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Supreme Court Dismisses Plaintiff Company's Appeal for Reimbursement of Super-Tax Paid on Shareholder's Behalf. Promissory Estoppel and Limitation Bar Recovery as Defendant Company Held Resident in India Under Section 15(5) Limitation Act, 1963....

The litigation arose from a suit filed by Turner Morrison and Co., Ltd. (plaintiff/appellant) against Hungerford Investment Trust Ltd. (in voluntary liquidation, defendant/respondent) for recovery of ...

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Supreme Court Allows Employer's Appeal in Bombay Industrial Relations Act Case on Labour Court Jurisdiction. Labour Court Cannot Entertain Dismissal Dispute Under Section 78(1)(D) Unless Employee First Complies with Section 42(4) Procedure and Proviso....

The dispute arose under the Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946, after an employee challenged his dismissal before the Labour Court at Nagpur. The employee, Nathu, was employed as a munshi in the ap...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Mining Lease Priority Dispute; Legal Representatives Cannot Continue Deceased Applicant's Claim. Non-Compliance with Mineral Concession Rules 27 and 32 Is Not Fatal; Priority Based on Personal Qualifications and Equity of Earlier Applicant....

Background: The dispute concerned competing applications for a mining lease over the same land in Nellore district. One Buchivenkata Rao, the original appellant, had applied for a mining lease, while ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Cement Producers in Industrial Dispute Over Incentive Payment Share. Workers' Claim for Share in Extra Price Paid for Excess Cement Production Fails as Extra Amount Constitutes Price, Not Incentive Bonus Under Cement Control Order, 1961....

The dispute arose before the National Industrial Tribunal, Bombay, upon a reference asking whether the workmen of cement producers were entitled to a share in the incentive payment allowed by the Gove...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals Partly in Murder by Poisoning Case Upholding Conviction of Primary Accused and Acquitting Two Co-Accused. Circumstantial Evidence of Poisoning and Disposal of Body Proved Death Was Homicidal Despite Absence of Detected Poison; Statements to Police Inadmissible Under Section 27 Evidence Act Without Discovery of Incriminating Material....

The case involved a criminal appeal by special leave against a judgment of the Patna High Court which had dismissed the appeal of four convicted accused. The prosecution case was that Indira Devi, the...

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Supreme Court Upholds Reversion of Officiating Naib Tehsildar to Substantive Post in Service Law. Reversion for Failure to Pass Departmental Examination Was Not Reduction in Rank Under Article 311(2) Because No Penal Consequences Were Shown and Juniors Were Not Similarly Situated Under Articles 14 and 16....

The case arose from seven civil appeals by special leave filed by the Union of India and the Financial Commissioner of Himachal Pradesh against a judgment of the Judicial Commissioner, Himachal Prades...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unexplained Delay in Lodging FIR and Infirmities in Eyewitness Testimony. Conviction Under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 Rendered Unsafe Where First Information Report Delayed Over 20 Hours Despite Police Station Only Two Miles Away and Vital Prosecution Evidence Afflicted with Ex Facie Infirmity....

The appellant, Thulia Kali, was convicted by the Sessions Judge, Salem, under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for the murder of Madhandi Pidariammal and under Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Employer's Appeals and Upholds Industrial Tribunal Award on Dearness Allowance, Wage Scales, and Gratuity. Uniform Dearness Allowance and Comparable Units With Foreign Collaboration Formed Basis for Award Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The dispute arose between an employer pharmaceutical company and its workmen over demands for revision of wage scales, dearness allowance, classification of grades, gratuity ceiling, and incentive bon...

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Supreme Court Upholds Employer's Right to Terminate Services Without Misconduct in Industrial Dispute Case. Termination Under Regulation 48 with One Month's Pay in Lieu of Notice Held Not to Require Approval Under Section 33 of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 When Not Based on Misconduct....

The Supreme Court heard an appeal by special leave filed by Air India Corporation against an award of the Central Government Labour Court, Bombay, which had held that the termination of V. A. Rebellow...