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Supreme Court Upholds Appellant's Claim for Bhumidhari Rights Under U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950. Constructive Possession of Co-sharer and Deemed Holding Under Section 18(1)(a) Support Partition of Joint Holdings Despite Exclusive Cultivation by Other Co-sharers....

The dispute concerned the entitlement to bhumidhari rights under Section 18(1)(a) of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950, after the abolition of zamindari in Uttar Pradesh. The app...

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Supreme Court Quashes Deputy Registrar's Order Suspending Cooperative Society Committee and Appointing Administrator. Section 35(2) of Cooperative Societies Act, 1965 Requires Commencement of Supersession Proceedings Before Interim Suspension and Administrator Appointment Are Valid....

The litigation arose from an order dated 14 July 1971 passed by the Deputy Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Meerut, which suspended the President and the committee of management of Jahangirabad Coope...

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Supreme Court Upholds Revenue in U.P. Sales Tax Act Successive Dealer and Appeal Maintainability Dispute. Importer Constitutes First Successive Dealer Under Section 3A, and 'Tax Admitted' Under Proviso to Section 9(1) Means Tax Admitted Before Assessing Authority....

The case arose from a Division Bench judgment of the Allahabad High Court in sales tax references and writ petitions under the Uttar Pradesh Sales Tax Act, 1948. The assessee, a registered dealer carr...

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Supreme Court Upholds Liquidator's Misfeasance Proceedings Against Directors in Banking Company Case Due to Special Limitation Under Banking Companies Act. Directors' Liability for Negligence Enabling Fraud Established Despite Death of Director; Heirs Not Subject to Compulsive Orders Under Section 235 of Indian Companies Act, 1913....

The dispute arose from misfeasance proceedings initiated by the Official Liquidator of Supreme Bank Ltd., a banking company under winding up, against its directors, managing director, and officers for...

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Supreme Court Upholds Municipal Employee's Declaration That Dismissal Was Void for Violation of Mandatory Rule 143 of Bombay District Municipal Act, 1901. Dismissal Without Reasonable Opportunity to Defend and Without Written Order Rendered Ultra Vires, Not Merely a Case for Damages....

The dispute concerned the dismissal of a municipal midwife employed at Pandit Cottage Hospital administered by the appellant municipality under the Bombay District Municipal Act, 1901. The respondent,...

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Supreme Court Upholds State Appeal and Convicts Accused in Murder Case Under Section 302/149 IPC. Related Eye-Witness Testimony of Deceased's Son and Daughter Held Credible Despite Absence of Corroboration; High Court Acquittal Reversed and Life Imprisonment Imposed....

The State of Uttar Pradesh filed a criminal appeal by special leave against the judgment of the Allahabad High Court dated May 18, 1970, which had acquitted six accused persons who were convicted by t...

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Supreme Court Allows State Appeal and Restores Conviction of Accused in Murder Case; High Court's Rejection of Eyewitness Testimony as Partisan Found Erroneous. Section 34 Indian Penal Code, 1860 Applied to Accused with Lathis Who Accompanied Shooters in Furtherance of Common Intention Under Section 302 IPC....

The State of Uttar Pradesh appealed by special leave against the judgment of the Allahabad High Court which acquitted four accused respondents in a murder case, reversing the conviction by the Session...

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Supreme Court Sets Aside Labour Court Orders in Bombay Industrial Relations Act Case; Holds Six-Month Limit Under Section 78(1)(d)(i) Directory Not Mandatory. The Court ruled that the Labour Court must consider reasons for delay and circumstances before invalidating dismissal orders passed beyond six months of misconduct notice....

The Supreme Court of India addressed two civil appeals by special leave filed by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay against orders of the Fifth Labour Court at Bombay which had set aside dism...

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Supreme Court Upholds Management in Industrial Disputes Act Closure Case: Section 25FFF Applies to Project Completion. Closure of Ranchi Housing Project Constituted Closure of an Undertaking Under Section 25FFF, Not Retrenchment Under Section 25F(b), and Conditional Notice Did Not Violate Statutory Requirements....

The dispute arose out of the retrenchment of Shri R. Venkatesan Naidu, a workman employed by the Management of Hindustan Steel Ltd. in the Ranchi Housing Project. The project was undertaken in 1960 an...