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Maharashtra State Textile Corporation Ltd. Vs. The Official Liquidator & Ors [1978] INSC 1 (4 January 1978)

Judgement Date : 04 Jan 1978

Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 1 SC

Sick Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act, 1974

Headnote :

The appellant, M.S.T.C., had leased the original company, R. B. Bansilal Abhir Chand Spinning and Weaving Mills (P) Ltd., located in Hinganghat, Maharashtra. This company was ordered to be liquidated on October 1, 1965, and an official Liquidator was appointed. On February 3, 1967, the Maharashtra g...

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Principal & Ors Vs. Presiding Officer & Ors [1978] INSC 2 (9 January 1978)

Judgement Date : 09 Jan 1978

Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 2 SC

Delhi School Education Act, 1973

Headnote :

Respondent No. 2 holds an M.Com. degree but lacks a Training Degree, a recognized Diploma in Education, three years of teaching experience in intermediate or higher classes, or a recognized training certificate, as mandated by clause 18 of Chapter 4 of the Central Board of Secondary Education Handbo...

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Kamalam (Smt.) K. Vs. Ponnuswamy (R.) & Ors [1978] INSC 3 (12 January 1978)

Judgement Date : 12 Jan 1978

Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 3 SC

Constitution of India

Headnote :

Out of fifteen applications for a stage carriage permit on the Rasipuram-Pallipalayam route in Salem District, the Regional Transport Authority awarded the permit solely to Respondent No. 1. In the subsequent appeals from the unsuccessful applicants, the Transport Tribunal determined that preference...

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Bishan Lal Gupta Vs. State of Haryana & Ors [1978] INSC 4 (12 January 1978)

Judgement Date : 12 Jan 1978

Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 4 SC

Constitution of India

S. P. Vasudeva Vs. State of Haryana & Ors [1975] INSC 254 (8 October 1975)
State of Uttar Pradesh Vs. Akbar Ali Khan [1966] INSC 69 (9 March 1966)

Headnote :

Complaints were lodged against the petitioner, who was a probationer in the Haryana Civil Service (Judicial Branch). The High Court conducted an inquiry to assess his fitness to remain in service. Show cause notices were issued, and the petitioner was afforded a fair opportunity to present his case....

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Ghaziabad Engineering Co. (P) Ltd. Vs. Certifying Officer, Kanpur & ANR [1978] INSC 5 (13 January 1978)

Judgement Date : 13 Jan 1978

Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 5 SC

Constitution of India
Factories Act, 1948
Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
Payment of Bonus Act, 1965

Headnote :

The workmen of the appellant company claimed twelve days of paid casual leave and sought changes to the Standing Orders under the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act of 1946. The certifying officer, after considering (a) the financial status of the appellant\'s business, which included a 20%...

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Dadasaheb Dattatraya Pawar & Ors Vs. Pandurang Raoji Jagtap & Ors [1978] INSC 6 (13 January 1978)

Judgement Date : 13 Jan 1978

Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 6 SC

Representation of the People Act, 1951

Narendra Madivalapa Kheni Vs. Manikrao Patil & Ors [1977] INSC 152 (28 July 1977)
Lakshmi Raman Acharya Vs. Chandan Singh & Ors [1976] INSC 325 (13 December 1976)
Rahim Khan Vs. Khurshid Ahmed & Ors [1974] INSC 136 (8 August 1974)

Headnote :

Shetkari Sahakari Sangh, a designated cooperative society as outlined in Section 144-A in conjunction with Section 73-G of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960, is officially registered under the Act, with its operational area encompassing the entire Kolhapur district. It comprises two ca...

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Pathumma & Ors Vs. State of Kerala & Ors [1978] INSC 7 (16 January 1978)

Judgement Date : 16 Jan 1978

Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 7 SC

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)
Constitution of India
Limitation Act, 1963

The State of Uttar Pradesh Vs. Kaushaliya & Ors [1963] INSC 196 (1 October 1963)

Headnote :

The statement of objects and reasons for the Kerala Agriculturists\' Debt Relief Act, 1970 indicates that the benefits provided by Kerala Act 31 of 1958 were limited to debts incurred by agriculturists prior to the Act\'s commencement on July 14, 1958. However, agricultural indebtedness among the po...

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Superintendent of Taxes, Tezpur & Ors Vs. M/S. Bormahajan Tea Co. Ltd. [1978] INSC 8 (17 January 1978)

Judgement Date : 17 Jan 1978

Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 8 SC

Constitution of India

Headnote :

The respondent is an assessee under the Assam Taxation (On Goods Carried by Road or on Inland Waterways) Act, 1961.In C. A. 602 of 1974, the respondent filed a return under section 7(1) of the Act for the period ending September 30, 1960, but did not pay the required tax as stipulated by section 20(...

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In Re: Shri Sham Lal [1978] INSC 9 (18 January 1978)

Judgement Date : 18 Jan 1978

Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 9 SC

Headnote :

The notice sent to the Editor of the Times of India, requesting him to explain why proceedings under Article 129 of the Constitution for contempt of the Supreme Court should not be initiated against him regarding his critical statements about the Court\'s judgment in A.D. M. Jabalpur v. S. Shukla (A...

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Baiju Alias Bharosa Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh [1978] INSC 10 (19 January 1978)

Judgement Date : 19 Jan 1978

Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 10 SC

CrPC Section 154. Information in cognizable cases

Headnote :

The appellant, under the guise of promising to help the deceased Ramdayal\'s family conceive a child through sorcery, gained their trust and subsequently murdered Ramdayal, his wife Smt. Fulkanwar, his mother Smt. Bhagwanti, and his nephew Rambakas on the night of January 20, 1975. He also stole var...

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Ram Chander Singh Sagar & ANR Vs. State of Tamil Nadu & ANR [1978] INSC 11 (23 January 1978)

Judgement Date : 23 Jan 1978

Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 11 SC

CrPC Section 406. Power of Supreme Court to transfer cases and appeals

Headnote :

The Petitioners approached this Court under Section 406 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, in conjunction with Order XXXVI of the Supreme Court Rules, 1966, while their case was still under investigation, seeking an order to transfer the case to a different court.The Court dismissed the petition...

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Muktinarain Jha & Ors Vs. State of Bihar [1978] INSC 12 (23 January 1978)

Judgement Date : 23 Jan 1978

Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 12 SC

Headnote :

The Petitioners\' special leave petition was rejected due to the absence of a surrender certificate, as mandated by Rule 6 of Order XXI of the Supreme Court Rules, 1966. However, the petitioners had indeed surrendered, but the Assistant Sessions Judge declined to accept them into custody because the...

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Abdul Latif & Ors Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh [1978] INSC 13 (24 January 1978)

Judgement Date : 24 Jan 1978

Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 13 SC

Constitution of India
CrPC Section 428. Period of detention undergone by the accused to be set off against the sentence of imprisonment

Headnote :

The appellants, armed with various weapons, entered the residence of Khan Mohammad, the deceased and husband of P.W. I Jamila, where they assaulted him with sharp cutting tools and subsequently removed his body, which was later discovered in a river, dismembered. Based on the testimonies of Jamila (...

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K.C. P. Employees' Association, Madras Vs. Management of K. C. P. Ltd., Madras [1978] INSC 14 (24 January 1978)

Judgement Date : 24 Jan 1978

Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 14 SC

Payment of Bonus Act, 1965

Headnote :

The management-respondent is a public limited company engaged in three business ventures: the production of sugar, cement, and heavy engineering machinery, located at different sites. Regarding the workers at the engineering unit known as Central Workshops, which was facing financial difficulties, t...

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Shambhu Nath Palit Vs. Corporation of Calcutta & ANR [1978] INSC 15 (24 January 1978)

Judgement Date : 24 Jan 1978

Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 15 SC

Headnote :

The petitioners contested the imposition and collection of municipal tax from them as landlords for the huts built and occupied by their tenants on the lands leased to those tenants. The Calcutta High Court determined that Section 202 of the Municipal Act, 1951 allows for the collection of a portion...

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Maneka Gandhi Vs. Union of India [1978] INSC 16 (25 January 1978)

Judgement Date : 25 Jan 1978

Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 16 SC

Constitution of India
Government of India Act, 1935
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
Passports Act, 1967

Additional District Magistrate, Jabalpur Vs. S. S. Shukla [1976]129 (28 April 1976)
State of Orissa Vs. Dr. (Miss) Binapani Dei & Ors [1967] INSC 33 (7 February 1967)
Satwant Singh Sawhney Vs. D. Ramarathnam, Assistant Passport Officer, Government [1967] INSC 103 (10 April 1967)
Kharak Singh Vs. The State of U. P. & Ors [1962]377 (18 December 1962)
A.K. Gopalan Vs. The State of Madras [1950] INSC 14 (19 May 1950)

Headnote :

The petitioner was granted a passport on June 1, 1976, in accordance with the Passport Act of 1967. On July 4, 1977, she received a letter dated July 2, 1977, from the Regional Passport Officer in Delhi, informing her that the Government of India had decided to impound her passport under section 10(...

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Ganesh Trading Co. Vs. Moji Ram [1978] INSC 17 (25 January 1978)

Judgement Date : 25 Jan 1978

Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 17 SC

Headnote :

The appellant-plaintiff firm initiated a lawsuit through one of its partners to recover Rs. 68,000/- owed under a promissory note. After the written statement was properly submitted, the plaintiff sought to amend the plaint, claiming that they had mistakenly failed to include the crucial detail that...

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Babu Singh & Ors Vs. The State of U.P [1978] INSC 18 (31 January 1978)

Judgement Date : 31 Jan 1978

Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 18 SC

IPC Section 302. Punishment for murder

Headnote :

All the petitioners were charged with murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, but they were acquitted by the Sessions Judge on November 4, 1972. The State appealed the acquittal successfully, and on May 20, 1977, the High Court overturned the Sessions Court\'s findings, declaring all the...

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