Caselaw | Supreme Court Judgements of may 1958

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Raghunath Das Vs. Gokal Chand & ANR [1958] INSC 55 (1 May 1958)

Judgement Date : 01 May 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 55 SC

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)

Headnote :

The words " specific moveable property " occurring in art. 49 Of the Indian Limitation Act can mean only such specific items of moveable property in respect of which the plaintiff is entitled to claim immediate possession in specie from the defendant who has either wrongfully taken or is w...

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Shewpujanrai Indrasanrai Ltd. Vs. The Collector of Customs & Ors [1958] INSC 56 (9 May 1958)

Judgement Date : 09 May 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 56 SC

Shri Ram Krishna Dalmia Vs. Shri Justice S. R. Tendolkar & Ors [1958] INSC 30 (28 March 1958)
R. M. D. Chamarbaugwalla Vs. The Union of India [1957] INSC 32 (9 April 1957)
F. N. Roy Vs. Collector of Customs, Calcutta [1957] INSC 48 (16 May 1957)

Headnote :

The appellant company was carrying on business as a bullion merchant and in that capacity purchased about 9478 tolas of gold. On information that the gold in question was smuggled, the customs authorities issued a notice to the appellant to the effect that the case had been placed before the Collect...

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Mazagaon Dock Ltd. Vs. The Commissioner of Income-Tax and Excess Profits Tax [1958] INSC 57 (12 May 1958)

Judgement Date : 12 May 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 57 SC

Headnote :

Under s. 42(2) Of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922, " Where a person not resident or not ordinarily resident in the taxable territories carried on business with a person resident in the taxable territories, and it appears to the Income-tax Officer that owing to the close connection between such...

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Bishan Singh & Ors Vs. Khazan Singh & ANR [1958] INSC 58 (20 May 1958)

Judgement Date : 20 May 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 58 SC

Headnote :

Upon the sale of certain village land the appellants filed a suit for pre-emption, and a compromise decree was passed allowing pre-emption provided the appellants deposited the purchase amount bv acertain date. The appellants Posited the amount and got Possession of the land. Before the appellants d...

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Gallu Sah Vs. The State of Bihar [1958] INSC 59 (20 May 1958)

Judgement Date : 20 May 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 59 SC

Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
IPC Section 109. Punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment
IPC Section 149. Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object
IPC Section 323. Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt

Headnote :

The prosecution case was that a mob Of 40-50 persons including the appellant, formed an unlawful assembly with the common objects of dismantling the hut of R, of setting fire to it and committing assault, if resisted; they assaulted some persons, and the appellant ordered one Budi to set fire to the...

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Anant Gopal Sheorey Vs. The State of Bombay [1958] INSC 60 (22 May 1958)

Judgement Date : 22 May 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 60 SC

IPC Section 477A. Falsification of accounts

Headnote :

A complaint was filed against the appellant on January 13,1953, and the Special Magistrate trying him commenced the recording of evidence on July 4, 955. During the trial the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act (26 of 955) came into force on January 2, 1956, which introduced s. 342 A in the Code...

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The State of Mysore Vs. The Workers of Gold Mines [1958] INSC 61 (22 May 1958)

Judgement Date : 22 May 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 61 SC

Headnote :

This was an appeal against an award of bonus to the workmen of the Mysore gold mining industries, then under company management. A covenant in the lease executed in favour of the companies permitted them to create a reserve fund to meet depreciation and development expenditure by contributing 150 of...

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Razia Begum Vs. Sahebzadi Anwar Begum & Ors [1958] INSC 62 (23 May 1958)

Judgement Date : 23 May 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 62 SC

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)

Headnote :

The appellant instituted a suit against the third respondent, inter alia, for a declaration that she was his lawfully married wife, alleging that though the fact of her marriage was known to all who knew him, he was trying to suppress the facts in such a way that the members of his family should con...

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Maktul Vs. Mst. Manbhari & Ors [1958] INSC 63 (23 May 1958)

Judgement Date : 23 May 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 63 SC

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)

Headnote :

Under the customary law of the Punjab property inherited by a Hindu male from his maternal grandfather is not ancestral property qua his sons. Narotam Chand v. Mst. Durga Devi, I. L. R. (1950) Punj. 1, approved. Lehna v. Musammat Thakyi, (1895) 30 P. R. I24 and Musammat Attar Kaur v. Nikkoo, (...

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Mahant Ramdhan Puri Vs. Bankey Bihari Saran & Ors [1958] INSC 64 (23 May 1958)

Judgement Date : 23 May 1958

Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 64 SC

Constitution of India
Section 76. TPA, Liabilities of mortgagee in possession.
Section 77. TPA, Receipts in lieu of interest.
Section 98. TPA,Rights and liabilities of parties to anomalous mortgages.
Transfer of Property Act, 1882

Headnote :

D executed a document in favour of M hypothecating an eight annas share in a village for the purpose of discharging a debt of Rs. 29,496 payable by him to Al. In respect of this property there was a pre-existing think in favour of j for a period of 9 years, under which D took Rs. 2,205 as peshgi mon...

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