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Supreme Court Upholds Private Person's Right to Prosecute Registration Act Offences Without Official Permission. Section 83(1) Indian Registration Act, 1916 Is Permissive, Not Prohibitory, Allowing Private Complaints for Forgery and False Personation in Registration....

Background: This criminal appeal by special leave arose from a private complaint alleging forgery of a zerpeshgi deed and false personation in its registration under the Indian Registration Act, 1916....

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Supreme Court Dismisses Partnership Firm Appeal Against Customs Penalties for Attempted Illegal Export of Indian Currency. Firm's Liability Upheld as Currency Notes Are 'Goods' Under Sea Customs Act, 1878 Section 167 and Firm Is a 'Person' Under Foreign Exchange Regulations Act, 1947 Section 23C....

The appeal arose from penalty proceedings under the Sea Customs Act, 1878 and Foreign Exchange Regulations Act, 1947 after Indian currency of Rs. 51,000 was found concealed in a wooden case booked for...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Detenu's Habeas Corpus Petition in Preventive Detention Case Under West Bengal Prevention of Violent Activities Act, 1970. Arson at Educational Institution and Threats to Staff Held to Disturb Public Order, Not Merely Law and Order, Justifying Detention Under Section 3(2)(b)....

The Supreme Court of India considered a habeas corpus petition under Article 32 of the Constitution filed by a detenu challenging his preventive detention under the West Bengal Prevention of Violent A...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Employer's Appeal in Industrial Disputes Act Case for Permission to Dismiss Workman. Tribunal's Refusal Upheld as Domestic Enquiry Findings Were Perverse and Belated Application for Additional Evidence Was Not Entertained Under Section 33(1)(b) of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Delhi Cloth & General Mills Co. Ltd, a public limited company owning textile mills, against an order of the Delhi Administration Special Industrial Tribunal re...

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Supreme Court Upholds State's Appeal in Murder Case Due to High Court's Manifestly Fallacious Acquittal. High Court's Acquittal Reversed as It Ignored Presumption of Innocence Rules and Trial Court's Advantage of Witness Demeanour, Ordering Conviction Under Section 302 IPC....

The case arose from the murder of Putlibai, wife of the accused Samman Dass alias Samman Lal. The accused and Putlibai were married on May 14, 1968, after initial reluctance by the accused due to her ...

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Supreme Court Allows State Electricity Board and State Government in Indian Electricity Act Case Over Licence Amendment and Purchase Notice. Amendment substituting 'on' for 'or' was valid clarification of ambiguity and licensee unreasonably withheld consent under Section 4A(1); notice under Section 6 conformed to amended licence terms....

The case arose from a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging a notice dated April 26, 1966 issued by the Maharashtra State Electricity Board under Section 6 of the Indian Elec...

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Supreme Court Upholds Detention Under Jammu and Kashmir Preventive Detention Act Against Constitutional Challenge to Governor's Assent. Governor Validly Assented to Amendment Act as Successor to Sadar-i-Riyasat; Proviso to Section 8 Not Excessive Delegation and Not Ultra Vires Section 103 of State Constitution....

The petitioner, detained under the Jammu and Kashmir Preventive Detention Act, 1964, challenged his detention through a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of ha...