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Nishi Kant Jha Vs. State of Blihar [1968] INSC 304 (2 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 02 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 304 SC

CrPC Section 342. Power to order court
IPC Section 201. Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender

Headnote :

The appellant faced charges for the murder of a fellow student in a railway compartment. He was observed washing blood-stained clothing and bathing in a river. Subsequently, he was taken to the village Mukhiya, where he provided a statement and signed it. In this statement, he acknowledged being pre...

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K. Manickchand & Ors Vs. Elias Saleh Mohamed Salt & Ors [1968] INSC 305 (3 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 03 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 305 SC

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)

Headnote :

The appellants\' predecessor-in-interest initiated a lawsuit based on two mortgages, claiming a total of Rs. 51,200 for principal and interest on the first mortgage and Rs. 60,200 on the second mortgage. The trial court, referencing section 17 of the Mysore Money Lenders Act, 1939, determined that t...

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Payment of Wages Inspector Vs. Surajmal Mehta & ANR [1968] INSC 306 (3 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 03 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 306 SC

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
Payment of Wages Act, 1936
Payment of Wages Act, 1936

Headnote :

The State Electricity Board canceled a company\'s license and took control of its operations. The first respondent, who was the company\'s director, notified the employees that their services were no longer needed. In response, the appellant submitted an application under section 15(2) of the Paymen...

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Kaushalya Devi & Ors Vs. Shri K.L. Bansal [1968] INSC 307 (3 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 03 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 307 SC

Headnote :

The appellant-plaintiffs initiated a lawsuit in February 1956 seeking to evict the respondent on the basis that they needed the premises for their own use, that the defendant already possessed a suitable house, and that the respondent had failed to pay rent. After the defendant submitted a written s...

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B. Shankara Rao Badami & Ors Vs. State of Mysore & ANR [1968] INSC 308 (4 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 04 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 308 SC

Constitution of India
West Bengal Land Development and Planning Act, 1948

State of Madras Vs. D. Namasivaya Mudaliar & Ors [1964] INSC 53 (3 March 1964)

Headnote :

According to a notification issued under section 1(4) of the Mysore (Personal and Miscellaneous) Inams Abolition Act, 1954, the Inam villages belonging to the petitioners were transferred to the State of Mysore. The petitioner contested the legality of the Act on two grounds: (1) the compensation st...

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P. Bhooma Reddy Vs. State of Mysore & Ors [1968] INSC 309 (5 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 05 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 309 SC

Registration Act, 1908
Registration Act, 1908

Headnote :

The appellant was the top bidder for the exclusive right to retail toddy and arrack for the year 1968-69, covering a group of 1168 shops across 19 tehsils in the districts of Raichur and Gulbarga. He made the necessary monetary deposits as stipulated by rules 7(f) and 10 of the Mysore Excise (Dispos...

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Soli Pestonji Majoo & Ors Vs. Gangadhar Khemka [1968] INSC 310 (6 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 06 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 310 SC

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)

Headnote :

The owner of a property took out three mortgages in favor of three different individuals on three separate occasions. The first mortgagee initiated legal proceedings, including the two subsequent mortgagees as parties to the case. A decree was issued against the mortgagor in accordance with Form 9,...

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Union of India Vs. Radha Kissen Agarwalla & ANR [1968] INSC 311 (6 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 06 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 311 SC

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)
Provident Funds Act, 1925
Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920

Headnote :

B was employed by the East India Railway and was a member of the State Railway Provident Fund. He chose to be governed by the Provident Fund Sterling Account Rules, which stipulated that his provident fund would be paid out in sterling upon retirement. In August 1947 and again after his retirement i...

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Koteswar Vittal Kamath Vs. K. Rangapa Baliga & Co [1968] INSC 312 (9 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 09 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 312 SC

Constitution of India
Government of India Act, 1935

Headnote :

The Vegetable Oils and Oilseeds (Forward Contracts Prohibition) Order. 1119 M.E. prohibiting inter alia forward trading in coconut oil, was promulgated by the Maharaja of Cochin State in 1944. The Order continued in force under various Cochin Laws including Proclamation 5 of 1122 and Act 8 of 1122....

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State of Mysore & ANR Vs. D. Achiah Chetty [1968] INSC 313 (11 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 11 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 313 SC

Land Acquisition Act, 1894
Land Acquisition Act, 1894

Headnote :

In Mysore there were two Acts bearing on acquisition of private land for public purposes, namely, the Mysore Land Acquisition Act, 1894, and City of Bangalore Improvement Act, 1945. A notification under s. 4 of the Mysore Land Acquisition Act, 1894, was issued for acquisition of the respondents'...

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T. S. Baliah Vs. T. S. Rengachari [1968] INSC 314 (12 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 12 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 314 SC

General Clauses Act, 1897
Income Tax Act, 1961
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)

Headnote :

In respect of the appellant's assessment to income-tax for three years from 1958-59 to 1960-61, the respondent filed three complaint petitions before the Chief Presidency Magistrate, Madras, at the instance of the Inspecting Assistant Commissioner, charging the appellant with having committed of...

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Official Trustee, West Bengal & Ors Vs. Sachindra Nath Chatterjee & ANR [1968] INSC 315 (13 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 13 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 315 SC

Indian Trusts Act, 1882
Official Trustees Act, 1913

Headnote :

The father of the first respondent executed a trust deed in 1930, in respect of properties owned by him. The deed provided inter alia, that the settlor would be trustee during his life time, that from and after his death, his wife should be paid Rs. 50 per mensem from the profits of the trust estate...

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Sugra Bibi Vs. Hazi Kummu Mia [1968] INSC 316 (13 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 13 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 316 SC

Headnote :

E executed a Wakf deed in November 1936 in respect of his property valued at Rs. 30,000 and appointed his son S and his son-in-law, the respondent, as the Joint Mutwallis. It was provided in the deed that upon the death of either of them, the survivor was to, be the sole Mutwalli and would have powe...

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Union of India, Vs. Motilal Padampat Sugar Mills Co. (P) Ltd. [1968] INSC 317 (13 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 13 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 317 SC

Headnote :

The Railway enhanced the haulage charges for shunting operations done at the assisted siding provided for the respondent's factory. The respondent filed a complaint to the Railway Rates Tribunal under s. 41 (1) (e) of the Railways Act which provides that the Tribunal shall decide any complaint o...

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Rohtas Industries Ltd. Vs. S.D. Agarwal & ANR [1968] INSC 318 (16 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 16 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 318 SC

Indian Electricity Act, 1910
Indian Electricity Act, 1910
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)

Headnote :

On May 20, 1960, Albion Plywoods Ltd. resolved at a general meeting to convert its preference shares into ordinary shares. M/s. Sahu Jains were its managing agents. Some time before, in April 1960, New Central Jute Mills Co. Ltd. had sold the preference shares of Albion Plywoods which it was hold...

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In Re: Sushanta Goswami & Ors Vs. [1968] INSC 319 (17 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 17 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 319 SC

Constitution of India
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)

Headnote :

The petitioners were detained under the Preventive Detention Act, 1950. They filed a petition for Habeas Corpus under Art. 32 of the Constitution. The Court considered their cases individually in the light -of the grounds of detention supplied to them.

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In The Matter of Madhu Limaye & Ors Vs. [1968] INSC 320 (18 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 18 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 320 SC

Constitution of India
CrPC Section 107. Security for keeping the peace in other cases
CrPC Section 117. Order to give security
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
IPC Section 143. Punishment

Ram Narayan Singh Vs. The State of Delhi & Ors [1953] INSC 19 (12 March 1953)

Headnote :

The petitioners were arrested on November 6, 1968 at a railway station in Bihar. According to the Sub-Inspector's report recorded in the general diary they had taken out a procession in defiance of a prohibitory order under s. 144 Cr. P.C. and had been arrested under s. 151 Cr. P.C. It was state...

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Workmen of Gujarat Electricity Board, Baroda Vs. The Gujarat Electricity Board, Baroda [1968] INSC 321 (19 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 19 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 321 SC

Headnote :

Over 9,000 employees of the Respondent Board, represented by seven Unions, demanded an increase in the dearness allowance payable to them, the payment of gratuity to some employees, and the calculation of pension payable to other employees after adding 50% of the dearness allowance. Six of the Union...

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Kangra Valley Slate Co. Ltd. Vs. State of Punjab & Ors [1968] INSC 322 (19 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 19 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 322 SC

Headnote :

Rule 28(1) of the Mines Concession Rules, 1960 (as it stood in 1961) provided that applications for renewal of a mining lease shall be made -,It least six months before expiry of the lease. The appellant whose mining lease was to expire on March 22, 1962 made an application for renewal of the lease....

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Pierce Leslie & Co. Ltd. Vs. Violet Ouchterlony Wapshare & Ors [1968] INSC 323 (20 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 20 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 323 SC

Government of India Act, 1935

Headnote :

One W owned several tea, coffee and other. plantations. In 1927, he formed a limited company and conveyed his estates to the company. All the shares of the company were held by him and the members of his family. The company borrowed Rs. 10 1/2 lakhs from the Imperial Bank of India 'against the i...

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Ramarao & ANR Vs. Narayan & ANR [1968] INSC 324 (20 December 1968)

Judgement Date : 20 Dec 1968

Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 324 SC

CrPC Section 195. Prosecution for contempt of lawful authority of public servants, for offences against public justice and for offences relating to documents given in evidence
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
Maharashtra Co-Operative Societies Act, 1960

Headnote :

The Nagpur District Land Development Bank Ltd. was registered as a society under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960. There was dispute as to whether one 'M' had been elected as a member of the Bank at a meeting of the Board of Directors. The Registrar of Cooperative Societies re...

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