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Supreme Court Dismisses Landlord's Eviction Suit Under Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act Due to Lack of Direct and Substantial Need for Business. Partnership Firm Business Not Automatically Landlord's Own Business Under Section 12(1)(f) of the Act, Requiring Proof of Personal Occupation for Eviction....

The litigation arose from a suit for eviction filed by the respondent, Ambalal Tribhuwan Das, owner of a shop in Siyaganj, Indore, against the appellants, D. N. Sanghavi & Sons (a partnership firm) an...

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Supreme Court Upholds Appellant in Government Contract Tender Case; Government Not Bound to Accept Highest Tender. Clause Reserving Right to Select Any Tender or Reject All Without Assigning Reason Held Not Violative of Article 14; Invitation to Tender Distinguished from Auction....

The case concerned the validity of a government tender process for leasing a distillery in the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu. The appellant had held the previous lease for the Daman distillery...

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Supreme Court Sets Aside Murder Conviction of Appellant in Circumstantial Evidence Case; Upholds Conviction Under Section 201 IPC for Causing Disappearance of Evidence. Court Holds Prosecution Failed to Establish Individual Act of Appellant Causing Death After Co-accused Were Acquitted Under Section 302/34 IPC, But Circumstantial Evidence Proved Disposal of Body....

The matter arose from the death of Smt. Chanda Devi, wife of appellant Sawal Das, on 28 May 1965 at their house in Mohalla Andi Gola, Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The prosecution alleged that the appellant, al...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Appellant in Drugs and Cosmetics Act Case for Stocking Misbranded Drug Without Licence. Stocking for Sale Under Sections 18(a), 18(c), and 27(a) of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 Includes Keeping or Carrying a Drug on Person When Intended for Sale, as Evidenced by Possession of 95,000 Sedative Capsules....

This criminal appeal before the Supreme Court of India arose from a conviction under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 for stocking for sale a misbranded drug without a valid licence. The appellant, S...

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Supreme Court Upholds Dealer in Central Sales Tax Act Excessive Delegation Challenge. Section 8(2)(b) Valid as Parliament Retains Control by Repeal and Adopts State Rate to Prevent Tax Evasion....

The dispute arose from four civil appeals filed by a dealer against the Assistant Commissioner of Sales Tax and others, challenging the constitutional validity of Section 8(2)(b) of the Central Sales ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Validity of Section 8(2)(b) of Central Sales Tax Act, 1956, Against Articles 301 and 303(1) Challenge. Higher Tax Rate on Inter-State Sales to Unregistered Dealers and Government Not Discriminatory and Within Parliament's Power to Prevent Tax Evasion....

The appeals arose from a common judgment of the Madras High Court allowing writ petitions filed by dealers (respondents) who challenged the constitutional validity of Section 8(2)(b) of the Central Sa...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to High Court's Failure to Apply Correct Principles in Appeal Against Acquittal. Conviction Under Sections 302, 325, 323 Read with Section 149 IPC Set Aside as High Court Disregarded Trial Court's Reasonable View of Evidence....

The Supreme Court of India heard an appeal by special leave against a judgment of the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) which had set aside the acquittal of eleven appellants and convicted them und...

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Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Election Petition for Non-Compliance with Mandatory Copy Requirement Under Representation of the People Act, 1951. First Part of Section 81(3) Held Mandatory; Filing Spare Copies After Limitation Does Not Cure Defect and Entails Dismissal Under Section 86(1)....

Background: The case concerned an election petition challenging the election to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Safidon Assembly Constituency No. 30 in the general election held on March 11, 197...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against High Court's Dismissal of Election Petition as Time-Barred Under Representation of the People Act. Limitation Act Section 5 Held Inapplicable to Election Petitions; Election Petition Filed After 45-Day Period Cannot Be Condoned....

In the bye-election to the Lok Sabha from Darbhanga Parliamentary Constituency held on January 30, 1972, the respondent Lalit Narain Mishra, a candidate of the Indian National Congress, was declared e...