Caselaw | Supreme Court Judgements of september 1980

Expand

O P Jindal Global University

trademarkclick

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Jawaharlal Nehru University Vs. B. S. Narwal [1980] INSC 169 (4 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 04 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 169 SC

Headnote :

The appellant University provided a five-year integrated program of study culminating in an M.A. degree across various disciplines and languages. This program was structured over ten semesters within five academic years. The courses in the discipline where a student was officially enrolled were refe...

Read full Judgement

V. B. Raju Vs. State of Gujarat & ANR [1980] INSC 170 (4 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 04 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 170 SC

Constitution of India

Headnote :

The President exercised authority under section 29(1) of the Bombay Reorganisation Act to determine that the appellant, who was an additional Judge of the Bombay High Court, should stop serving as a Judge of that court and instead become a Judge of the newly established High Court of Gujarat. In his...

Read full Judgement

V. B. Raju Vs. Union of India & Ors [1980] INSC 171 (4 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 04 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 171 SC

Constitution of India
Government of India Act, 1935
Indian Independence Act, 1947

Headnote :

The Court dismissed the appeal by certificate.HELD: (1) The trichotomy established by the Government of India (High Court Judges) Order, 1937, which continued under section 10(2) of the Independence Act, 1947, and was ultimately incorporated into the High Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Act, 19...

Read full Judgement

N.C. Zeliang Vs. Aju Newmai & Ors [1980] INSC 172 (5 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 05 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 172 SC

Representation of the People Act, 1951

Headnote :

During the 1977 State Assembly elections, the appellant was declared the winner. However, the election petitioner, a candidate who lost, claimed in his petition that the appellant submitted a fraudulent expense report, thus engaging in corrupt practices as defined by section 123(6) of the Representa...

Read full Judgement

Regional Transport Officer Chittoor Vs. Associated Transport, Madras (P) Ltd. & Ors [1980] INSC 173 (5 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 05 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 173 SC

Headnote :

The Court dismissed the special leave petition and stated:HELD: (1) The legislature possesses comprehensive authority to enact laws and can create retrospective legislation, provided it adheres to constitutional constraints. However, it is well-established that a delegate cannot wield the same autho...

Read full Judgement

Commissioner of Wealth Tax, Lucknow Vs. P. K. Banerjee [1980] INSC 174 (9 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 09 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 174 SC

Indian Succession Act, 1925
Indian Trusts Act, 1882
Wealth Tax Act, 1957

Headnote :

The respondent assessee, based on a trust deed executed by his father Pyarey Lal Banerji on October 26, 1937, which was later modified by another deed on April 28, 1950, received \"the net income of the trust funds\" following his father\'s death. The assessee classified this income as an annuity an...

Read full Judgement

Ichhu Devi Choraria Vs. Union of India & Ors [1980] INSC 175 (9 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 09 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 175 SC

Constitution of India

Mohd. Alam Vs. State of West Bengal [1974] INSC 34 (14 February 1974)
Khudiram Das Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors [1974] INSC 251 (26 November 1974)

Headnote :

The detenu was detained on June 4, 1980, following a detention order dated May 27, 1980. This order stated that his detention was necessary to prevent him from smuggling goods and facilitating smuggling activities. On the same day of his detention, he was provided with the grounds for his detention,...

Read full Judgement

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. & ANR Vs. Union of India & Ors [1980] INSC 176 (10 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 10 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 176 SC

Constitution of India

Oil India Ltd. Vs. The Superintendent of Taxes & Ors [1975] INSC 57 (3 March 1975)
Balabhagas Hulaschand Vs. State of Orissa [1975] INSC 304 (9 December 1975)

Headnote :

The Indian Oil Corporation produced naphtha at its facility in Barauni, Bihar, while the 5th respondent operated a fertilizer manufacturing plant in Kanpur. The Indian Oil Corporation supplies naphtha to the 5th respondent\'s fertilizer factory in Kanpur via a pipeline. Both the buyer and seller mai...

Read full Judgement

Hamida Sarfaraz Qureishi Vs. M. S. Kasbekar & Ors [1980] INSC 177 (11 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 11 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 177 SC

Headnote :

The Court granted the petition, stating that the supposed opportunity for the detenu to be heard in person by the Advisory Board was a mere sham, effectively undermining the rights granted to the detenu under Section 11(1) of the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential...

Read full Judgement

Pritam Nath Hoon Vs. Union of India & Ors [1980] INSC 178 (11 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 11 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 178 SC

Constitution of India

Ramchandra A. Kamat Vs. Union of India & Ors [1980] INSC 31 (20 February 1980)

Headnote :

The Court granted the petition and ordered the immediate release of the detainee.

Read full Judgement

State of Maharashtra Vs. Sk. Bannu And Shankar [1980] INSC 179 (12 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 12 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 179 SC

CrPC Section 173. Report of police officer on completion of investigation
CrPC Section 192. Making over of cases to Magistrates
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
CrPC Section 476. Forms
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
IPC Section 109. Punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment
IPC Section 193. Punishment for false evidence
IPC Section 205. False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution
IPC Section 211. False charge of offence made with intent to injure
IPC Section 471. Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record

Headnote :

Section 195(1)(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 states that no Court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under section 205 (among others) of the Indian Penal Code (I.P.C.) when such offence is claimed to have occurred in connection with any proceedings in any Court, unless ther...

Read full Judgement

Anand Swarup Mahesh Kumar Vs. The Commissioner of Sales Tax [1980] INSC 180 (15 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 15 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 180 SC

Headnote :

Section 3D of the U.P. Sales Tax Act, 1948 establishes a tax on the turnover from the purchase of goods by dealers. Sub-section (4) states that once a notification is issued under sub-section (1), no tax shall be imposed under any other section for the goods mentioned in that notification. In 1971,...

Read full Judgement

Mahadeo Prasad Singh & ANR Vs. Ram Lochan & Ors [1980] INSC 181 (16 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 16 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 181 SC

Civil Laws
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)
Section 41. TPA,Transfer by ostensible owner.
Section 51. TPA, Improvements made by bona fide holders under defective titles.

Headnote :

According to section 38 of the Code of Civil Procedure, a decree can be executed either by the Court that issued it or by another Court designated for execution.Section 39(1)(d) states that the Court that issued a decree may, upon the request of the decree-holder, transfer it for execution to anothe...

Read full Judgement

Kishinchand Chellaram Vs. The Commr. of Income-Tax Bombay City II, Bombay [1980] INSC 182 (16 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 16 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 182 SC

Headnote :

The appellant firm, M/s. Kishinchand Chellaram, was assessed for tax for the assessment year 1947-48, with the relevant accounting year ending on April 6, 1947. The Income Tax Officer, upon receiving information that a sum of Rs. 1,07,350 was allegedly sent by the assessee via telegraphic transfer t...

Read full Judgement

S. L. Kapoor Vs. Jagmohan & Ors [1980] INSC 183 (18 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 18 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 183 SC

Headnote :

The Punjab Municipal Act of 1911, which governs the New Delhi Municipal Committee, grants the Delhi Administration the authority under Section 238(1) to dissolve a Municipal Committee through a notification if it determines that the Committee is unable to fulfill its duties as mandated by the Act or...

Read full Judgement

State of Tamil Nadu Vs. S.Shanumugham Chettiar & ANR [1980] INSC 184 (22 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 22 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 184 SC

Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954

Headnote :

According to section 2(i)(L) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (prior to its amendment in 1976), a food item is considered adulterated \"if its quality or purity falls below the established standard or if its components are present in amounts that exceed the allowed limits of variabil...

Read full Judgement

Ameteep Machine Tools Vs. Labour Court Haryana & ANR [1980] INSC 185 (22 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 22 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 185 SC

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

Headnote :

The appellant company produces machine tools at its factory located in Faridabad, employing 250 workers, including the second respondent, Sadhu Singh. The workers\' requests for better working conditions led to conciliation proceedings, resulting in a settlement under Section 12 on June 20, 1969, fa...

Read full Judgement

Surendra Kumar Verma Vs. The Central Government Industrial Tribunal Cum-Labour Court [1980] INSC 186 (23 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 23 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 186 SC

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

Santosh Gupta Vs. State Bank of Patiala [1980] INSC 97 (29 April 1980)

Headnote :

The respondent Bank terminated the appellants\' services on the basis that they failed to pass the necessary tests for permanent employment. Upon review, the Labour Court determined that the Bank\'s termination of their services (with the exception of two workers) violated section 25F of the Industr...

Read full Judgement

The Commissioner of Income Tax, Kerala Vs. Smt. P.K. Kochammu Amma Peroke [1980] INSC 187 (23 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 23 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 187 SC

Income Tax Act, 1961

Headnote :

The respondent assessee was a partner in the partnership firms of M/s. Malabar Tile Works and M/s. Malabar Plywood Works, along with other partners, including her husband and minor daughter. In her tax returns for the assessment year 1964-65, which corresponded to the accounting year ending December...

Read full Judgement

Srinivasa Enterprises & Ors Vs. Union of India [1980] INSC 188 (24 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 24 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 188 SC

Banking Regulation Act, 1949
Constitution of India
Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978
Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976
Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934

Headnote :

Prize Chits are a form of savings scheme where the organizer collects contributions either as a lump sum or through monthly installments over a designated period from participants. At regular intervals, a draw is held for the numbers assigned to members with tickets or units, and the holder of the w...

Read full Judgement

State of Karnataka & ANR Vs. M/S. Hansa Corporation [1980] INSC 189 (25 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 25 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 189 SC

State of Kerala Vs. A.B. Abdul Khadir & Ors [1969] INSC 159 (30 July 1969)
Kalyani Stores Vs. The State of Orissa & Ors [1965] INSC 186 (21 September 1965)

Headnote :

The Karnataka Tax on Entry of Goods Into Local Areas for Consumption, Use or Sale Act of 1979 was established by the State Legislature to impose a tax on certain designated goods upon their entry into local areas. This tax was intended to compensate for the revenue shortfall experienced by municipal...

Read full Judgement

Basant Lal & ANR Vs. The State of U.P. & ANR [1980] INSC 190 (25 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 25 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 190 SC

Section 108. TPA, Rights and liabilities of lessor and lessee.
Section 114A. TPA, Relief against forfeiture in certain other cases.

Headnote :

The appellants issued a notice on February 26, 1944, terminating the lease of the disputed lands and granted the lessee company, \"Narain Das Lachman Das Oil Mill,\" until June 30, 1944, to remove its machinery, stores, buildings, and other structures as stipulated in clause (6) of the lease agreeme...

Read full Judgement

Mangalbhai Motiram Patel Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors [1980] INSC 191 (26 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 26 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 191 SC

Frances Coralie Mullin Vs. W. C. Khambra & Ors [1980] INSC 39 (27 February 1980)
Pritam Nath Hoon Vs. Union of India & Ors [1980] INSC 178 (11 September 1980)
Narendra Purshotam Umrao Vs. B. B. Gujral & Ors [1978] INSC 230 (17 November 1978)

Headnote :

1. The constitutional requirements outlined in Article 22(5) state that: first, the detaining authority must promptly inform the detainee of the reasons for their detention as soon as possible after the detention occurs; and second, the authority must provide the detainee with the earliest chance to...

Read full Judgement

Ranjit Singh Vs. Union of India [1980] INSC 192 (26 September 1980)

Judgement Date : 26 Sep 1980

Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 192 SC

Arms Act, 1959
Constitution of India

Headnote :

In 1950, the State Government granted the petitioners a manufacturing license that was renewable annually, allowing them to handcraft a specified number of guns each month.However, these guns were not subjected to proof-testing.Following the implementation of the Arms Act in 1959, the government man...

Read full Judgement

«
1
»

Download the LatestLaws.com Mobile App

Join latestlaws whatsapp group

Publish Your Article

Campus Ambassador

Media Partner

Campus Buzz

LatestLaws.com presents: Lexidem Offline Internship Program, 2026

LatestLaws.com presents 'Lexidem Online Internship, 2026', Apply Now!

start up India

About us Events Awards Workshops Contact us Grievance Cell Disclaimer Hyperlinking Policy Privacy Policy Advertise Media Partner Legal FAQs