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Supreme Court Dismisses State Appeal Against High Court Acquittal in Triple Murder Case Due to Unproven Homicidal Death and Weak Extra-Judicial Confessions. Prosecution Failed to Establish Corpus Delicti or Identity of Deceased, and Suspicion Could Not Substitute Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt Under Sections 302 and 201 of Indian Penal Code, 1860....

The State of Punjab appealed by special leave against the judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had acquitted four accused persons in a triple murder case. The accused were Bhajan Singh,...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Accused's Appeal in Murder Case and Allows Appeals of Co-Accused Against High Court Conviction. High Court's Interference with Acquittal of Three Accused Was Unjustified as Two Views Were Reasonable, but Conviction and Death Sentence of Main Accused Upheld Under Section 302 IPC....

The Supreme Court heard four criminal appeals by special leave arising from a political rivalry murder in Dataganj, District Budaun, Uttar Pradesh. The incident occurred on May 27, 1971, during electi...

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Supreme Court Upholds Landlord in Saurashtra Rent Control Act Subletting Eviction Despite Repeal. Accrued Right Under Section 13(1)(e) of Saurashtra Act Survives Repeal Under Section 51(2) of Bombay Rent Act Because Subletting Constituted Statutory Ground Independent of Contract....

Background: The dispute involved a building known as Abdul Rat Manzil owned by Haji Mohamad Haji Dada Wakf (Trust). The premises were originally leased to Osman Jamal and Company under a rent note dat...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Habeas Corpus Petitions and Upholds Conviction in Criminal Procedure Challenge. Procedural Irregularity in Not Signing Judgment at Pronouncement Did Not Vitiate Conviction When Copy Was Later Supplied and Appeal Dismissed on Merits Under Sections 366, 367, 371, 537 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898....

The Supreme Court of India addressed three writ petitions filed under Article 32 of the Constitution by a convicted prisoner. The petitioner had been tried in the City Civil and Sessions Court, Greate...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Mining Lease Dispute Where Agreement Was Void Ab Initio Due to Illegal Premium and Lack of Certificate. Section 65 of Indian Contract Act Held Inapplicable When Both Parties Knew the Agreement Was Unlawful at Its Inception....

The appeal arose from a mining lease granted by the first respondent Jharkhand Mines Ltd. to Haricharan Singh J.D. & Co., later renamed Kuju Collieries Ltd., the appellant, on 7-9-1950 for a sum of Rs...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Eye-Witness Testimony. Conviction by High Court Under Section 302 Read with Section 149 IPC Reversed as Acquittal by Trial Court Was Reasonable and High Court Failed to Respect Presumption of Innocence....

The case arose from the murder of Ananthakrishnan, a landowner and Secretary of the Karshaka Samajam, allegedly by 13 workers of the local Marxist Communist Party. Tensions had escalated due to an agi...

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Supreme Court Quashes Municipal Resolution Permitting Cinema Conversion in Residential Area; Statutory Town Planning Scheme Cannot Be Overridden by Acquiescence or Estoppel. Municipality Exceeded Statutory Power by Approving Conversion of Kalyan Mantap-cum-Lecture Hall into Cinema Theatre in Violation of Approved Town Planning Scheme Under Madras Town Planning Act, 1920....

The dispute arose from a writ petition filed by K. Ramadas Shenoy challenging four resolutions passed by the Town Municipal Council, Udipi, which permitted Vidya Varidhi Thirtha Swamiar (third respond...

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Supreme Court Upholds Probate of Will in Favor of Wife Amidst Allegations of Undue Influence. Bequest of Entire Property to Second Wife Over Children and Mother Upheld as Genuine Given Hostile Family Relations and Testator's Free Will....

Background: The case involved a dispute over the probate of a will executed by Bhim Sain Arora, who died in January 1964. He had lost his first wife in April 1959 and thereafter advertised for a secon...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal Against Patna High Court Full Bench Decision Restricting Letters Patent Appeal Review. A Letters Patent Appeal from a Single Judge in First Appeal Is Not Limited by Sections 100 and 101 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, and May Review Questions of Fact and Law Because a Single Judge Is Not a Court Subordinate to the High Court....

The matter arose from a money suit filed by the plaintiff against the defendant for recovery of Rs. 7,865/7/- due on account of sale of grains and Rs. 1,512/19/- as interest. The defendant admitted pu...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 Matter Concerning Overlapping of Notified Route by Private Operator's Permit. Majority held that permit renewal for a route overlapping even a portion of a notified route under Chapter IV-A scheme with complete exclusion of private operators cannot be granted under Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, Section 68C and Section 68D(2)....

The Supreme Court considered an appeal by special leave against the dismissal of a writ petition by the Karnataka High Court in limine. The appellant, the Mysore State Road Transport Corporation, oper...

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Supreme Court Upholds Landlord in Saurashtra Rent Control Act Subletting Eviction Despite Repeal. Accrued Right Under Section 13(1)(e) of Saurashtra Act Survives Repeal Under Section 51(2) of Bombay Rent Act Because Subletting Constituted Statutory Ground Independent of Contract....

Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Mining Lease Dispute Where Agreement Was Void Ab Initio Due to Illegal Premium and Lack of Certificate. Section 65 of Indian Contract Act Held Inapplicable When Both Parties Knew the Agreement Was Unlawful at Its Inception....

Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Eye-Witness Testimony. Conviction by High Court Under Section 302 Read with Section 149 IPC Reversed as Acquittal by Trial Court Was Reasonable and High Court Failed to Respect Presumption of Innocence....

Supreme Court Upholds Probate of Will in Favor of Wife Amidst Allegations of Undue Influence. Bequest of Entire Property to Second Wife Over Children and Mother Upheld as Genuine Given Hostile Family Relations and Testator's Free Will....

Bombay High Court Allows Appeals by Acquiring Body in Land Acquisition Compensation Cases,...

Bombay High Court Dismisses NHAI Appeals in Land Acquisition Compensation Dispute — Upho...

Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Concurrent Findings in Suit for Spec...

Bombay High Court Dismisses MBBS Student's Writ Petition Seeking Fourth Attempt in Anatomy...

High Court of Bombay Hears Writ Petitions Challenging Tenancy Orders Under Bombay Tenancy ...

Supreme Court Allows Assessee in GST Limitation Case by Setting Aside Show Cause Notice fo...

Supreme Court Allows Criminal Appeal Against Acquittal in Dowry Harassment Death Case, Res...

Supreme Court Restores Criminal Appeal Against Acquittal After High Court Dismissed It as ...

Supreme Court Upholds Election Petitioner in Representation of People Act, 1951 Matter on ...

Supreme Court Quashes Domestic Violence Proceedings Against Husband Based on Prior Settlem...