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E.S. Reddi Vs. Chief Secretary, Govt. of A.P. & ANR [1987] INSC 145 (1 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 01 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 144 SC

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

Headnote :

An officer involved in a defalcation case, who was suspended, contested the suspension order under Article 14 of the Constitution, arguing that another officer in a similar situation had only been transferred. A Single Judge of the High Court annulled the suspension order, but this decision was over...

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Rai Bahadur Seth Shreeram Durgaprasad Vs. Director of Enforcement [1987] INSC 146 (1 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 01 Apr 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 145 SC

Headnote :

The Director of Enforcement commenced adjudication proceedings against the appellants, a partnership firm, under the amended Section 23(1) for not repatriating the full value in foreign exchange earned from export shipments of manganese ore made between 1952 and 1958, thus violating Section 12(2) an...

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State Bank of India & Ors Vs. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava & Ors [1987] INSC 147 (1 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 01 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 146 SC

Income-Tax Officer, Alleppey Vs. M.C. Ponnoose & Ors [1969] INSC 155 (28 July 1969)

Headnote :

Following an agreement between the Executive Committee of the Central Board of the appellant Bank and its Officers\' Federation, based on the Pillai Committee Report, the Grade-I and Grade-II Officers who performed managerial and supervisory roles were consolidated into a new Junior Management Grade...

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Mahendra Kumar & ANR Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors [1987] INSC 148 (4 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 04 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 147 SC

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)
Limitation Act, 1963
Treasure Trove Act, 1878

Headnote :

The appellants\' predecessor-in-interest, Babulal, acquired a house in 1947 from the sons of Mannulal. The appellants and respondents No. 6 to 8 are the sons of Mannulal\'s other three brothers. In 1976, respondents Nos. 2 to 5 began reconstructing their house and discovered a treasure of gold and s...

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S.P. Sampath Kumar Vs. Union of India & Ors [1987] INSC 149 (5 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 05 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 148 SC

Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985

Headnote :

In these Review Petitions, the Attorney General requested clarification on specific remarks made in the individual judgments issued on December 9, 1986, which addressed the Writ Petitions submitted by the petitioners contesting the constitutionality of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985.

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Raja Satyendra Narayan Singh & ANR Vs. State of Bihar & Ors [1987] INSC 150 (5 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 05 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 149 SC

Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950
Bihar Land Reforms Rules, 1951

Headnote :

Section 3 of the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 stipulates that an estate or tenure can be vested in the State through a notification. According to Section 9, from the date of such vesting, all mines within the estate or tenure that were operational at the start of the Act and were being directly work...

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Life Insurance Corporation of India & ANR Vs. S.S. Srivastava & Ors [1987] INSC 151 (5 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 05 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 150 SC

Constitution of India
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956
Life Insurance Corporation of India (Staff) Regulations, 1960

Miss Lena Khan Vs. Union of India & Ors [1987] INSC 89 (30 March 1987)

Headnote :

The Life Insurance Corporation was founded on September 1, 1956, under the Life Insurance Act of 1956 (Act 31 of 1956), by merging approximately 200 life insurance companies operating in the country. Initially, the Corporation had no staff of its own to manage the extensive business it had acquired,...

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B.S. Yadav & ANR Vs. Chief Manager, Central Bank of India & Ors [1987] INSC 152 (5 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 05 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 151 SC

Banking Regulation Act, 1949
Constitution of India
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

Headnote :

Prior to the nationalization of banking companies, employees of the Central Bank of India Ltd. were allowed to serve until the age of 60, as stated in a circular dated March 11, 1969. Following nationalization, Section 12(2) of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 19...

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Smt. Shakuntala S. Tiwari Vs. Hem Chand M. Singhania [1987] INSC 153 (6 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 06 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 152 SC

Limitation Act, 1963
Section 106. TPA, Duration of certain leases in absence of written contract or local usage.
Section 111. TPA, Determination of lease.

Headnote :

The appellant in this case was a tenant of the leased premises, having been established as a monthly tenant to operate the ice-cream business run by her husband. The lease agreement, dated December 29, 1975, was initiated by the landlord and was set to take effect from January 1, 1976.The landlord c...

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Helper Girdhiarbhai Vs. Saiyed Mohmad Mirasaheb Kadri & Ors [1987] INSC 154 (6 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 06 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 153 SC

Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958
Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958
Indian Partnership Act, 1932
Indian Partnership Act, 1932

Phiroze Bamanji Desai Vs. Chandrakant M. Patel & Ors [1974] INSC 20 (4 February 1974)

Headnote :

Sub-section (2) of section 29 of the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947, as it was at the relevant time, prohibited any further appeals against decisions made under sub-section (1) and instead granted revisionary authority to the High Court in such cases.The appellant-tena...

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Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys Limited & ANR Vs. State of Orissa & Ors [1987] INSC 155 (6 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 06 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 154 SC

Constitution of India
Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948
Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948
Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948

Headnote :

The petitioner-company, which manufactures ferrosilicon, silicon metal, and silicon carbide, was granted permission to combine electricity usage for the water years 1979-80 to 1983-84 for its facilities located in an industrial complex in Orissa, classified as \"power intensive industries\" that uti...

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Binod Mills Co. Ltd., Ujjain (M.P.) Vs. Suresh Chandra Mahaveer Prasadmantri, Bombay [1987] INSC 156 (6 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 06 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 155 SC

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
Madhya Pradesh Industrial Relations Act, 1960
Madhya Pradesh Industrial Relations Act, 1960
Madhya Pradesh Shops and Establishments Act, 1958
Minimum Wages Act, 1948
Minimum Wages Act, 1948

Headnote :

Section 3 of the Madhya Pradesh Sahayata Upkram (Vishesh Upbandh) Adhiniyam, 1978 allows for the designation of a State industrial undertaking as a relief undertaking, while Section 5 provides for the suspension of lawsuits or other legal actions against such relief undertakings. It prohibits the in...

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Thamma Venkata Subbamma Vs. Thamma Rattamma & Ors [1987] INSC 157 (6 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 06 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 156 SC

Hindu Succession Act, 1956
Section 39. TPA, Transfer where third person is entitled to maintenance.

Headnote :

A coparcener in a Joint Hindu Family, governed by the Mitakshara school of Hindu Law, executed a settlement deed (which was essentially a gift deed) in favor of another coparcener (his brother), transferring his entire undivided interest in the coparcenary while retaining a life interest for himself...

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Union of India Vs. M.A. Chowdhary [1987] INSC 158 (7 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 07 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 157 SC

Headnote :

The respondent was hired as a staff artist at All India Radio under a contractual agreement. On November 2, 1967, the Government of India issued an order stating that staff artists could remain in service until the age of 55, leading to the addition of a clause to the respondent\'s agreement.However...

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U.P. State Electricity Board, Lucknow Vs. P.L. Kelkar, [1987] INSC 159 (7 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 07 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 158 SC

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Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948
Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948
Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948

Headnote :

The first respondent in the appeal, a Superintending Engineer, was directly hired by the U.P. Electricity Board as an Assistant Engineer on October 7, 1964. He received nine advance increments due to his diverse experience in various governmental and other organizations, compared to only two advance...

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Utkal Contractors & Joinery Private Limited & Ors Vs. State of Orissa & Ors [1987] INSC 160 (7 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 07 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 159 SC

Orissa Forest Act, 1972
Orissa Forest Produce (Control of Trade) Act, 1981

Headnote :

Sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Orissa Forest Produce (Control of Trade) Act, 1981 states that upon the issuance of a notification under sub-section (3) of section 1 regarding a specific area: (a) all contracts for the purchase, sale, gathering, or collection of designated forest produce will be...

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Ganpat Singh (Dead) By Lrs. Vs. Kailash Shankar & Ors [1987] INSC 161 (8 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 08 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 160 SC

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

Headnote :

The mortgagee decree-holder executed the final decree for mortgage and purchased the contested property at an auction held on July 14, 1978. On September 20, 1978, the judgment-debtor, who is the predecessor of the appellants, submitted an application under Order XXI Rule 90 of the Code of Civil Pro...

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Dr. D.C. Saxena Vs. State of Haryana & Ors [1987] INSC 162 (8 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 08 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 161 SC

Haryana Board of School Education Act, 1969

Headnote :

The Haryana Board of School Education Act, 1969 under section 4(A) states that the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Members of the Board serve at the discretion of the State Government. Section 9 of the Act allows the State Government to remove a member if their continued service is deemed not beneficia...

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Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation, Ahmedabad. Vs. Ramanbhai Prabhatbhai & ANR [1987] INSC 163 (11 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 11 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 162 SC

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)
Fatal Accidents Act, 1855
Indian Succession Act, 1925
Motor Vehicles Act, 1939

Headnote :

Civil Procedure Code, 1908--Section 2 (ii)--\'Legal representative\'--Definition. Words and Phrases--\'Legal representative\'--Interpretation. HEADNOTE:The respondents, who are the brothers of the deceased, filed a petition with the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939,...

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Dhartipakar Madan Lal Agarwal Vs. Rajiv Gandhi [1987] INSC 164 (11 May 1987)

Judgement Date : 11 May 1987

Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 163 SC

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

Azhar Hussain Vs. Rajiv Gandhi [1986] INSC 93 (25 April 1986)
Dr. P. Nalla Thampy Terah Vs. Union of India & Ors [1985] INSC125 (8 May 1985)

Headnote :

The election of the respondent, who was elected to the Lok Sabha in a bye-election in 1981, was contested by the appellant under section 80 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, on several grounds. These included accusations of corrupt practices such as undue influence, the hiring and procu...

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