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Supreme Court Upholds Tenants in Rent Control Revision, Sets Aside High Court's Reappreciation of Evidence. High Court's Revision Under Section 26(c) of Hyderabad Houses (Rent, Eviction and Lease) Control Act, 1954 Cannot Reappreciate Concurrent Findings of Fact Absent Jurisdictional or Material Procedural Error....

This appeal arose from a landlord-tenant dispute under the Hyderabad Houses (Rent, Eviction and Lease) Control Act, 1954. The landlords, respondents herein, sought eviction of the tenants, appellants ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses State Appeals in Medical Lecturer Appointment Case; Directs De Novo Consideration. Teaching Experience Abroad Recognized as Eligible Under Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 When Gained in Institutions Linked to Schedules II and III or Recognised Under Section 14....

The dispute concerned appointment to two posts of lecturer in orthopaedics in government-run medical colleges in Bihar, namely Patna and Darbhanga Medical Colleges. Three candidates were in the fray: ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Accused in Customs Act Case for Smuggling Gold. Possession of Foreign-Marked Gold in Concealed Pockets with Knowledge That Transport Was Offence Supported Presumption Under Section 114 Evidence Act and Liability Under Section 111(d) of Customs Act, 1962....

The case involved a criminal appeal by special leave against the conviction of a 23-year-old appellant for an offence under Section 135(1)(b) of the Customs Act, 1962, relating to the smuggling of gol...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Employer's Appeal in Industrial Disputes Act Case Concerning Binding Effect of Settlement. Settlement Not Arrived at in Duly Conducted Conciliation Proceedings Under Section 12 Cannot Bind Workmen of Another Union Under Section 18(3), and Implied Acceptance by Conduct Does Not Terminate Pending Section 33-C(2) Proceedings....

The dispute arose between Jhagrakhan Collieries (P) Ltd., the appellant company owning three collieries employing over 4,200 workmen, and its workmen represented by three trade unions, namely, Madhya ...

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Supreme Court Reverses High Court on Development Rebate for Road Transport Vehicles Under Income Tax Acts. Statutory Exclusion of Road Transport Vehicles from Development Rebate Bars Claim for Diesel Engines Fitted to Such Vehicles Under Section 10(2)(vi-b) Proviso of Income-tax Act, 1922 and Section 33(1)(a) of Income-tax Act, 1961....

The respondent, a private limited company engaged in transport business and owning a fleet of lorries and buses, claimed development rebate on the cost of new diesel engines fitted to its vehicles for...

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Supreme Court Allows Detenu in Preventive Detention Case Due to Unexplained Delay and Late Confirmation. Detention under Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 quashed as State Government failed to consider representation promptly and confirmed detention beyond three months contrary to Article 22(4) of Constitution of India, 1950....

The Supreme Court heard a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution challenging a preventive detention order passed under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971. The petitioner, a kar...

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Supreme Court dismissed appeals and writ petitions in excise matters concerning auction of foreign liquor licences. The Court held that the State has exclusive right to manufacture and sell liquor and that auctioning such privilege does not violate Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India, 1950....

The Supreme Court considered a group of civil appeals and writ petitions arising from Madhya Pradesh and Kerala challenging the power of State Governments to auction licences for the sale of foreign l...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Habeas Corpus Petition Challenging Preventive Detention Under MISA. Undisclosed History Sheet Material Held to Be 'Other Particulars' Under Section 3(3), Not Required to Be Communicated to Detenu Under Article 22(5)....

The case involved a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India filed by the petitioner Khudiram Das against the State of West Bengal and others challenging the validity of his prevent...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court Decision Setting Aside Election of Successful Candidate in Meghalaya Assembly Polls Due to Corrupt Practice. Distribution of Dummy Ballot Papers with Wrong Election Symbol Constituted False Statement Under Section 123(4) of Representation of the People Act, 1951, Especially in Constituency with Over 80% Illiterate Voters....

This was an appeal before the Supreme Court against the judgment of the High Court of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura in an election petition. The dispute arose from the election to th...

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Supreme Court Upholds Assessee in Income Tax Deduction Case Under Companies Act, 1956 and Income Tax Act, 1922. Managing Agency Remuneration Accrued Only Upon Central Government Approval, Not Retrospectively from Earlier Period; Deduction Allowed in Assessment Year 1959-60....

The dispute arose in a reference under Section 66(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1922 concerning the assessment year 1959-60. The appellant, a public limited company incorporated in 1924 under the Companie...