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Supreme Court Partly Allows Workmen's Appeal in Payment of Bonus Act Dispute, Holding Interest Paid by Branch to Head Office Not Deductible. Provision for Gratuity and Income Tax Calculation Without Bonus Upheld as Correct Deductions Under Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, Section 23 and Schedules....

This appeal by special leave arose from an industrial dispute concerning payment of bonus to workmen for calendar years 1964 and 1965 under the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965. The appellant union represen...

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Supreme Court Upholds Levy of Property Tax on Excess Vacant Land in Bangalore. Classification of Land Appurtenant to Buildings for Differential Taxation Upheld Under City of Bangalore Municipal Corporation Act, 1949....

Background: The appellant, Spencer & Co., a company incorporated under the Companies Act, owned the West End Hotel in Bangalore. The property comprised a total extent of 19.43 acres, with a building a...

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Supreme Court Upholds Employer's Dismissal as Valid and Denies Declaration of Continuance of Service. Termination in Breach of Regulations Framed Under Section 45 of the Air Corporation Act, 1953 Does Not Render Dismissal Void When Employment Is Purely Master and Servant, Even for a Statutory Corporation....

The dispute arose out of the dismissal of an employee by a statutory corporation. Prior to August 1953, the respondent was employed as a motor driver in Airways (India) Ltd. Upon the enactment of the ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Inclusion of Reserves Appropriated After Year-End in Capital Computation for Surtax. Directors' Appropriation of Profits to Reserves After the Closure of Accounts but Relating to the Previous Year's Profits is Treated as Effective from the First Day of the Previous Year Under Rule 1 of Second Schedule to Companies (Profits) Surtax Act, 1964....

The case concerned the computation of capital for the purpose of surtax under the Companies (Profits) Surtax Act, 1964. The appellant was the Commissioner of Income-tax, Mysore, Bangalore, and the res...

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Supreme Court Upholds Levy of House Tax on Municipal Buildings Leased to Occupiers. The Bombay Municipal Boroughs Act, 1925 Empowers Municipalities to Impose House Tax on Their Own Buildings, with Primary Liability on the Actual Occupier Holding a Lease from the Municipality Under Section 85....

The dispute arose from the levy of house tax by the Hubli Dharwar Municipal Corporation, originally a Borough under the Bombay Municipal Boroughs Act, 1925, on buildings owned by it and leased to the ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Government Employees in Article 311(2) Case; Governor's Satisfaction Dispenses with Inquiry. Non-Consultation with Public Service Commission Under Article 320(3)(c) Not Mandatory; Plea of Mala Fides Rejected....

The appeals arose from two writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution filed by two government employees who challenged their dismissal from service by the Governor of Assam. The appellants w...