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Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Accused in Food Adulteration Case Holding Probation Act Applicable Despite Minimum Sentence. Section 4(1) of Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 Overrides Section 16 of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, and Offender Aged Below 20 Years Cannot Be Deprived of Probation Benefit....

This criminal appeal by special leave arose from conviction of appellant Ishar Das under Section 7(1) read with Section 16(1)(a)(i) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. The appellant was ...

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Supreme Court Allows Assessee in Income Tax Deduction Case Involving Goodwill Payments. Goodwill Transaction Construed as Licence, Not Sale, Making Payments Revenue Expenditure Deductible Under Income Tax Act, 1922....

The Supreme Court of India adjudicated an income tax appeal concerning the deductibility of payments made by an assessee firm for the use of goodwill. The appellant was a firm of chartered accountants...

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Supreme Court Dismisses State's Objections to Arbitration Award Filing and Interest Award in Arbitration Act Case. Arbitrator's Suo Motu Filing and Pre-Reference Interest Award Upheld Under Sections 14(2), 2(c) of Arbitration Act, 1940 and Section 61(2) of Sale of Goods Act, 1930....

The dispute arose out of a contract between the erstwhile State of Madhya Bharat and M/s. Saith & Skelton (P) Ltd. for the supply and erection of penstocks for Gandhi Sagar Power Station. The contract...

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Supreme Court Upholds Backward Classes Reservation and Strikes Down Higher Secondary Course Quota in Medical Admissions. Forty Percent Reservation for Multipurpose HSC Candidates Under Rule 9 Violates Article 14 Despite Common Entrance Test....

The appeals by the State of Andhra Pradesh arose from a judgment of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in a batch of writ petitions challenging the rules for admission to the Integrated M.B.B.S. Course in ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Trade Mark Infringement Case Over Deceptively Similar Biscuit Wrapper; Sets Aside Concurrent Findings of Trial Court and High Court. Deceptive Similarity Established Under Sections 2(d) and 29(1) of Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958, as Overall Similarity of Wrappers Likely to Mislead Purchaser Despite Minor Differences....

Parle Products (P) Ltd., manufacturers of biscuits and confectionery, owned registered trade marks including the word 'Gluco' and a wrapper registered under the Trade Marks Act, 1940 as No. 9184 of 7 ...

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Supreme Court Sets Aside Industrial Tribunal Award for Exceeding Scope of Reference in Superannuation Dispute. The Court Holds That a Tribunal Under Section 10(1)(d) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Cannot Adjudicate Issues Not Referred to It and Must Confine Itself to the Specific Dispute Regarding Termination on Grounds of Superannuation....

The appellant, a public limited company, operated a cement factory at Sawaimadhopur and a limestone quarry at Phallodi, 24 km away. It had two separate sets of certified Standing Orders—one for fact...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals by Land Owner Upholding Government's Right to Withdraw from Land Acquisition Prior to Possession. Government Not Liable to Pay Compensation for Withdrawn Lands Because No Possession Was Taken Under Sections 16 or 17(1) of Land Acquisition Act, 1894....

The appeals before the Supreme Court arose out of two writ petitions filed in the Patna High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution. The appellant, a landowner, challenged the exclusion of certai...