hindu Succession Act, 1956
Section 123. TPA, Transfer how effected.
Section 23. TPA, Transfer contingent on happening of specified uncertain event.

Headnote :

A Hindu widow, following an ante-nuptial promise made during her daughter\'s marriage settlement, executed a registered gift deed concerning four houses she received from a partition decree, designating them as her daughter\'s marriage dowry approximately two years post-marriage. The partition decre...

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The State of Assam Vs. A. N. Kidwai, Commissioner of Hills Division and Appeals [1957] INSC 7 (31 January 1957)

Judgement Date : 31 Jan 1957

Citation : 1957 Latest Caselaw 7 SC

Assam Excise Act, 1910
Bengal Board Of Revenue Act, 1913
Boilers Act, 1923
Central Board of Revenue Act, 1924
Constitution of India
Delegation of Powers
Delegation of Powers
Delhi Laws Act, 1912
Factories Act, 1948
Government of India Act, 1935
Motor Vehicles Act, 1939

Headnote :

The appeals made by the State of Assam and several other parties stem from various judgments issued by the High Court of Assam under Article 226 of the Constitution. These judgments annulled certain orders from the Appellate Authority, which had been appointed by the Governor of Assam through a Noti...

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