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Supreme Court Upholds Appellant in Arbitration Act Case Due to Error of Law on Face of Award. Service Line Compensation Under Indian Electricity Act, 1910 Includes Consumer Contributions, Requiring Amendment of Award Under Section 30 of Arbitration Act, 1940....

This appeal by special leave arose from an arbitration award made under the Arbitration Act, 1940 in a dispute concerning the purchase of an electricity undertaking. The appellant was the licensee com...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Revenue Appeals in Income Tax Reassessment Case Due to Absence of Jurisdictional Facts and Adverse Inference from Non-Production of Records. Upholds High Court Quashing of Notices Under Section 34(1)(a) of Indian Income Tax Act, 1922 as Conditions Precedent Not Established....

The dispute arose from reassessment proceedings under Section 34(1)(a) of the Indian Income Tax Act, 1922. The assessee, a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) carrying on business as a forest contractor in N...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal and Confirms Death Sentence for Communal Riot Murder. Eye-Witness Testimony Upheld Despite Medical Evidence Discrepancy and FIR Cannot Contradict Witnesses Other Than Its Maker Under Indian Penal Code Sections 148, 323, 302....

(1) Background — This criminal appeal by special leave arose from communal riots that occurred on May 7, 1970 in Bhiwandi, Thana District, Maharashtra, and spread to neighboring villages including T...

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Supreme Court Allows Assessee Tea Companies Deduction of Land Holdings Tax as Business Expenditure Under Income-tax Act, 1922. Tea Garden Lands Held to Be Business Assets and Tax Paid Thereon Treated as Incidental to Business, Deductible Under Section 10(2)(xv) Despite Revenue's Reliance on Travancore Titanium....

The litigation concerned two assessee companies engaged in growing tea, whose income was assessed under Section 10 of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 as business income. Under Rule 24 of the Income-ta...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Revenue Appeals in Income Tax Reassessment Limitation Matter. Assessee Not Liable as Association of Persons for Gifted Tobacco Business; No Valid Finding or Direction Under Second Proviso to Section 34(3) of Indian Income Tax Act, 1922 to Extend Limitation for Notices Under Section 34(1)(a)....

The appeals arose from an Income Tax Reference before the Allahabad High Court concerning reassessment notices issued under Section 34(1)(a) of the Indian Income Tax Act, 1922. The core dispute was wh...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Land Acquisition Compensation Discrimination Case Under Article 14. State Cannot Discriminate Between Landowners by Choosing Between Two Acquisition Acts with Different Compensation Principles, as Provisions Modifying Land Acquisition Act, 1894 Under Nagpur Improvement Trust Act, 1936 Violate Article 14 Constitution....

The case concerned a constitutional challenge to the compensation provisions of the Nagpur Improvement Trust Act, 1936. The respondent, a tenant of agricultural fields in village Binakhi, Patwari Circ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Accused in Right of Private Defence Case Under Section 304 IPC; Conviction Set Aside. Right of Private Defence Commences on Reasonable Apprehension of Imminent Danger, Not After Sustaining Injury, Under Sections 100 and 102 of Indian Penal Code, 1860....

This was a criminal appeal by special leave before the Supreme Court against the conviction of the appellant Deo Narain under Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 by the Allahabad High Court. Th...

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Supreme Court Upholds Externment Order Under Bombay Police Act, 1951 Based on General Allegations and Limited Disclosure. Court Rules That Reasoned Orders Not Required in Externment Proceedings to Protect Witness Identity and That Wider Area Externment from Greater Bombay and Thana District Was Reasonable....

The Supreme Court considered an appeal by special leave against the Bombay High Court's dismissal of a writ petition challenging an externment order under the Bombay Police Act, 1951. The appellant, P...

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Supreme Court Upholds Authorised Controller in Industries (Development and Regulation) Act Takeover Under Section 18A Despite Non-Disclosure of Investigation Report. Natural Justice Did Not Require Furnishing a Copy of the Section 15 Investigating Committee's Report After Opportunity Was Given During Investigation, as No Prejudice Was Shown....

The dispute arose from a challenge by Keshav Mills Company Ltd. and one of its shareholder-directors against an order of the Government of India dated 24 November 1970 passed under Section 18A of the ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appellant in Municipal Lease Eviction Dispute; Holds No Contract Concluded and Tenant by Sufferance Not Entitled to Notice. Section 80 of Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act Required Corporation Sanction for Commissioner's Contract; Acceptance of Rent at Old Rate Did Not Create Tenancy Holding Over....

The Supreme Court of India dealt with a civil appeal by special leave against the judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in a second appeal arising from a suit for eviction filed by the Municipal C...