Caselaw | Supreme Court Judgements of march 1958

Expand

O P Jindal Global University

trademarkclick

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Earnest John White Vs. Mrs. Kathleen Olive White & Ors [1958] INSC 17 (10 March 1958)

Judgement Date : 10 Mar 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 17 SC

Divorce Act, 1869

Headnote :

The appellant initiated divorce proceedings against his wife, citing her infidelity as the reason.The trial court determined that there was insufficient evidence to conclude that adultery had occurred, although it acknowledged that one of the letters contained \"a significant amount of truth.\" The...

Read full Judgement

Virsa Singh. Vs. The State of Punjab [1958] INSC 18 (11 March 1958)

Judgement Date : 11 Mar 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 18 SC

Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
IPC Section 300. Murder
IPC Section 302. Punishment for murder

Headnote :

The defendant stabbed the deceased in the abdomen with a spear.This wound resulted in the victim\'s death. According to the doctor, the injury was severe enough to lead to death under normal circumstances. The Sessions judge determined that the defendant\'s intention was to cause serious harm only....

Read full Judgement

M.P. Vs. Sundararamier & Co. Vs. The State of Andhra Pradesh & ANR [1958] INSC 19 (11 March 1958)

Judgement Date : 11 Mar 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 19 SC

Constitution of India
Delhi Laws Act, 1912

Headnote :

The petitioners were yarn dealers operating in the City of Madras, engaged in the buying and selling of yarn. Dealers from the State of Andhra would place orders with the petitioners in Madras, where the contracts were finalized, and the goods were delivered from the Madras godown before being dispa...

Read full Judgement

Re: The Kerala Education Bill, 1957 [1958] INSC 20 (15 March 1958)

Judgement Date : 15 Mar 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 20 SC

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)
Constitution of India
Delhi Laws Act, 1912
Government of India Act, 1935

Headnote :

This reference was made under Article 143(1) of the Constitution by the President of India to seek the opinion of the Supreme Court regarding certain questions about the constitutional validity of provisions in the Kerala Education Bill, 1957. This Bill had been passed by the Kerala Legislative Asse...

Read full Judgement

M/S. Kasturi And Sons (Private) Ltd. Vs. Shri N. Salivateeswaran & ANR [1958] INSC 21 (19 March 1958)

Judgement Date : 19 Mar 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 21 SC

Constitution of India

Headnote :

The first respondent was a journalist who provided news to the petitioner\'s newspaper for a fixed monthly fee. In violation of the petitioner\'s instructions, the first respondent left India, leading the petitioner to terminate their agreement. Upon returning to India, the first respondent asked th...

Read full Judgement

Bala Subrahmanya Rajaram Vs. B.C. Patil & Ors [1958] INSC 22 (19 March 1958)

Judgement Date : 19 Mar 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 22 SC

Headnote :

The Industrial Court in Bombay granted a bonus equivalent to 4 1/2 months\' wages to the employees of Tata Mills Ltd. It ordered that employees who were no longer with the Mills should receive the bonus in a single payment by a specified date, and those individuals were required to submit written cl...

Read full Judgement

Keshavlal Lallubhai Patel & Ors& Ors Vs. Lalbhai Trikumlal Mills Ltd. [1958] INSC 23 (21 March 1958)

Judgement Date : 21 Mar 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 23 SC

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)
Indian Contract Act, 1872
Section 29. Agreements void for uncertainty
Section 63. Promise may dispense with or remit performance of promise

Headnote :

The appellants entered into a contract with the respondent mills to purchase certain goods, with delivery scheduled for September and October 1942. Before the delivery period ended, a strike occurred at the mills, prompting the respondent to inform the appellants via a letter on August 15, 1942, tha...

Read full Judgement

The State of Bihar Vs. Basawan Singh [1958] INSC 24 (21 March 1958)

Judgement Date : 21 Mar 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 24 SC

Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)

Headnote :

The respondent, a police sub-inspector, faced charges for accepting a bribe of Rs. 100 from two individuals, B and P, in exchange for dropping a case he had filed against B under the Essential Supplies (Temporary Powers) Act, 1946. According to the prosecution, when the respondent\'s demand for the...

Read full Judgement

Shrimati Shantabai Vs. State of Bombay & Ors [1958] INSC 25 (24 March 1958)

Judgement Date : 24 Mar 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 25 SC

Constitution of India
Section 105. TPA, Lease defined.

Headnote :

The petitionerâ€™s husband, through an unregistered document, granted her the right to harvest all types of wood from specific forests within his Zamindary. However, following the enactment of the Madhya Pradesh Abolition of Proprietary Rights (Estates, Mahals, Alienated Lands) Act, 1950, all propri...

Read full Judgement

Raigarh Jute Mills Ltd. Vs. Eastern Railway & ANR [1958] INSC 26 (24 March 1958)

Judgement Date : 24 Mar 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 26 SC

Headnote :

The appellant company operated jute mills located in Raigarh, Madhya Pradesh, and relied on transporting raw materials from various railway booking stations outside the state, as there were no alternative transport options for bringing jute to the mills or for shipping finished products to ports for...

Read full Judgement

Chandranath Mukherjee Vs. Tusharika Debi & Ors [1958] INSC 27 (24 March 1958)

Judgement Date : 24 Mar 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 27 SC

Headnote :

The six-month time frame specified in section 5 of the Bengal Tenancy Act, within which a tenure-holder must notify the landlord of their succession or have their name updated in the rent-roll, is not a strict requirement but rather a guideline. The only consequence of failing to adhere to this time...

Read full Judgement

Workmen of Assam Co. Vs. Assam Co. Ltd. [1958] INSC 28 (28 March 1958)

Judgement Date : 28 Mar 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 28 SC

Headnote :

The appellants sought bonuses for the years 1950, 1951, and 1952, requesting an amount equivalent to six months\' wages for each year. The Industrial Tribunal, which handled the dispute, included a return on paid-up capital at 7% and on reserves at 5% when calculating the surplus available for bonus...

Read full Judgement

Seth Gulab Chand Vs. Seth Kudilal & ANR [1958] INSC 29 (28 March 1958)

Judgement Date : 28 Mar 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 29 SC

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

Headnote :

The principle that a statute should not operate retrospectively applies only when the statute\'s language leaves it unclear whether such an intention exists. If the statute\'s wording clearly indicates that it is meant to have retrospective effect, then the presumption against retrospective operatio...

Read full Judgement

Shri Ram Krishna Dalmia Vs. Shri Justice S. R. Tendolkar & Ors [1958] INSC 30 (28 March 1958)

Judgement Date : 28 Mar 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 30 SC

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)
Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952
Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952

Matajog Dobey Vs. H. C. Bhari [1955] INSC 61 (31 October 1955)

Headnote :

Exercising the authority granted by Section 3 of the Commissions of Enquiry Act, 1952, the Central Government issued a notification on December 11, 1956, establishing a Commission of Inquiry to investigate and report on specific companies listed in the attached Schedule, as well as the nature and ex...

Read full Judgement

Kapur Chand Pokhraj Vs. The State of Bombay [1958] INSC 31 (28 March 1958)

Judgement Date : 28 Mar 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 31 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 :

The appellant was registered under the Bombay Sales Tax Act of 1946. He maintained two sets of accounting records and knowingly submitted false returns to the Sales Tax Officer for the period from September 30, 1950, to March 31, 1951, thus committing an offense under Section 24(1)(b) of the Act.Acc...

Read full Judgement

Babulal Bhuramal & ANR Vs. Nandram Shivram & Ors [1958] INSC 32 (31 March 1958)

Judgement Date : 31 Mar 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 32 SC

Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947
Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947

Headnote :

A, who was a tenant of N, sublet the premises to B and C. N initiated a lawsuit for eviction against A, B, and C in the Court of Small Causes, Bombay, citing illegal subletting as the reason. The court ruled in favor of N. Subsequently, A, B, and C filed a new suit in the Bombay City Civil Court see...

Read full Judgement

Gordhandas Purshottamdas Sonawala & ANR Vs. The Eastern Cotton Company [1958] INSC 33 (31 March 1958)

Judgement Date : 31 Mar 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 33 SC

Bombay Cotton Contracts Act, 1932

Headnote :

Sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Bombay Cotton Contracts Act, 1932, states: \"Except as provided in this Act, any contract... entered into after the commencement of this Act that does not comply with the by-laws of any recognized cotton association shall be deemed void.\" In relation to the cott...

Read full Judgement

Kanhaiyalal Vs. Dr. D. R. Banaji & Ors [1958] INSC 34 (31 March 1958)

Judgement Date : 31 Mar 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 34 SC

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)

Headnote :

The appellant purchased the property at a revenue sale conducted under the Berar Land Revenue Code, 1928, to recover outstanding land revenue. At the time of the attachment and sale, the property was under the control of a Receiver appointed by the Bombay High Court in accordance with Order 40, Rule...

Read full Judgement

«
1
»

Download the LatestLaws.com Mobile App

Join latestlaws whatsapp group

Publish Your Article

Campus Ambassador

Media Partner

Campus Buzz

LatestLaws.com presents: Lexidem Offline Internship Program, 2026

LatestLaws.com presents 'Lexidem Online Internship, 2026', Apply Now!

start up India

About us Events Awards Workshops Contact us Grievance Cell Disclaimer Hyperlinking Policy Privacy Policy Advertise Media Partner Legal FAQs