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Supreme Court Allows Habeas Corpus Petition in Preventive Detention Case Under Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 Due to Vague and Irrelevant Ground. Solitary Assault on Individual Without Details Held Insufficient to Disturb Public Order, and Inclusion of Invalid Ground Vitiated Subjective Satisfaction of Detaining Authority Under Section 3(2) of the Act....

The petitioner, Manu Bhusan Roy Pradhan, filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of habeas corpus against his preventive detention ordered by the District Ma...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Revenue Appeal Against Deduction of Profit Share Payment as Revenue Expenditure Under Section 10(2)(xv) of Income Tax Act, 1922. Annual Payment to State Government for Transfer of Business Undertaking Held Deductible as Revenue Expenditure, Not Capital....

The case involved a dispute over deductibility of a sum paid by Travancore Sugar & Chemicals Ltd. to the Government of Travancore under agreements for transfer of business assets. The company was inco...

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Supreme Court Upholds Union in Land Acquisition Interest Dispute by Limiting Interest to Market Value Only. Solatium under Section 23(2) Excluded from Interest Calculation under Section 4(3) of Land Acquisition (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1967....

This civil appeal by special leave challenged a judgment of the Delhi High Court concerning the interpretation of Section 4(3) of the Land Acquisition (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1967. The dispute...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal by Factory Manager in Factories Act Offence; Upholds High Court's Decision That Complaint Was Within Limitation. Accident Report Under Rule 103 Failed to Disclose Ingredients of Section 21(1)(iv)(c) Factories Act, 1948, So Inspector's Knowledge of Offence Commenced Only on Inquiry Date, Not on Receipt of Report....

This appeal by special leave arose from a criminal revision where the Gujarat High Court set aside the Chief City Magistrate's dismissal of a complaint filed by the Inspector of Factories against the ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Acquittal in Murder Case Under Section 302/34 IPC Due to Unreliable Handwriting Expert Evidence and Suicide Finding. High Court's well-reasoned judgment acquitting accused of forced acid poisoning was not interfered with under Article 136 because no glaring infirmity or miscarriage of justice was shown....

The Supreme Court heard a criminal appeal by special leave filed by Bhagwan Kaur, mother of the deceased Shanti Devi alias Prem Lata, against the acquittal of Maharaj Krishan Sharma and his mother Sha...

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Supreme Court Quashes Land Acquisition Proceedings for Non-Compliance with Mandatory Public Notice Under Section 4(1) of Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Collector's Failure to Cause Local Publicity of Notification Substance, Even Where Section 5A Inquiry Was Dispensed With Under Section 17(4), Vitiates Entire Acquisition....

The dispute arose out of land acquisition proceedings initiated under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The appellants, whose land was sought to be acquired, challenged the acquisition by filing a writ ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal of Plaintiff in Railway Accident Damages Suit as Time-Barred. Notice Period Under Section 80 CPC Does Not Extend Limitation, and Filing in Wrong Court Cannot Be Saved by Sections 4 or 14 of Limitation Act, 1908....

The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by special leave against the judgment of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, which had confirmed the dismissal of a suit for recovery of damages as barred by li...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against High Court Order Setting Aside Acquittal in Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act and IPC Case. Invalid Compounding of Non-Compoundable Offence Under Section 13 of Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act Rendered Acquittal Liable to Be Set Aside, and High Court's Suo Motu Revisional Power Was Upheld....

The Supreme Court dismissed a criminal appeal by special leave against a Bombay High Court order that set aside an acquittal and directed the trial magistrate to proceed with two complaint cases. The ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Detention Order under Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971. Detenu's Challenge Fails as Murders Were Not Stray but Aimed at Promoting Party Cause, Affecting Public Order and Delay in Representation Was Explained....

By an order dated 16 November 1971, the District Magistrate, Burdwan, West Bengal, detained Abdul Aziz under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971, with a view to preventing him from acting i...