This civil appeal arose from a dispute over a strip of land and easement rights. In 1906, the predecessor-in-title of the respondent leased an open portion of land to the appellant's father for constr...
The appellant, a government engineer born on January 1, 1910, entered service of the former Indian State of Mayurbhanj in Orissa on November 1, 1937. Upon merger of that State with the Province of Ori...
The Supreme Court of India, in a judgment delivered by Justice A.N. Grover on 5 April 1971, addressed the constitutional validity of section 187A of the Sea Customs Act, 1878 in the context of a smugg...
The dispute arose from successive amendments to the Andhra Pradesh General Sales Tax Act, 1957 concerning the liability of commission agents selling jaggery on behalf of agriculturist principals. Unti...
The appeal by special leave arose from the acquittal of an income tax officer by the Punjab High Court, Circuit Bench at Delhi, in a prosecution under Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act,...
This appeal arose from a challenge to the vires of Rule 111 of the Rules framed under Section 90 of the Bihar and Orissa Excise Act, 1915, which imposed a licence fee for possession of denatured spiri...
The appeal arose from a criminal conviction under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code for defamation. The appellant, Sukra Mahto, was the grandson of Karma Ahir. The respondent, Basdeo Kumar Mahto, a...
The appeal arose from a judgment of the Gujarat High Court dismissing a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The appellant was the owner of Survey Nos. 219/1 and 121 situated ...
The dispute arose from a cash credit agreement between the Bank of Bihar and the Jagdishpur Zamindari Co. Ltd., under which the company pledged sugar with the bank as security for advances. The bank h...
The dispute arose when the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Andhra Pradesh, sought to enforce the provisions of the Employees' Provident Funds Act, 1957 and the Provident Fund Scheme, 1952 agains...
