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Supreme Court Upholds High Court's Order Voiding Assembly Election in Nuh Constituency for Corrupt Practices. Appeal to Religion and False Statements Under Sections 123(3) and 123(4) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 Led to Setting Aside of Election, While Bribery and Undue Influence Findings Not Sustained....

The case concerned an election petition challenging the election of the appellant from the Nuh constituency to the Haryana Legislative Assembly in the general election held on 11 March 1972. The appel...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Accused's Review Petition in Bihar Murder Case, Upholding Seven-Year Sentence Under Section 201 IPC. Appellate Court Possessed Power to Impose Consequential Sentence Under Section 423(1)(d) CrPC Despite No State Appeal Against Omission to Sentence....

This review petition arose from a criminal appeal before the Supreme Court. The applicant, Sawal Das, was originally tried with his father Jamuna Prasad and step-mother Kalawati Devi for the murder of...

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Supreme Court Quashes Land Acquisition Declaration Due to Collector's Failure to Hear Objector Under Section 5A of Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Mandatory Opportunity of Being Heard by Collector Not Substituted by Government Hearing; Appellant's Objection Raised Mixed Question of Law and Fact Requiring Inquiry....

The dispute arose from land acquisition proceedings initiated by the Delhi Administration under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The appellant, Shri Mandir Sita Ramji, a society registered under the So...

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Supreme Court Dismisses State Appeal Against High Court's Quashing of Notifications Superseding Cooperative Bank Committee. Section 54 of Mysore Co-operative Societies Act, 1959 Cannot Be Used to Displace Entire Management in Absence of Recourse to Section 30 Supersession Procedure....

Background: The dispute arose from the State Government's attempt to take control of the Bellary District Co-operative Central Bank Limited, Hospet, by issuing two notifications under the Mysore Co-op...

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Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Pre-emption Suit Under Punjab Pre-emption (Repeal) Act, 1973. Section 3 Bars Any Court from Passing a Decree in a Pre-emption Suit After the Act's Commencement, and an Appellate Court Confirming a Trial Court's Pre-emption Decree Passes Its Own Decree, Triggering the Bar....

The Supreme Court considered eight civil appeals by special leave against judgments of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, all raising a common question of law about the effect of the Punjab Pre-emptio...

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Supreme Court Partly Dismisses Criminal Appeal in Murder Death Reference; Upholds Conviction of Two Accused and Acquits Two Others. High Court's Failure to Reappraise Evidence Under Section 374 CrPC Necessitated Independent Scrutiny; Eyewitness Testimony Accepted for Two Accused but Insufficient for the Other Two....

The case arose from a double murder in village Dhandari on August 5, 1971. Four accused, Charan Singh, Mukhtiar Singh, Gurdev Singh, and Paramjit Singh, were tried by the Sessions Judge Ludhiana for t...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court Order in Letters Patent Appeal on Amendment of Plaint and Limitation. Amendment that takes away defence of limitation constitutes reviewable judgment under Clause 15 of Letters Patent (Bombay High Court)....

The Supreme Court of India considered an appeal by certificate against a judgment of the Bombay High Court dated 29 March 1971. The dispute arose from a suit filed on 2 September 1964 by the appellant...

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Supreme Court Upholds State Government Approval Requirement for Land Acquisition Award Under Mysore Land Acquisition Act, 1961. Deputy Commissioner Acts as Agent of State Government in Administrative Capacity, Making Award an Offer Not Violative of Article 31(2)....

The case involved a constitutional challenge by a landowner to the proviso to Section 11 of the Mysore Land Acquisition Act, 1961, which required previous approval of the State Government before the D...