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Supreme Court Upholds State in Land Acquisition for Factory as Public Purpose; Section 17(2)(c) Not Confined by Ejusdem Generis. Government's Declaration of Public Purpose and Urgency Upheld, and Acquisition for Company Not Required Under Part VII Because State Contributed to Cost....

The dispute arose from land acquisition proceedings initiated by the State of Haryana for setting up a factory for manufacture of China-ware and Porcelain-ware including Wall Glazed Tiles at village K...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals by Secretary Against Termination of Service Under West Bengal Board of Secondary Education Act, 1963. State Government's Power to Appoint Secretary Under Section 16 and Dispense with Services Under Rule 8 Upheld; Continued Employee Not Deemed Employee of New Board....

The dispute concerned the termination of the appellant, who served as Secretary of the Board of Secondary Education under the West Bengal Secondary Education Act, 1950, and later continued in that rol...

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Supreme Court Upholds District Council's Termination of Temporary Judicial Officer's Service Under Assam Fundamental Rules. Temporary Appointment and Attainment of Superannuation Age Under Fundamental Rule 56 Precluded Claim to Permanent Post; Continued Service Without Government Sanction Was Invalid....

The dispute arose from the termination of services of a judicial officer who had been appointed temporarily as Judge of the District Council Court for the Autonomous District of United Khasi-Jaintia H...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals by Assistant Registrar of Companies in Companies Act Case Due to Lack of Special Leave and Limitation. Appeals Against Acquittals for Failure to File Annual Returns Held Incompetent as Section 624B of Companies Act, 1956 Did Not Confer Right of Appeal and Section 417(3) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 Required Special Leave....

The Supreme Court heard appeals by certificate against a judgment of the Calcutta High Court dated 13 August 1968, which had held that the memorandum of appeals from orders of acquittal were barred by...

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Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Order Upholding Tenant Eviction and Remands Deposit/Tender Issue Under Section 13 of East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949. Electricity Charges Not Fixed and Payable Separately Cannot Form Part of Rent for Arrears Computation....

The Supreme Court considered an appeal by special leave by a tenant who had been ordered to be ejected from premises owned by the respondent landlord under Section 13 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Res...

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Hindi Sahitya Sammelan Act, 1962 as Violative of Freedom of Association. The Act's reconstitution of a registered society into a statutory body with power to admit new members without original members' consent infringed Article 19(1)(c) of the Constitution, and transfer of society's property to the new body violated Article 19(1)(f)....

The dispute arose from the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, a society founded in 1910 for the development and propagation of Hindi and registered on 8 January 1914 under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, w...

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Supreme Court Quashes Promotions of Teachers in Jammu & Kashmir Based on Communal Policy as Violative of Article 16. Communal Distribution of Vacancies Among Muslims, Jammu Hindus, and Others Fails to Meet Constitutional Guarantee of Equality in Public Employment Under Articles 16(1) and 16(2) of Constitution of India, 1950....

The writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India was filed by ten teachers serving in the Education Department of the State of Jammu & Kashmir, challenging promotions of respondent teac...

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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of West Bengal Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, 1948 Under Article 19(1)(f) and (5). The State's Requisitioning Powers for Public Purposes Were Held to Impose Reasonable Restrictions and Provide Fair Compensation, Determined by Civil Courts....

The Supreme Court of India, in a Constitution Bench reference, considered the constitutional validity of the West Bengal Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, 1948 under Article 19(1)(f) read with A...

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Supreme Court Upholds Person from Whom Goods Seized in Customs Act Extension Order Challenge. Collector's Power to Extend Time Under Section 110(2) Proviso of Customs Act, 1962 Must Be Exercised Quasi-Judicially with Opportunity of Hearing....

The dispute arose from seizure of 218 foreign-made watches from business premises of the respondent, a watch dealer in Calcutta, on March 19, 1963 by customs authorities under Section 110(1) of Custom...