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Supreme Court Upholds Prosecution in Corruption and Conspiracy Case by Setting Aside High Court's Quashing of Charges. Cognizable Nature of Offences Under Prevention of Corruption Act and Validity of Investigation by Inspector Upheld; Joint Trial of Public Servants and Private Individual Permitted....

The Supreme Court heard three criminal appeals by certificate granted by the High Court of Assam and Nagaland arising from a corruption and conspiracy case. The respondents were two army officers, Maj...

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Supreme Court Allows Company in Essential Services to Curtail Unpaid Festival Holidays in Favour of Increased Production. The Court Held That Reduction of Holidays Is a Necessary Step to Increase Productivity and Industrial Adjudication Must Consider Present-Day Conditions and Essential Services Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The dispute arose from a reference made by the Government of West Bengal to the Industrial Tribunal concerning the curtailment of unpaid festival holidays in the appellant company, which was engaged s...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Execution of Arbitration Award Decree for Return of Factory and Plot. Default in Payment Obligation under Award Clause 7 Vested Respondents with Right to Recover Possession; Clause Not Penal and Award Decree Not Consent Decree....

The dispute arose from an agreement of May 1955 by which the respondents sold their rights in a plot and factory at Faridabad to the appellants. The plot had been allotted to the respondents by the Fa...

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Supreme Court Upholds Appellant in Section 244 U.P. Municipalities Act Case Regarding Unfit Wheat Flour Sale. Supreme Court Rules That Orders Restricting Sale of Flour for Animal Consumption Exceeded Section 244's Scope, as Only Direct Sale for Human Consumption Is Regulated....

The dispute concerned a tort claim for damages arising from municipal interference with the sale of wheat flour declared unfit for human consumption. The appellants, partners of the firm Shiam Lal Rad...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appellant in Retrenchment/Article 311 Challenge — Order Sustained on Objective Grounds of Minimum Qualification and Non-Absorption. Provisionally Absorbed Employee Not Entitled to Article 311 Protection as He Was Not Absorbed into New State Service; Retrenchment Terms Applied Objectively and Order Upheld Despite Stigma Ground Failing....

The appellant was first appointed as a police constable in the erstwhile State of Gwalior in 1934 and was promoted to Sub-Inspector in March 1945. In May 1948, Gwalior, Indore, and certain other State...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal by Property Owner in Evacuee Property Case; Authorities Could Reopen Non-Evacuee Order Obtained by Fraud. Revisional Jurisdiction Under Section 27 of Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950 Not Barred by Section 28 Finality or Section 7A Prohibition....

The dispute concerned certain property in Delhi claimed by the first appellant as owner. The first appellant was the wife of the second appellant. Under the Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 195...

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Supreme Court Upholds Minimum Seating Capacity Rule for Public Service Vehicles by Setting Aside High Court Order. Rule 216(2) of Mysore Motor Vehicle Rules, 1963 Held Valid Under Section 70 of Motor Vehicles Act and Not Violative of Article 19(1)(g) of Constitution....

The dispute arose from a challenge to Rule 216(2) of the Mysore Motor Vehicle Rules, 1963, which prescribed minimum seating capacity for public service vehicles based on wheelbase. The respondent, a t...

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Supreme Court Upholds State Government in Minimum Wages Act Committee Composition Dispute. Government Officials Deemed Independent Persons Under Section 9 of Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Reversing High Court View....

The Supreme Court addressed the question whether two government officials appointed to an advisory committee for revising minimum wages in the bidi industry could be regarded as independent persons un...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal by Management in Gratuity Forfeiture Case Due to Serious Misconduct of Riotous Behaviour and Assault. Misconduct of Third Category Entails Forfeiture of Gratuity Under Section 4(6)(b) of Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, and No Remand Needed When Facts Are Undisputed....

The dispute arose under a gratuity scheme applicable to the appellant estate. A workman was charge-sheeted for riotous and disorderly behaviour for assaulting a tea maker inside the factory on May 29,...