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Supreme Court Dismisses Appellant in Service Promotion Challenge Due to Delay and Laches. Person Aggrieved by Junior's Promotion Must Approach Within Six Months or at Most a Year Under Article 226 of Constitution of India, 1950....

The appellant, P.S. Sadasivaswamy, entered service as a Junior Engineer in the Highways Department of the then Province of Madras on 21-8-1946 and was promoted as Assistant Engineer on 12-3-1951. In 1...

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Supreme Court Upholds Custodian's Declaration of Evacuee Property Under United Provinces Administration of Evacuee Property Ordinance, 1949. Person Resident in Pakistan After Partition Deemed Evacuee Under Section 2(c)(ii); Prior Assurance by Assistant Custodian Not Binding and Sale Proceeds Held in Trust for Purchaser....

The dispute concerned a residential plot in Lucknow purchased by Mrs. Zohra Naqvi from the Improvement Trust for Rs. 6,400. She was the wife of a police official of the United Provinces and was in Teh...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Tenant's Appeal in Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 Dispute Over Trust Lands. Tenant by Sufferance Not Entitled to Section 4B Protection or Notice Under Section 88B(2) Certificate Inquiry....

The Supreme Court considered an appeal by certificate against a Bombay High Court judgment in a landlord-tenant dispute concerning agricultural lands. The respondent landlord, a trust, had leased cert...

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Supreme Court Upholds State in Gujarat Devasthan Inams Abolition Act, 1969 Challenge; Act Held Protected by Article 31A as Agrarian Reform. Acquisition of Religious Denomination Property Valid as Not Destroying Right to Own and Acquire Property Under Article 26(c); No Violation of Fundamental Rights Found in Abolition of Devasthan Inams....

The appeals before the Supreme Court arose from a constitutional challenge to the Gujarat Devasthan Inams Abolition Act, 1969 by the managing trustee of a public religious trust of the Swaminarayan Sa...

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Supreme Court Upholds Detention Under Maintenance of Internal Security Act Due to Valid Preventive Detention Order. Discrepancy in English Version of Grounds of Detention Held Inconsequential as Hindi Version Authentic and Grounds Sufficiently Specific Under Section 3(1)(a)(ii) of Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971....

The petitioner, an advocate practising in Dhanbad, Bihar, was detained under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 by order dated 18th March, 1974 passed by the District Magistra...

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Supreme Court Upholds Income Tax Department's Fresh Order on Ownership of Attached Silver Bars Despite Expiry of Ninety-Day Period. Section 132(5) Limitation Is Waivable and Applies Only to Initial Order; Attachment Under Section 132(3) Not Subject to Same Time Limit....

The dispute arose from a search and seizure operation under Section 132 of the Income-tax Act, 1961. On an authorisation issued by the Director of Inspection, the residential and business premises of ...

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Supreme Court Upholds State's Notification Banning Machinery in Coir Industry Under Defence of India Rules. Court Holds that Rule 114's Subjective Satisfaction Was Based on Relevant Material and Not Violative of Article 301 Due to Article 302 and Public Interest....

The appellants were owners of small-scale industrial units in Kerala engaged in mechanised decortication of retted coconut husks for coir fibre production. The State of Kerala issued a notification in...

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Supreme Court Allows Accused in Criminal Procedure Matter Against Summary Dismissal of Appeal. High Court's Dismissal Under Section 421 of Code of Criminal Procedure Without Reasons Violates Established Practice and Necessitates Remand for Fresh Admission Hearing....

The dispute arose from a criminal first appeal against conviction filed before the Bombay High Court. The appellants, accused persons, challenged their conviction, but the High Court dismissed the app...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals in Land Acquisition Delay Case. Court Held That Challenge to Acquisition Notifications Under Sections 4 and 6 of Rajasthan Land Acquisition Act, 1953 Must Be Made Within Reasonable Time and Writ Petitions Filed After Nine Years and After Award Were Barred by Laches....

The dispute arose from land acquisition proceedings initiated by the State of Rajasthan for the planned development of the city of Jaipur under the Rajasthan Land Acquisition Act, 1953. The appellants...