Caselaw | Supreme Court Judgements of may 1977

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Misrilal Jain Vs. State of Orissa & ANR [1977] INSC 134 (2 May 1977)

Judgement Date : 02 May 1977

Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 134 SC

Jawaharmal Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors [1965] INSC 187 (22 September 1965)

Headnote :

The Orissa Taxation (On goods carried by Roads or Inland Waterways) Act 7 of 1959 and the Orissa Taxation (On Goods carried by Road or Inland Waterways) Validation Act 18 of 1962 were struck down by this Court on 10-8-1967 as invalid and it was held that the respondents were not entitled to recover...

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Firm Panjumal Daulatram Vs. Sakhi Gopal [1977] INSC 135 (3 May 1977)

Judgement Date : 03 May 1977

Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 135 SC

Headnote :

Under sub clauses (e) and (f) of S. 12(1) of the Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961, a landlord can evict a tenant, if the residential and the non-residential accommodation respectively let out to the latter is required bona fide by him for occupation as a residence and for the purpose o...

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State of West Bengal Vs. Manmal Bhutoria & Ors [1977] INSC 136 (3 May 1977)

Judgement Date : 03 May 1977

Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 136 SC

Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
IPC Section 120B. Punishment of criminal conspiracy
IPC Section 21. Public Servant
West Bengal Criminal Law Amendment (Special Courts) Act, 1949

Headnote :

In May 1967 a case was lodged against the respondent and a Major of the Indian Army who was retired in 1966, alleging that the Major, along with the respondent, had committed offences of conspiracy of criminal misconduct by a public servant in dishonestly abusing his position as a public servant, un...

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Commissioner of Wealth Tax, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad Vs. Trustees of H.E.H. Nizam's Family [1977] INSC 137 (3 May 1977)

Judgement Date : 03 May 1977

Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 137 SC

Income Tax Act, 1961
Wealth Tax Act, 1957

Headnote :

Section 21(1) of the Wealth Tax Act provides that in case of assets chargeable to tax under the Act which are held by ........ any trustee appointed under a Trust, wealth tax shall be levied upon and recoverable from the trustee in the like manner and to the same extent as it would be leviable upon...

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Controller of Estate Duty Madras Vs. Alladi Kuppuswamy [1977] INSC 138 (3 May 1977)

Judgement Date : 03 May 1977

Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 138 SC

Hindu Succession Act, 1956

State Bank of India Vs. Ghamandi Ram [1969] INSC 40 (13 February 1969)
Satrughan Isser Vs. Smt. Subujpari & Ors [1966] INSC 130 (4 August 1966)

Headnote :

Shri Alladi was a member of the Hindu coparcenary consisting of himself his wife (Smt. Alladi) and three sons. Shri Alladi who died before the Estate Duty Act 1953 came into force, during his life time had settled certain properties absolutely on his wife and had also declared certain other prope...

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S.B. Patwardhan & Ors Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors [1977] INSC 139 (4 May 1977)

Judgement Date : 04 May 1977

Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 139 SC

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)
Government of India Act, 1935

Headnote :

In exercise of the power conferred by s. 241(2)(b) of the Government of India Act, 1935 the Governor of Bombay framed rules called Recruitment Rules of the Bombay Service of Engineers (Class I and Class II 1939), Rule 2 laid down the method of recruitment to Class I of the Service by direct recruitm...

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Joseph Peter Vs. State of Goa, Daman and Diu [1977] INSC 140 (4 May 1977)

Judgement Date : 04 May 1977

Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 140 SC

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973
CrPC Section 377. Appeal by the State Government against sentence

Headnote :

The petitioner was convicted for the offence of murder under s. 302, I.P.C. and sentenced to death by the Trial Court. The Judicial Commissioner, Goa confirmed the death sentence in the referred trial under s. 374 of the 1898 Code of Criminal Procedure. Dismissing the special leave petition to...

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Mohammad Giasuddin Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh [1977] INSC 141 (6 May 1977)

Judgement Date : 06 May 1977

Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 141 SC

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
IPC Section 420. Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property

Headnote :

The appellant along with another accused deceived several desperate unemployed young men, received various sums of Rs. 1200 by false pretences that they would secure jobs for them through politically influential friends and other make-believe representations. The offence of cheating under a. was mad...

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R. S. Kallolimath Vs. State of Mysore & ANR [1977] INSC 142 (6 May 1977)

Judgement Date : 06 May 1977

Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 142 SC

State of Orissa Vs. Dr. (Miss) Binapani Dei & Ors [1967] INSC 33 (7 February 1967)

Headnote :

The appellant gave his date of birth as March 13, 1912, while joining the service of the Mysore State Electricity Department in November, 1945. The date was accepted and entered in the service register, on his producing a horoscope in support of his claim. In or about 1950, the State Government in p...

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Trustees for the Improvement of Calcutta Vs. Chandra Sekhar Mallick & Ors [1977] INSC 143 (6 May 1977)

Judgement Date : 06 May 1977

Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 143 SC

Calcutta Improvement Act, 1911

Headnote :

The respondents were the owners of buildings situated in a street known as Fire Lane in the city of Calcutta. The Board of Trustees for the Improvement of Calcutta in exercise of the power conferred under s. 39(c) passed the necessary resolution and proceeded to frame a street scheme for the area wh...

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Ram Lakhan Singh & Ors Vs. The State of Uttar Pradesh [1977] INSC 144 (6 May 1977)

Judgement Date : 06 May 1977

Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 144 SC

Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
IPC Section 308. Attempt to commit culpable homicide
IPC Section 396. Dacoity with murder

Headnote :

A dacoity was committed in village Jafrapur at about 9 P.M. The inmates of the house raised alarm. A large crowd gathered at the gate and lit a fire to add to the moonlight to enable recognition of the dacoits who opened fire and murdered three members of the family. The accused were of neighbour...

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State of Rajasthan & Ors Vs. Union of India [1977] INSC 145 (6 May 1977)

Judgement Date : 06 May 1977

Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 145 SC

Constitution of India

Headnote :

Under Article 74(1) of the Constitution "there shall be a Council of Ministers to aid and advise the President in the exercise of his functions". Under Article 163 of the Constitution there shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor o...

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