This appeal before the Supreme Court of India arose from a suit for partition instituted by the adopted son of a deceased coparcener. The appellant, Govind Hanumantha Rao Desai, was adopted on Septemb...
This case involved appeals against the Patna High Court's determination of compensation for land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The dispute concerned the market value of 4.65 acres of ...
The dispute concerned certain lands in South Vallur village, Vijayawada Taluk, claimed to be communal lands with irrigation and drainage rights. The plaintiffs, respondents 1 to 4, sued in a represent...
The dispute arose from the publication in a Patna newspaper of a notification issued by the Governor of Bihar under Section 3 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952, appointing a Commission of Inquir...
The case involved a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India for habeas corpus challenging preventive detention under the West Bengal (Prevention of Violent Activities) Act, 1970 (P...
The Supreme Court of India heard an appeal by special leave against the judgment and order of the Patna High Court dated May 3, 1968, which had dismissed the appellant's writ petition for habeas corpu...
The dispute arose from assessment year 1962-63 under the Income-tax Act, 1961. The assessee, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. (U.K.), had received loans from its parent t...
The appeal arose from a suit filed by the State Bank of Hyderabad against members of a joint family (defendants 1-4) and a guarantor (defendant 5) for recovery of Rs.5,00,000 based on a mortgage deed ...
The dispute concerned whether a Jain undivided family was assessable as a Hindu undivided family under Section 3 of the Wealth Tax Act, 1957. The assessee, a Jain family, was assessed by the Wealth Ta...
The State of Tamil Nadu appealed against a Madras High Court judgment allowing writ petitions filed by publishers of textbooks for Government, District Board, and Municipal Council schools. The publis...
