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Mahant Bhagwan Bhagat Vs. G. N. Bhugat & Ors [1972] INSC 1 (4 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 04 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 1 SC

Headnote :

Three aspects have to be borne in mind in connection with the question of succession to the office of a mohunt : (i) if the rounder or endower has laid down any particular rule of succession, that is to be given effect to; (ii) in the absence of the above the usage of the particular institution, is...

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Union of India & Ors Vs. M. Ravi Varma & Ors [1972] INSC 2 (4 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 04 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 2 SC

Constitution of India

Headnote :

In order to provide for the seniority of Central Government servants displaced from Pakistan the Home Ministry by Office Memorandum dated June 22, 1949 laid down that the seniority of all Central Government servants in the same grade shall be governed by the length of their service in that grade....

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S. G. Mercantile Corpn. (P) Ltd. Vs. The C.I.T., Calcutta [1972] INSC 3 (4 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 04 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 3 SC

Headnote :

The appellant company was formed with the object, inter alia, to purchase, take on lease or otherwise acquire and to hold, cultivate, improve, lease, sell, exchange, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of lands or houses and other real and personal property and to deal with the same commercially. The com...

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S. Vs. Kandaskar Vs. V. N. Deshpande & ANR [1972] INSC 4 (4 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 04 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 4 SC

Headnote :

A company (in liquidation) was ordered by the High Court to be wound up and the official liquidator was appointed its liquidator. Thereafter the I.T.O. issued notices under s. 148 of I.T. Act proposing to reopen the assessment of the Company in respect of the assessment years 1950-51 to 1955 56....

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S. L. Goswami Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh [1972] INSC 5 (4 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 04 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 5 SC

CrPC Section 342. Power to order court

Headnote :

The appellant was Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in the Medical College Jabalpur. In connection with a research project to be carried out by him in collaboration with the Atomic EnergyCommission a Double Distillation Apparatus was purchased from Messrs S. K. Bi...

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State of Punjab Vs. M/S. Associated Hotels of India Ltd. [1972] INSC 6 (4 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 04 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 6 SC

Headnote :

The respondent-company was running the business of a hotelier and was registered as a dealer under the Punjab General Sales Tax Act, 1948. It applied for a declaration that it was not liable to sales-tax in respect of meals served to the guests staying in the hotel on the grounds that : (1) the hote...

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Deputy Asstt. Iron & Steel Controller & ANR Vs. L. Manickchand, Proprietor, Katrella Metalcorpn [1972] INSC 7 (5 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 05 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 7 SC

Headnote :

In December, 1968 the respondent applied for an import licence for importing stainless steel for the licensing period 1968-69. The registration certificate certified that he was engaged in the manufacture of hospital and surgical instruments and household utensils of stainless steel. According to th...

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Mohd. Maqbool Damnoo Vs. State of Jammu and Kashmir [1972] INSC 8 (5 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 05 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 8 SC

Constitution of India
Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir

Headnote :

Under the Explanation to Article 37U(1) as originally enacted the Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir meant the person for the time being recognised by the President of India as Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir acting on the advice of his Council of Ministers., In 1952 the Constituent Assembly...

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Maharashtra State Electricity Board and Thestate of Maharas Vs. Nagpur Electric Light and Power Company Ltd.& ANR [1972] INSC 9 (7 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 07 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 9 SC

Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948
Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948
Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948
Indian Electricity Act, 1910
Indian Electricity Act, 1910

Headnote :

On May 4, 1905 a licence was granted tinder s. 4(1) of' the Indian Electricity Act, 1903 to Crompton & Co. Ltd. for the supply of electricity in the municipal area of Nagpur. A notification granting the above license was published in the Central Provinces Gazette on May 6, 1905. The license...

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State of Uttar Pradesh Vs. Samman Dass [1972] INSC 10 (11 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 11 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 10 SC

Constitution of India
CrPC Section 342. Power to order court
CrPC Section 374. Appeals from convictions

Headnote :

The fact that the High Court, in a reference under S. 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, has to appraise the evidence for itself and has to arrive at its own independent conclusion would not prevent this Court from interfering with the order of the High Court if the High Court reverses the judgm...

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Delhi Cloth & General Mills Co. Vs. Ludh Budh Singh [1972] INSC 11 (11 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 11 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 11 SC

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

State Bank of India Vs. R. K. Jain & Ors [1971] INSC 253 (17 September 1971)
M/S. Bharat Sugar Mills Ltd. Vs. Shri Jai Singh & Ors [1961] INSC 275 (20 September 1961)

Headnote :

An inquiry was held into certain allegations of misconduct against the respondent, who was an employee of the appellant, and the Enquiry Officer made a report holding that the allegations had been proved. The appellant accepted the report and decided to dismiss him. Since an industrial dispute betwe...

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Talkeshwari Devi Vs. Ram Ran Bikat Prasad Singh & ANR [1972] INSC 12 (12 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 12 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 12 SC

Indian Succession Act, 1925

Headnote :

By clause 4 of a will the testator bequeathed to his granddaughters T and S an absolute right in the properties that were to devolve on them after the death of his wife., Clause 5 further provided that if one of the two granddaughters were to die issueless the other living grand daughter was to ente...

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Nagendra Nath Mondal Vs. The State of West Bengal [1972] INSC 13 (13 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 13 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 13 SC

Constitution of India
IPC Section 425. Mischief
Preventive Detention Act, 1950

Headnote :

The petitioner was detained under the West Bengal Prevention of Violent Activities Act, 1970. The grounds for detention stated that he, along with others, on two, occasions, entered the premises of educational institutions, set fire to books, registers, furniture etc., placed bombs in the building a...

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Agrawal Trading Corporation & Ors Vs. Collector of Customs & Ors [1972] INSC 14 (17 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 17 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 14 SC

Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)

Headnote :

The appellant, a partnership firm having 2 partners, carried, on business of importers and exporters, etc. The Cashier of the firm handed over a wooden case, to the Swiss Airways at Dum Dum for being sent to Hong Kong by air. According to the consignment note, the consignment was being sent by on...

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Dharmadeo Rai Vs. Ramnagina Rai [1972] INSC 15 (18 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 18 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 15 SC

Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
IPC Section 188. Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant

Headnote :

A private complaint in connection with the forgery of a zerpeshgi lease and its registration under the Indian Registration Act was filed against several persons including the appellant. The appellant was acquitted by the trial court. In an appeal filed by the complainant the High Court convicted the...

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State of Tamil Nadu & Ors Vs. S. K. Krishnamurthi, [1972] INSC 16 (18 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 18 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 16 SC

Headnote :

In furtherance of the policy of the appellant-State to nationalise textbooks for schools, directions were issued to District Collectors and Local Board authorities that they should intimate publishers of the text-books which were prescribed for the year 1969-70, that, after the end of the school yea...

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State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors Vs. Raja Jitendra Singh [1972] INSC 17 (18 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 17 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 17 SC

Headnote :

The he Uttar Pradesh Large Land Holdings Tax Act No. 31 of 1957 came into force on 1 July 1957. The Rules under the Act were published in the U.P. Gazette Extraordinary dated 23 November 1957. Rule 6-A was added to the Rules by in amendment on 23 April 1958. Rule 6-A states that where any land holdi...

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Commissioner of Wealth Tax, West Bengal Vs. Champa Kumari Singhi & Ors [1972] INSC 18 (19 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 19 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 18 SC

Constitution of India
Hindu Succession Act, 1956
Wealth Tax Act, 1957

Headnote :

The High Court held that the assessee, a Jain undivided family was not a Hindu undivided family within the meaning of section 3 of Wealth Tax Act, 1957. According to the High Court, in order to form a Hindu undivided family its members must be Hindus; the assessee family being Jains were not Hindus...

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Balkishandas & Ors Vs. State Bank of Hyderabad & ANR [1972] INSC 19 (20 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 20 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 19 SC

Constitution of India

Headnote :

Respondent 1, a bank, filed a suit against appellants Nos. 1 to 4, members of a joint family, for the recovery of Rs. 5 lakhs on the basis of a mortgage deed executed in favour of the bank, by securing certain immovable properties without possession. Defendant No. 5 became a guarantor for the amo...

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Ziley Singh, Vs. Registrar, Cane Cooperative Societies, Lucknow & Ors [1972] INSC 20 (20 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 20 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 20 SC

Co-operative Societies Act, 1912
U.P. Co-operative Societies Act, 1965
U.P. Co-operative Societies Rules, 1968

Headnote :

Under s. 32 of the U.P. Cooperative Societies Act, 1965 the business to be conducted at the annual general meeting of a society includes inter alia election of the committee of management of the society. Under Rule 409 of the Act namely the Cooperative Societies Rules, 1967 a Cooperative society may...

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I.C. I. (India) Private Ltd. Vs. C. I. T., West Bengal [1972] INSC 21 (20 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 20 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 21 SC

Headnote :

After negotiations in 1953 with the concerned Department of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank, a Company, incorporated in U.K. advanced large sums by way of loans to its subsidiary in India, namely the assessee, for subscribing for shares in some Indian Companies. The correspondence showe...

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Gouri Shankar Jha Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors [1972] INSC 22 (20 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 20 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 22 SC

CrPC Section 167. Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours.
IPC Section 395. Punishment for dacoity

Headnote :

In the appeal against the order of the High Court dismissing the appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus the appellant urged that he was not produced before a magistrate within 24 hours after his arrest as required by s. 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure or even later; that he was n...

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Ujjal Mandal Vs. State of West Bengal [1972] INSC 23 (21 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 21 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 23 SC

Constitution of India
Preventive Detention Act, 1950
West Bengal (Prevention Of Violent Activities) Act, 1970

Headnote :

The petitioner was arrested on May 11, 1971, under s. 3 of the West Bengal (Prevention of Violent Activities) Act, 1970. His case was placed before the Advisory Board and the Board submitted its report to the State Government on July 12, 1971 that there was sufficient cause for the petitioner's...

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Sammbhu Nath Jha Vs. Kedar Prasad Sinha & Ors [1972] INSC 24 (24 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 24 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 24 SC

Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952
Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952
Constitution of India

Headnote :

The appellant who was a minister in the State Government of Bihar issued to the press a copy of the notification published in the Bihar Gazette Extraordinary dated March 12, 1968 whereby an inquiry had been instituted, among others, against a former minister of the State Government. According to...

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Chigurupati Venkata Subbayya & Ors Vs. Paladuga Anjayya & Ors [1972] INSC 25 (24 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 24 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 25 SC

Headnote :

A suit by the respondents for a declaration that certain lands were communal lands was decreed by the High Court in appeal. In appeal to this Court, it was contended that : (1) the Collector held under s. 20A of the Madras Estates Land Act, 1908, that the lands were no longer required for the pur...

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Tribeni Devi & Ors Vs. Collector of Ranchi [1972] INSC 26 (25 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 25 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 26 SC

Headnote :

According to the general principles set out in sections 23 and 24 of the Land Acquision Act, 1894, for determining compensation, the compensation payable to the owner of the land is the market value which is determined by reference to the price which a seller might reasonable expect to obtain from a...

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Govind Hanumantha Rao Desai Vs. Nagappa Alias Narahari Laxman Rao Deshpande & Ors [1972] INSC 27 (25 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 25 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 27 SC

Shrinivas Krishnarao Kango Vs. Narayan Devji Kango & Ors [1954] INSC 32 (23 March 1954)

Headnote :

The appellant was adopted in 1955 by R's widow after R's death in 1912. In 1933, there was a partition between K (R's father) and his third son L, the only two coparceners existing at that time. Thereafter, K. bequeathed his properties by will to some of his relations. Later, there was a...

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M/S. Jethmull Bhojraj Vs. State of Bihar & Ors [1972] INSC 28 (25 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 25 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 28 SC

Land Acquisition Act, 1894
Land Acquisition Act, 1894

Headnote :

In 1954 the lands in dispute were notified under the Indian Forests, Act, 1927. Later, in order to, acquire and include them in the adjoining Government forest, Government notified them under s. 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Government also took action under s. 17(4) of the Act, dispensed...

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Jaipur Udyog Ltd. Vs. Cement Work Karmachari Sangh, Sahu Nagar [1972] INSC 29 (28 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 28 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 29 SC

Headnote :

The appellant, a public Limited Company, had a Cement Factory and at a distance, a limestone quarry. it had two standing orders for the workman employed in the factory and in the quarries. Upto April, 1967, both sets of standing orders provided for superannuation of the workmen at the age of 55 with...

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Parle Products (P) Ltd. Vs. J. P. & Co. Mysore [1972] INSC 30 (28 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 28 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 30 SC

Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958
Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958

Headnote :

The appellants filed a suit for an injunction restraining the respondents from infringing their registered trade mark used on packets of biscuits manufactured by them, The suit was dismissed by the trial court and the High Court. Allowing the appeal to this Court,

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State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors Vs. U.S.V. Balram [1972] INSC 31 (28 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 28 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 31 SC

Headnote :

Admission to the integrated M.B.B.S. Course in the government medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh was from two sources, namely, those who had passed the pre-University Course and those who had passed the Higher Secondary Course (Multi-purpose) and a student from either course had to appear at a compe...

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State of Madhya Pradesh Vs. M/S. Saith & Skelton (P) Ltd. [1972] INSC 32 (28 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 28 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 32 SC

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)
Limitation Act, 1963
Sale of Goods Act, 1930

Vithal Das Vs. Rupchand & Ors [1966] INSC 102 (7 April 1966)

Headnote :

Disputes having arisen between the appellant and the respondent with reference to the performance of a contract which provided for arbitration, steps were taken to appoint arbitrators and an umpire. The appellant filed a petition in the District Judge's Court, having jurisdiction over the matter...

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Devidas Vithaldas & Co. Vs. C.I.T., Bombay City [1972] INSC 33 (28 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 28 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 33 SC

Headnote :

P and A carried on business. as Chartered accountants in the name of D.V. & Co.. On P retiring from partnership a deed of dissolution was executed which provided that the business would be carried on by A. By clause 2 of the deed, P, who owned the rights and interest in the goodwill, "agree...

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Vidya Ram Mishra Vs. Managing Committee, Shri Jai Narain College [1972] INSC 34 (31 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 31 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 34 SC

Headnote :

The appellant joined as a lecturer in a College in U.P. On the hub ,of certain complaints received by the Manager of the College, charges were framed against him and his explanation, was called for. He submitted an explanation. The explanation was found unsatisfactory and the Managing Committee p...

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Ishar Das Vs. State of Punjab [1972] INSC 35 (31 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 31 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 35 SC

Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
IPC Section 420. Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954
Prevention Of Food Adulteration Act, 1954
Probation of Offenders Act, 1958

Rattan Lal Vs. State of Punjab [1964] INSC 119 (10 April 1964)

Headnote :

The appellant, who was less than 20 years was convicted for an offence under s. 7(1) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, and was ordered to furnish a bond under s. 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958. The High Court revised the sentence, because s. 16 of the Prevention of Food Ad...

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Bhagat Ram Vs. State of Rajasthan [1972] INSC 36 (31 January 1972)

Judgement Date : 31 Jan 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 36 SC

CrPC Section 342. Power to order court
CrPC Section 403. Option of court to hear parties
CrPC Section 429. Saving
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
IPC Section 120B. Punishment of criminal conspiracy
IPC Section 347. Wrongful confinement to extort property, or constrain to illegal act
IPC Section 389. Putting person in fear of accusation of offence, in order to commit extortion
IPC Section 420. Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property

Pritam Singh Vs. The State [1950] INSC 11 (5 May 1950)

Headnote :

An Inspector of Police was charged with offenses under ss. 120B, 161, 218, 347 and 389 I.P.C. and also under s. 5(1) (a) read with s. 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Another accused was charged along with him for offenses under ss. 120B and 165A, I.P.C. The trial court acquitted both...

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State of U.P. Vs. Sayed Abdul Jalil [1972] INSC 37 (1 February 1972)

Judgement Date : 01 Feb 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 37 SC

Headnote :

Pursuant to an order by a Muslim ruler of an erstwhile princely-State, the respondent was allotted a house and he was living in it. After the merger of the princely-State with the appellant-State, rent was demanded from the respondent and he filed a suit for a declaration that be was the owner in po...

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Himalaya House Co. Ltd. Bombay Vs. Chief Controlling Revenue Authority [1972] INSC 38 (1 February 1972)

Judgement Date : 01 Feb 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 38 SC

Bombay Stamp Act, 1958
Bombay Stamp Act, 1958
Indian Stamp Act, 1899
Indian Stamp Act, 1899
Indian Stamp Act, 1899
Indian Stamp Act, 1899

Headnote :

The lessee of a plot of land from Government sub-leased it and the sub-lessee built a building on it consisting of Rats, shops and offices. The sub-lessee assigned the rights of occupation of those flats etc. under various .agreements. Thereafter, the appellant-company was incorporated and the su...

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Haru Das Gupta Vs. State of West Bengal [1972] INSC 39 (1 February 1972)

Judgement Date : 01 Feb 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 39 SC

Constitution of India

Headnote :

The petitioner was arrested and detained on February 5, 1971 under' s. 3 of the West Bengal (Prevention of Violent Activities) Act, 1970. After receipt of the report of the Advisory Board, the St-ate Government confirmed the detention order on May 5, 1971. On the question whether the confirma...

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N. E. Horo Vs. Jahan Ara Jaipal Singh [1972] INSC 40 (2 February 1972)

Judgement Date : 02 Feb 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 40 SC

Divorce Act, 1869
Representation of the People Act, 1951

Headnote :

The respondent, who was a Tamil by birth and Christian by religion, had married a member of the Munda Schedule Tribe in the State of Bihar. On the death of her husband, who was a member of the Lok Sabha, she stood for election from a Parliamentary (Schedule Tribe) Constituency in the State. Anoth...

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Anal Chandra Banarjee Vs. The State of West Bengal [1972] INSC 41 (2 February 1972)

Judgement Date : 02 Feb 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 41 SC

IPC Section 307. Attempt to murder
West Bengal (Prevention Of Violent Activities) Act, 1970

Headnote :

The petitioner was detained under s. 3(i) and (iii) of the West Bengal (Prevention of Violent Activities) Act, 1970. The first and the second ground of detention served on him mentioned two incidents of theft and throwing of bombs with intent to kill said to have been committed in the yard of Nai...

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Ram Krishna Paul Vs. The Govt. of West Bengal & Ors [1972] INSC 42 (3 February 1972)

Judgement Date : 03 Feb 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 42 SC

Constitution of India

Headnote :

The petitioner was detained under section 6 of the West Bengal Prevention of Violent Activities Act, 1970. One of the grounds of detention which was supplied to the petitioner under sub-section (1) of section 8 was that he along with his associates went to a pharmacy posing himself as a purchaser of...

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Ananta Mukhi, @ Ananta Hari Vs. State of West Bengal [1972] INSC 43 (3 February 1972)

Judgement Date : 03 Feb 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 43 SC

Arms Act, 1959
Constitution of India
CrPC Section 110. Security for good behaviour from habitual offenders
Delegation of Powers
Delegation of Powers
Explosive Substances Act, 1908
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
IPC Section 425. Mischief
Preventive Detention Act, 1950

State of West Bengal Vs. Ashok Dey & Ors [1971] INSC 315 (19 November 1971)

Headnote :

Petitioner, through Jail, filed a writ petition under art. 32 for a writ of babe as corpus. He was ordered to be detained u/s. 3 of West Bengal (Prevention of Violent Activities) Act, 1970, with a view to preventing him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the security of the State or the mai...

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Daud Ahmed Vs. District Magistrate, Allahabad & Ors [1972] INSC 44 (4 February 1972)

Judgement Date : 04 Feb 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 44 SC

Constitution of India

Headnote :

The petitioner owned premises which were in the occupation of a tenant. The tenant vacated the premises and delivered possession to the petitioner who moved into actual occupation and informed the authorities. Thereafter, the District Magistrate passed an order of requisition of these premises, with...

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R. L. Kapur Vs. State of Madras [1972] INSC 45 (8 February 1972)

Judgement Date : 08 Feb 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 45 SC

General Clauses Act, 1897
IPC Section 41. Special law
IPC Section 5. Certain laws not to be affected by this Act
IPC Section 70. Fine levied within six years, or during imprisonment- Death not to discharge property from liability

Headnote :

The appeal is directed against the order of the High Court of Madras directing a sum of Rs. 500/- deposited in the High Court as security for the appellants appearance before it in certain contempt of Court proceedings, to be adjusted against the fine imposed upon him in those proceedings. The conte...

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Ishwar Das Malhotra Vs. Union of India & Ors [1972] INSC 46 (8 February 1972)

Judgement Date : 08 Feb 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 46 SC

Constitution of India
CrPC Section 432. Power to suspend or remit sentences
Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946
Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946
Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946
Jammu And Kashmir (Extension Of Laws) Act, 1956

Headnote :

By the Constitution (Application to Jammu & Kashmir) Order, 1954, one of the entries on which Parliament could make laws was Entry 80 of List I of the Seventh Schedule, dealing With 'Extension of the powers and jurisdiction of members of a police force belonging to any State to any area outs...

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Shyam Lal Sharma, Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh [1972] INSC 47 (9 February 1972)

Judgement Date : 09 Feb 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 47 SC

CrPC Section 103. Magistrate may direct search in his presence
CrPC Section 165. Search by police officer
CrPC Section 173. Report of police officer on completion of investigation
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
IPC Section 342. Punishment for wrongful Confinement
IPC Section 353. Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty

Headnote :

Because of allegations that the Inspector of a traffic barrier was demanding bribe from a lorry driver a trap was arranged. It was led by a Circle Inspector (P.W. 1). The decoy witness handed over Rs. 40 in currency notes to constable N inside the barrier office. Thereafter a signal was given to the...

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P. B. Roy Vs. Union of India [1972] INSC 48 (11 February 1972)

Judgement Date : 11 Feb 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 48 SC

Constitution of India

Headnote :

The appellant was holding a temporary post of Editor in the Publications Division of the Department of Information and Broadcasting. The temporary post was sanctioned upto 28-21957. On 16-2-1959, the President of India, in exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Art. 309 of the Constituti...

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Union of India & Ors Vs. N.K. Private Limited & ANR [1972] INSC 49 (11 February 1972)

Judgement Date : 11 Feb 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 49 SC

Constitution of India

Headnote :

A global tender to sell surplus serviceable and scrap rails was issued to established buyers by the Government of India and pursuant to this tender notice, the respondents by their letter dated 21-5-68 offered to buy the rails at a particular price and Shri P. C. Oak, Deputy Director, Railway Stores...

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Ganga Devi & Ors Vs. State of U.P [1972] INSC 50 (11 February 1972)

Judgement Date : 11 Feb 1972

Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 50 SC

United Provinces Tenancy Act, 1939

Headnote :

The forests of the appellants vested in the respondent-State as a result of the notification under the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act. 1950, and the Compensation Officer determined the basis of compensation. In appeal by the respondent the High Court held that the Compensation Offi...

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