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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Pepsu Tenancy Act Surplus Area Dispute; Collector's Review Without Notice Violates Natural Justice and Civil Court Decree Not Covered by Section 32-DD. Declaratory Decree That Land Never Belonged to Person Does Not Diminish His Surplus Area Under Section 32-DD(b) of Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1955....

The dispute arose under the Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1955, concerning determination of surplus area. The first appellant, father of appellants 2 and 3, had managed to get mutation of ...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accountant and Cashier in Cheating Case Due to Absence of Mens Rea Under Section 420 IPC. Conviction Set Aside as Mere Administrative Lapse and Failure to Follow Procedural Duties Did Not Establish Guilty Intention for Fraudulent Pay Bills....

The appeals by special leave arose from the judgment of the Patna High Court affirming the conviction of the two appellants, an accountant and a cashier, along with a bill clerk, under Section 420 rea...

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Supreme Court Upholds Central Government Sanction Requirement for Retrospective Upgradation Under Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966. State Government Cannot Alter Date of Upgradation to 1 April 1966 Without Section 82(6) Approval, Changing Conditions of Service of Allocated Punjab Taxation Inspectors to Their Disadvantage....

The dispute arose from the reorganisation of the State of Punjab and the allocation of officers to the newly formed State of Himachal Pradesh under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966. Ten Taxation In...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal by Statutory Board in Bihar Hindu Religious Trusts Act Dispute—Declares Temple Endowment a Religious Trust. Public Interest in Temple Management Established by Outsider Panches' Superintendence and Complete Dedication to Deity Under Section 2(1)(g) of Bihar Hindu Religious Trusts Act, 1950....

The Supreme Court of India heard a civil appeal concerning the classification of a temple endowment in Bihar under the Bihar Hindu Religious Trusts Act, 1950. The appellant, Bihar State Board of Hindu...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Application to Cancel Certificate of Fitness in Civil Appeal Regarding Ejectment and Rent. Court Holds Appeal Maintainable Under Article 133(1)(b) Constitution of India, 1950, as Judgment Involved Claim Respecting Property Valued More Than Twenty Thousand Rupees, Not Affirming Trial Court Decree....

The dispute arose from a suit for ejectment and recovery of rent arrears filed by the plaintiff-respondents, the two sons of Shri Jadu Nath Palit, against the Board of Trustees and Managing Committee ...

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Supreme Court Allows Plaintiff in Mortgage Enforcement Suit Against High Court's Setting Aside of Decrees; Holds Appeal Against Mere Finding on Partition Not Maintainable. Amendment of Appeal Memorandum After Seven-and-a-Half-Year Delay Without Condonation Was Improper Under Code of Civil Procedure, 1908....

This civil appeal arose from a mortgage enforcement suit. The plaintiff (appellant before the Supreme Court) was the mortgagee; defendants 1 to 3 were the mortgagor and his two sons. Defendant 1 execu...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal by Accused in Murder Conviction Under Section 302/149 IPC. Accused Were Members of Unlawful Assembly with Common Object to Kill, and Second Limb of Section 149 Indian Penal Code, 1860 Applied Because They Knew Fatal Consequences Likely from Use of Deadly Weapons....

This criminal appeal by special leave arose from the judgment of the Allahabad High Court affirming the conviction of five accused persons under Section 302 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal C...

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Supreme Court Remands Seniority Dispute to Bombay High Court for Fresh Hearing; Central Government Final Authority Under States Reorganisation Act. Ex Parte High Court Order on Equation of Posts and Gradation List Set Aside as it Encroached on Central Government's Functions Under Sections 115 and 117 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956....

The dispute arose from the integration of services in the Agriculture Department of the State of Maharashtra following the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. Officers from the former Hyderabad, Madhya P...

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Supreme Court Upholds Customs Appeal in Import Prohibition Case Concerning Domestic Sewing Machine Needles. Conditional Prohibition Under Section 3 of Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1947 and Clause 3 of Import Control Order, 1955 Covers Scheduled Goods Unless Specifically Licensed....

The Collector of Customs, Madras, appealed by special leave against a judgment of the Madras High Court which had quashed the confiscation of a large quantity of sewing machine needles imported by the...