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The State of Saurashtra Vs. Memon Haji Ismail Haji [1959] INSC 100 (4 August 1959)

Judgement Date : 04 Aug 1959

Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 100 SC

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)

Headnote :

The lawsuit that led to the current appeal was initially filed by the respondent against the State of Junagadh, which was later replaced by the State of Saurashtra. The respondent sought a declaration that the Administrator\'s order dated October 1, 1948, which resumed the immovable property in ques...

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Messrs. Godrej & Company, Bombay Vs. Commissioner of Income-Tax, Bombay [1959] INSC 101 (4 August 1959)

Judgement Date : 04 Aug 1959

Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 101 SC

Headnote :

On December 8, 1933, an agreement was made appointing the appellant firm as the managing agent of a limited company for a thirty-year term starting November 9, 1933. Clause 2 of this agreement outlined the managing agent\'s remuneration. Some shareholders and directors believed that the remuneration...

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Sri Rajah Velugoti Venkata Sesha Varda Raja Gopala Krish Vs. The State of Andhra Pradesh [1959] INSC 102 (14 August 1959)

Judgement Date : 14 Aug 1959

Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 102 SC

Constitution of India
Government of India Act, 1935

Headnote :

The main issue to be resolved in these appeals, which stem from writ petitions submitted to the High Court, concerns the legitimacy of an order issued by the Board of Revenue (Andhra) that terminated the appellant\'s lease for certain state quarries located in the Venkatagiri Estate. This estate was...

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The Hindustan Forest Company Vs. Lal Chand & Ors [1959] INSC 103 (19 August 1959)

Judgement Date : 19 Aug 1959

Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 103 SC

Headnote :

In a contract for the sale of goods, the buyer made an advance payment towards the total price of the goods to be supplied, and the sellers subsequently delivered various quantities of goods. The buyer continued to make additional payments towards the price after the goods had been delivered. The fi...

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Gullapalli Nageswara Rao Vs. The State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors [1959] INSC 104 (21 August 1959)

Judgement Date : 21 Aug 1959

Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 104 SC

Headnote :

The appellants were engaged in the motor transport business in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. The General Manager of the State Transport Undertaking announced a plan for the nationalization of motor transport and invited objections to this plan. The appellants, along with others, submitted their...

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Shiva Jute Baling Limited Vs. Hindley And Company Limited [1959] INSC 105 (21 August 1959)

Judgement Date : 21 Aug 1959

Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 105 SC

Arbitration (Protocol and Convention) Act, 1937
Indian Contract Act, 1872
Section 74. Compensation of breach of contract where penalty stipulated for

Headnote :

The appellant company, which is incorporated in India, entered into a contract on June 18, 1945, with the respondent company, incorporated in England and based in London, for the supply of five hundred bales of jute. The contract stipulated that if there was a failure to tender or deliver, the selle...

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Gohar Begam Vs. Suggi Alias Nazma Begam & Ors [1959] INSC 106 (27 August 1959)

Judgement Date : 27 Aug 1959

Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 106 SC

Headnote :

An unmarried Sunni Muslim mother of an illegitimate daughter submitted a request under Section 49I of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the recovery of her child from the respondents.It was determined that, according to Mohammedan Law, the mother of an illegitimate female child has the right to cus...

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Rm.Nl. Ramaswami Chettiar & Ors Vs. The Official Receiver, Ramanathapuram Art Madurai & Ors [1959] INSC 107 (28 August 1959)

Judgement Date : 28 Aug 1959

Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 107 SC

Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909
Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920
Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920

Headnote :

On May 91, 1935, an individual named V obtained a decree against R and subsequently assigned it to his mother, M. M then filed a request to be recognized as the assignee and sought execution of the decree, which was addressed on September 27, 1937. In 1939, V was declared insolvent on the basis that...

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Babulal Parate Vs. The State of Bombay & ANR [1959] INSC 108 (28 August 1959)

Judgement Date : 28 Sep 1959

Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 108 SC

Constitution of India
States Reorganisation Act, 1956

Headnote :

A Bill was presented in the House of the People based on the report from the States Reorganisation Commission and as recommended by the President under the proviso to Article 3 of the Constitution. This Bill proposed the creation of three distinct entities: (1) the Union Territory of Bombay, (2) Mah...

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